The first leg of the Conference League play-off between Farul Konstanz and HIK Helsinki is scheduled for Thursday, August 24 at 20:00 at the Central Stadium in Ovidio and will be broadcast live on the Pro Arena.

Farul Konstanz has a huge chance to top the Eurocup groups, especially as they face affordable rivals HIK Helsinki.

Farul Konstanza was eliminated in the first preliminary round of the Champions League by Sherif Tiraspol (Moldova) with a score of 1-0 (a) and 0-3 (d), after which he continued his European adventure in the Conference League, where he went to Urartu in the second preliminary round Yerevan (Armenia), 3-2 (a) and 3-2 (d), and in the third preliminary round, Flora Tallinn (Estonia), 3-0 (a) and 2-0 (d). ).

Internally, Gike Hagi’s team was quite disappointing: they lost the Romanian Super Cup 0:1 in Ploiesti to Sepsi, and in the Super League they won two and lost three (in the last match they lost away to Rapida with a score of 1:3). .

“This is a very important match for our history. This is an opponent who has more experience than us. We’re going to have to have a really good attack in the attack, break them down. And we have to play the defensive phase very well, we have to raise the level,” said Gicke Hagi.

HIK Helsinki is the current champion of Finland (draw 2022) and this season is in 2nd place after 20 stages (spring-autumn system is played) with 40 points, one less than the leader KuPS Kupio (in the last match the championship won 3-1 at “Inter Tutku” field).

The Finns started the European season in the Champions League, where they got past Larne (Northern Ireland) in the first preliminary round, 1-0 at home and 2-2 away, before being eliminated in the second preliminary round by Molde (Norway), 1-0 at home and 0- 2 away, and followed that up in the Europa League, where they lost in the third preliminary round against Qarabag (Azerbaijan), 1-2 at home and 1-2 away, thus getting relegated in the game. – left the Conference League.

HIK Helsinki is coached this summer by Toni Korkeakunnas, the team’s former second-stringer in recent years, who won the Finnish Cup in 2015 with FC Lahti.

It should be noted that in the 2021-2022 season HIK Helsinki qualified in the groups of the Conference League, and in the 2022-2023 season it entered the Europa League groups (the most important victories were against Silkeborg and Molde, both at home).

HIK Helsinki is the most successful team in Finland, with 32 titles to their credit, and their best result in Europe was reaching the Champions League groups in the 1998-1999 season.

Superbet offers odds of 1.70 on prediction 1: victory of the home team in the match Farul Konstanz – HIK Helsinki.

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