On Thursday night, Ballkani hosts KI Klaksvik in the Europa Conference League third qualifying round first leg, with both team’s hoping to gain an edge in the tie.
This season is Ballkani’s first ever campaign in European football. They started this season in the Champions League, only to suffer a 2-1 aggregate defeat in extra-time against Zalgiris. However, the team from Kosovo head into this clash on the back of two straight wins over La Florita in this competition which produced a 10-0 aggregate win.
Ballkani have been solid of late in all competitions, keeping four clean sheets in their last six games. Their good recent defensive displays have led to four of their previous six games producing under 2.5 goals.
The team from the Faroe Islands head into this clash in good form, as they are unbeaten in four games, having recorded three wins and a draw. A 2-0 win over B68 last time out means that KI has also kept three straight clean sheets in all competitions. The clean sheets have contributed to their previous three matches producing under 2.5 goals.
The visitors kicked off their European journey in the first qualifying round in the Champions League when they suffered a 4-1 aggregate defeat against Bodo/Glimt. In the last round of the Europa Conference League, KI Klaksvik suffered a 1-0 aggregate loss against Sutjeska. The tie was only the second campaign in which the visitors have played in the Europa Conference League.
Their only previous experience in the competition came last season when they exited the competition at the first qualifying round at the hands of Rigas when they lost 6-5 in extra time.
Forebet predicts that this tie will produce a high-scoring and entertaining draw, which will make the second tie intriguing.