Astana take on the visitors Rakow in the second leg of UEFA Conference League qualification quarterfinals. First leg result: 0-5. The match will be played on Thursday, July 28th at Astana Arena (Nur-Sultan).
Astana is an experienced European Cup fighter. The Yellow-Blues recently set a national record, 6 times in a row, in 2014-2019, becoming the national champion. Moreover, at that time they were able to create a fairly strong reputation in European competition. They even played in the main round of the Champions League. And in the Europa League until 2019 inclusive, the Kazakhs performed in the group stages. But things have changed for the worse lately. In 2020, it was completely 3rd place, then they climbed, but only by 1 step. Now there is a struggle, and it is not clear who will be victorious in the end. Everything also affected performances in the international arena. The season before last, there were relegations from Dynamo (Brest) and Budućnost, last summer, having knocked out Aris, the Kazakhs lost to KuPS. Now nothing happened at all - after the defeat in Poland, the current meeting becomes a formality.
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Raków has reached its peak in recent years. The Red-Blues were founded over a century ago. But until recently, the very appearance in Ekstraklasa was a success, and quite rare one. Only in the new decade did the real peak, the outbreak, begin. In the 2020/2021 draw, they managed to take 2nd place in the championship, in combination with the cup - all this was the first time in history. Moreover, it turned out to be repeated a year later. Marek Papshun's wards reinforced their successes with victories in the last two Supercups. The Poles made their international debut in 2021. They were able to pass Suduva on penalties, knocked out Rubin with a single goal in extra time, won at Gent at home, but lost devastatingly in Belgium. Now the cycle has begun in native Częstochowa. There, the Poles staged a benefit performance, scoring 5 unanswered goals.
The Poles entered the international arena only for the second time (both in a row and in history). And it is not surprising that until last week they did not intersect with distant Astana. The game turned from official to actually friendly. It makes no sense for someone to give all the best - we are waiting for "under 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 score goals.
