Pogon Szczecin take on the visitors KR Reykjavik in the first leg of round of 16 in UEFA Conference League qualification. The match will be played on Thursday, July 7th at Stadion Miejski w Szczecinie (Szczecin).
Pogon shows consistently good results in recent years. "Pride of Primorye" was founded in the first years after the Second World War. And in its almost 80 years of history, they have not really won anything. Three times there was participation in the cup finals, but they always lost, including in 2010. In Ekstraklasa, they have never been able to win, but there is an important caveat: both the year before last and last season, the club finished in the third place. This allows them to try at the international arena - for the first time in more than a decade and a half. A year ago, everything ended very quickly and unsuccessfully: in 2 matches with Osijek, the only goal was scored by the Croats. Now there will also be an experienced opponent with his trump cards.
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KR Reykjavik definitely does not want to fly out immediately. "KR-ingar" is considered one of the strongest clubs in Iceland. If only we take into account the championship titles, then there are already 27 of them in the asset. However, for the last time, so far, the “gold” was won by the capital project in the 2019 draw. In the last championship, for example, they limited themselves to only 3rd place. And now there is still a risk of finishing the first part of the new draw outside the top 6. It seems that there was a rise in May, but then there were frankly weak results again. It is worth noting that the Icelanders constantly managed to start in European competition. The only exception was last year, and in 2020 there were failures both in qualifying for the Champions League (0-6 with Celtic from Glasgow), and even in the Europa League (1-2 with Flora). Now KR Reykjavik begins its struggle in a new tournament for them.
RK Reykjavik quite often starts on the international arena, but there was only 1 opponent there, and only once, in 2011 - 2. So it is not surprising that this will be the first visit of Icelanders to Szczecin. The Icelanders seem to have a trump card in the form of regular football practice. But they look very weak in 2022. So we bet on the home victory of the Poles with a handicap of "-1.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Pogon Szczecin to win with -1.5 handicap.
