We have reached the second legs of the third qualifying round in the 2022/23 Europa Conference League. On the 10th of August we have a meeting between Vitória SC and HNK Hajduk Split at the Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in Guimarães.
The hosts know they need to deliver a good performance if they are to overturn the defeat from the first leg in Croatia.
𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼 de 𝙴𝚀𝚄𝙸𝙿𝙰 📸#LIGA | 0-1 | #GDCVSC pic.twitter.com/6MV1Vn7MgU— Vitória Sport Clube (@VitoriaSC1922) August 7, 2022
𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼 de 𝙴𝚀𝚄𝙸𝙿𝙰 📸#LIGA | 0-1 | #GDCVSC pic.twitter.com/6MV1Vn7MgU
Vitória SC come into the game on the back of a 1-0 win at Chaves on the opening weekend of the Portuguese Primeira Liga season.
The only goal of the game was scored in the 45th minute but Vitória SC suffered from a lack of discipline near the end of the match and had two players sent off, including a straight red card for Alfa Semedo.
That was the first win in 3 games for Vitória SC having been held to a 0-0 draw at Puskas and defeated 3-1 at HNK Hajduk Split in Europa Conference League qualifying. Vitória SC started their season in the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League and beat Puskas 3-0 at home.
This is the first time Vitória SC have participated in this competition and they will be hoping for a repeat of their 3-0 win in the second qualifying round as that would be enough to see them progress to the playoffs.
HNK Hajduk Split travel to Portugal having not played a domestic league match on the weekend. So, their most recent fixture was the 3-1 win in the first leg of this tie.
HNK Hajduk Split fell a goal behind in the 61st minute but that seemed to motivate the Croatians and they came back strongly to score 3 goals in the remaining 29 minutes to win the match.
That was the third successive victory for HNK Hajduk Split having started their domestic league campaign with 2 wins. Both matches were played away and HNK Hajduk Split beat Istra 1961 and Varaždin 2-0, leaving them 4 points off the top of the table with 2 games in hand.
Unlike their opponents, this is the second time HNK Hajduk Split have competed in the Europa Conference League but they will be hoping for a better performance than their previous away fixture in the competition.
HNK Hajduk Split lost 4-1 at Tobol and that result in this game would see them eliminated from the competition.
Team news and Vitória SC could start with André Silva in attack with support from Jota Silva and Rúben Lameiras.
HNK Hajduk Split are unlikely to make many changes from the team that won the first leg. Jani Atanasov could come into midfield but that is likely to be the only difference from the starting XI in Croatia.
Vitória SC need to attack from the outset in this game and that could see plenty of goalmouth action.
The hosts have what it takes to win at home and we expect to see both teams scoring. We could see a reversal of the score in the first leg, which means this tie could go into extra time.