Djurgardens to finish the job at APOEL

APOEL FC vs Djurgårdens IF - 23/08/2022

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The 2nd legs of the Europa Conference League play-offs will be played this week and Tuesday night features this upcoming clash between Cypriot outfit, APOEL Nicosia, and their Swedish counterparts, Djurgardens, with the hosts desperately seeking a way to claw their way back into this two-legged tie.

Despite holding home advantage at their Neo GSP ground, APOEL Nicosia face a mountain to climb against their opponents as they find themselves 3-0 down in this return leg following last week’s heavy defeat in Stockholm.

APOEL Nicosia have reached the play-off stage after beating the likes of Bulgarian side, Botev Plovdiv, 2-0 on aggregate, and then accounting for Kazakhstan club Kyzylzhar by a 1-0 aggregate, with both ties being settled after home wins for APOEL.

However, this time APOEL need to score at least 3 goals in order to take this upcoming tie into extra-time and their firepower may not stretch to that requirement on Tuesday night.

Indeed, although APOEL have lost just once in their last 23 home games overall in all competitions, the hosts have scored 3 goals or more in just two of these matches.

Djurgardens on the other hand know they have a useful 3-goal buffer to protect ahead of this 2nd leg tie at the Neo GSP ground after last week’s emphatic win at their Tele2 Arena, and the visitors look set to be homing in on a place in the group stage of this season’s Europa Conference League competition.

The Swedish hosts have produced impressive form throughout the early qualifying stages of this competition as they have won all five of their ties to date, beating Croatian side, Rijeka, 4-1 on aggregate and seeing off Romanian outfit, Sepsi, with a comprehensive 6-2 aggregate.

Djurgardens have scored a total of 13 goals in the process and have conceded just 3 goals in reply so the visitors look in great shape to at the very least avoid defeat in Cyprus on Tuesday night and progress into the group stage.

Looking at Djurgardens’ form away from home, the visitors have also been impressive as they are unbeaten in their last eight outings on the road, winning five of these and drawing the other three games.

To sum up, APOEL have it all to do here while Djurgardens can hit their hosts on the break and should avoid defeat here.

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Away team

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Correct score

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ECL

APOEL FC Djurgårdens IF 23/08/2022 18:00

243739

20-1

0 - 1

2.27

29°

3.00

2.38 3.30 3.00 no no no

FT

3 - 2(2 - 0)

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