Slavia Prague host Legia in the first leg of the Europa League qualification final. The match will be played on Thursday, August 19th at Sinobo Stadium (Prague)
Slavia Prague won the last Czech Championship and earned the right to start in European competitions from the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League. The Red-Whites faced the Hungarian Ferencvaros, which turned out to be stronger than them. The Green Eagles won the home match (2-0), while Slavia took revenge at home (1-0). On aggregate, Ferencvaros stayed in the Champions League, while Slavia got into the final qualifying round of the Europa League. On August 14, Slavia partially made up for failure in the Champions League in an away match against Mlada Boleslav (0-2). The Prague team scored a goal in each half through the efforts of Jan Kukhta and Ivan Schranz. The Red-Whites were helped by the fact that the home team was left in the minority due to the sending-off of Vojtech Smrza.
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Legia won the previous Polish Championship and reached the first qualifying round of the Champions League. The Legionaries knocked out the Norwegian Bodo/Glimt (3-2 and 0-2) and the Estonian Flora (2-1 and 0-1) but did not cope with Dinamo Zagreb. After a difficult away draw in Croatia (1-1), Legia lost to the Blues in the capital of Poland (0-1) and left the Champions League. Now Michniewicz's charges will fight for a place in the Europa League group stage. Last Saturday Legia achieved a victory over Poznan Warta (2-0). The hero of the match was the Portuguese legionnaire Rafael Lopes. The striker opened the scoring at the end of the first half, and after the break he made a successful pass to Tomasz Pekhart, who doubled the advantage.
The Czechs are the favorites of this confrontation. Slavia Prague was remembered in the last UEL, where it knocked out Glasgow Rangers and Leicester in the playoffs and reached the quarterfinals. The Red-Whites did not deserve to be eliminated by Ferencváros — they were more active than the Hungarians in attack in both games. Only problems with conversion prevented the Czech champion from staying in the Champions League. Legia, which has not played in the group stages of European competitions since 2016, will have a difficult time with such an opponent. The first match between Slavia and Legia is unlikely to be productive. The Poles play defensive football, and they will try to play as cautiously as possible away. The Prague club also cannot boast of high production at the international level. Seven out of eight European Cup matches of Slavia ended with low goal-scoring indicators.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
