Olimpija Ljubljana hosts Vikingur Reykjavik in the 1/8 finals of the Europa League qualification. The match will be played on Thursday, August 27th at Stadion Stožice (Ljubljana)
The last season in the Slovenian First League was very intense in terms of intrigue. As many as three teams fought to the end for the champion’s title (Maribor constantly dominated in the past). And Olimpija lacked only a couple of steps to reach the gold title, as a result of which the Ljubljana team begins its international journey in the Europa League. But the Green Dragons confidently took the mark of the most spectacular and productive unit of the last championship. They gained confident victories over Rudar Velenje (6: 0 and 5:0), Celje 3: 1 (this is a champion, by the way), Triglav (7:3 and 3:2), Domzale (4:1, etc. Moreover, Olimpija did not get tired of delighting its fans with effective victories in previous European Cup years. In particular, it has recently offended the well-known Finnish HJK (3:0 and 4:1), the Northern Irish Crusaders (5:1), the Slovakian Zilina (3:1, and so on. As we can see, the total over 2.5 passed with interest.
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If you look at the Icelandic Vikingur, it is in quite bad game shape and takes a place closer to the end of the tournament standings (8th line out of 12). Recently, the capital's team suffered several defeats with Over 2.5 goals scored. Vikingur lost to Breidablik (2:4), Stjarnan (1:2) and Valur (1:5). By the way, the Vikings did not win their laurels in the entire small European Cup history, having suffered 11 failures in 12 official international matches. Seven of them ended with Over 2.5 goals scored.
The Icelandic teams have experienced serious problems in European Cups in recent years. They began to get rid of their talents in favor of other more football-rich countries. For example, Reykjavik suffered a completely limp defeat from the Scottish Celtic in the current Champions League qualification (0:6). However, the Celts were deprived of the support of their native stadium, which has long become their 12th player. Apparently, a similar fate awaits Vikingur in Slovenia.
Prediction for the match: Olimpija Ljubljana to win and Over 2.5 goals scored
