FC Zorya Luhansk hosts Rapid Vienna in the second leg of the Europa League qualification final. The match will be played on Thursday, August 26th at Slavutych-Arena (Zaporizhia)
FC Zorya Luhansk is well known to many European fans for their performances in European competitions. The Men did not have much success, although the team often confirmed their nickname. They are unyielding, strong-willed, and always fight to the last. However, Viktor Skrypnyk's charges failed to show their best game in Austria. They couldn't score themselves and conceded more than deserved. Now no one is waiting for a miracle, but Zorya Luhansk has chances to just win. The club is unstable in the UPL, gaining seven points in five rounds. In the last match, they beat Mariupol (3-4), although they were leading 0-3 after the first half.
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For Rapid Vienna, this is the third confrontation in the qualifiers of the current season. The team lost to Sparta Prague in the Champions League but eliminated Anorthosis in the previous qualifying round of the Europa League. All confrontations ended with the same results — victories at home and defeats away. In the Austrian Bundesliga, Rapid Vienna also played five matches and gained only seven points, but this result allows the White-Greens to share the third line in the championship standings. They managed to confidently win the match of the last round against Ried at home (3-0). As for the return game against Zarya, the main task is not to fail because such a handicap cannot be lost.
Since the first leg ended with a score of 3-0 in Rapid's favor, there is no intrigue in this pair. But it should be noted that Zorya Luhansk did not deserve to lose so shamefully. The team simply lacked enough concentration at the end of the game, which was used by the opponent. In the second match, the hosts will be more motivated, as they probably want to at least save the prestige and take revenge for the crushing defeat. The Austrian club plays much worse away than at home, which gives the Men a chance for a positive result. We expect an interesting wide-open game with an abundance of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
