Sepsi vs Bodo/Glimt, the first leg of the Conference League playoffs, is scheduled for Thursday, August 24 at 8:00 p.m. at the Sepsi Arena in St. George and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

Sepsi, the domestic and European surprise of the start of this season, starts with a second chance against Bodo/Glimt, a team with a higher ranking and more international experience in recent years.

Sepsi entered the competition in the second qualifying round where they beat CSKA (Sofia) (Bulgaria) in decisive fashion, 2-0 away and 4-0 at home, to eliminate them in the third qualifying round against Aktobe (Kazakhstan), after 1 -1 at “Sf. Gheorghe” and 1-0 away.

Domestically, the team coached by Liviu Ciobotariu made their debut by winning the new trophy, the Romanian Super Cup, after 1-0 against Farul in Ploiesti, and in the Super League they are unbeaten with two wins and three draws (the last game ended in a draw, 1-1 at home with Hermannstadt).

Sepsi, who thus made it ten matches unbeaten this season (in all competitions), have already achieved the biggest European result in their history by reaching the Conference League play-offs.

“I looked at some pictures from their last match, I saw that they form a team that scores a lot of goals and finishes easily. I will study them, analyze them so that the boys have all the information,” Liviu Chobotariu, coach of Sepsi, said.

Bodø/Glimt finished 2nd in the 2022 Norwegian Championship, 18 points behind champions Molde (spring-autumn system), and this season leads after 19 stages with 44 points, compared to Viking Stavanger. (at the last stage they won 3-1 on the field of Haugesun).

Bodø/Glimt, coached by Kjetil Knutsen and named after the city Bodø and the name under which it was founded in 1916, Glimt, advanced to the second preliminary round against Bohemians Prague (Czech Republic), after 3-0 (a) and 4-2 (d), and in the third preliminary round Pyunik Yerevan (Armenia), after 3-0 (a) and 3-0 (d).

In the last two European seasons, the Norwegians have achieved notable results: in 2021-2022 they reached the quarter-finals of the Conference League (they beat Roma 6-1 in the groups and then eliminated Celtic from Glasgow and Alkmaar), and in 2022 In 2023, they were eliminated in the 1/8 finals of the same tournament after playing in the Europa League groups).

Superbet offers odds of 1.80 on the prediction GG: Both teams will score in the match Sepsi – Bodo/Glimt.

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