The 2nd legs of the 1st qualifying round of this season’s Europa Conference League will be played during this week and Thursday evening features this upcoming 2nd leg tie between Montenegro hosts, Decic, and their Belarus visitors, Dinamo Minsk, at the Stadion Tuško Polje.
Decic may well fancy their chances of progressing through to the next qualifying round of the Conference League having held Dinamo Minsk to a 1-1 draw in last week’s 1st leg in Belarus.
⚽️ Ничья после первого матча 👉🏻 Настраиваемся на следующий четверг#fcdm1927 #DinamoDecic pic.twitter.com/a0FJtAR7Ht— ФК Динамо Минск (@FC_Dinamo_Minsk) July 7, 2022
⚽️ Ничья после первого матча 👉🏻 Настраиваемся на следующий четверг#fcdm1927 #DinamoDecic pic.twitter.com/a0FJtAR7Ht
Although recent results suggest the hosts are by no means a guaranteed berth into the 2nd qualifying round.
Decic have managed to collect just one win from their last eight matches overall in all competions which came in the form of a 3-0 win away at Mladost Lucani in a recent friendly.
But six defeats within this period is in stark contrast to the way Decic ended their last campaign.
The hosts claimed 3rd spot in last season’s Montenegro First League and thus qualified for this 1st qualifying round of the Europa Conference League.
But their only previous appearance on the European stage ended in a 3-1 loss on aggregate to Drita last season.
Dinamo Minsk will have been disappointed that they were held to a 1-1 draw by their hosts, Decic, in last week’s 1st leg stalemate.
But the visitors will still feel confident that they can come out on top in this return leg in Podgorica.
Dinamo Minsk found themselves a goal down midway through the first half but they responded just a few minutes later to level the scores at 1-1 which became the eventual full-time score.
The visitors have made themselves tough to beat in recent times as the Belarus outfit have lost just three out of their last 17 matches overall in all competitions while form and results away from home will also serve as a timely boost for Dinamo Minsk ahead of this return leg against Decic.
Dinamo Minsk have won seven of their last nine games on the road, scoring 2 goals or more in five of these matches while also keeping three clean sheets.
So the visitors look likely to hit the target at least once in this upcoming 2nd leg encounter and therefore go onto win the tie overall.