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Steffen Schmidt - July 18, 2023
Levadia vs Zilina
UEFA Conference League Qualification
Date: 20 July 2023, Thursday
Kick-off at 17:45 UK / 18:45 CET
Venue: A. Le Coq Arena (Tallinn).
The UEFA Conference League first qualifying round tie between Levadia and Zilina is wide open ahead of the reverse leg on Thursday afternoon at A. Le Coq Arena.
Zilina carry a one-goal advantage but they earned it only after a late stoppage-time winner from the penalty-spot through substitute Patrik Myslovic.
It was a pretty much even affair that could have gone either way. Levadia were surprisingly dangerous in the final third on several occasions.
Their top scorer Ernest Agyiri confirmed his excellent shape once again by finding the second-half equalizer for his team in Slovakia seven days ago.
The Ghanaian forward leads Estonia’s top flight in goals with 11 to his name so far in the season and he will no doubts be the main threat to Zilina’s goal on Thursday.
Levadia have recently taken over Flora at the top of the Estonian Meistriliiga standings following their city rivals’ goalless draw at bottom-half Paide.
On the other side, the new season in is yet to start. Zilina have only played several friendlies this summer with limited success.
The Slovakians drew with Zlin, Universitatea Cluj, Wolfsberger, and Banik Ostrava in four exhibitions during the summer.
Nevertheless, we must say that Zilina reached the Conference League playoffs in their previous European adventure two years ago. Can they get past the first obstacle this time around?
This is an open match that could go either way based on everything we have seen seven days ago in Slovakia. We do, however, expect an intense affair without too many scoring chances on either end which makes the Under 2.5 goals FT the best betting option at the 1.80 odds.
Alternatively, we will chase Levadia’s win at the 2.45 odds, expecting huge support from the local crowd at A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn to carry the team to big success on Thursday.
