The Europa Conference League second leg encounter between Derry City and Havnar Bóltfelag is upon us this Thursday at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in Northern Ireland with the tie balanced at 0-0 from the first leg encounter.
Not much came out of the first leg between these two in the first qualifying round, as there were no goals, very few efforts on goal and three bookings across the 90 minutes.
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It makes this one a winner takes all match, with Derry no doubt confident in getting the job done on home soil.
Both sides are sitting third in their divisions right now, as Derry sit below St Patrick's Athletic on goals difference and only adrift of Shamrock Rovers at the top of the League of Ireland Premier Division.
Derry did lose to Shamrock three weeks ago, but they returned with a 1-1 draw against Shelbourne that saw Ben Doherty score before a sending off for Adam O'Reilly.
Afterwards, the club returned to winning ways with a finish from Jamie McGonigle before Will Patching scored the winning goal from the penalty spot after Sligo Rovers which moved the club back into third place.
Elsewhere within the past month, Derry have gone on to beat Cork City 2-0, draw 0-0 with Shelbourne and Bohemians, while also losing to St Patrick's Athletic 4-1 away from home.
As for Havnar Boltfelag, they are also sitting third in the Faroe Islands Premier League, although they sit adrift of top spot by 13 points with KI winning all 16 games so far in the top flight.
Boltfelag, however, have won 11 games and scored 37 goals and let in just 10 goals - only KI at the top hav let in fewer goals and scored more goals.
Last time out, Boltfelag lost 2-0 to the league leaders away from home, as they also lost to Vestur 2-1 before that in the Faroe Islands Premier League.
It now means that three of their losses in the league have come within the past three weeks.
The club last beat B36 2-0 at home, as they also defeated them 2-0 before that on the road. Elsewhere, Boltfelag also drew their semi-finals first leg of the Logmanssteypio against Vestur.
Forebet predicts another draw in this one and for the game to see under 2.5 goals once more. This would take the game to extra time in the second leg of this Europa Conference League qualifier.