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Steffen Schmidt - July 18, 2023
Narva Trans vs Pyunik
UEFA Conference League Qualification
Date: 20 July 2023, Thursday
Kick-off at 16:30 UK / 17:30 CET
Venue: Rakvere linnastaadion (Rakvere).
Pyunik completely controlled the happenings on the pitch in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League first qualifying round seven days ago in Armenia but they struggled badly to convert chances and break the deadlock on the occasion.
The Armenian runners-up eventually made it count through Luka Juricic who found the net 20 minutes into the second half. Substitute James set the final score two minutes from time.
A 2-0 win guarantees a safe advantage for Pyunik although we must say the realistic difference in quality between these two teams is significantly greater than these two goals.
This is why we consider the Armenians enormous favorites in the second leg on Thursday night in Rakvere.
Narva Trans have never advanced from any European tie in the past and they are not pulling up any trees this season in the Estonian top flight either.
Narva are third from bottom in the Estonian Meistriliiga standings with 13 defeats in 20 outings. They have lost three games on the spin in the domestic league with a goal difference of 0-10 in the process.
Pyunik, on the other side, played Conference League group phase last year, finishing the section in third place with two wins in six outings, a run that includes a respectable 2-0 success at home against Slovan Bratislava.
We expect Pyunik to dominate the pitch from the start to the end once again. This time, they should break the deadlock much earlier than they did seven days ago. We will back the visitors to have the lead at the half time and win the match at the 2.00 odds.
The braver tipsters can chase value in backing Pyunik to win the first half by two or more goals difference at the sky-high 5.00 odds.
