Slovan Liberec hosts Gent in round 1 of the Europa League group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, October 22nd at Stadion U Nisy (Liberec)
The Liberec team overcame the qualifying rounds of the Europa League quite convincingly, having dealt with Riteriai (5:1) and FCSB (2:0) away. The Czechs also beat APOEL at home (1:0). Slovan scored 10 points in six rounds of the Czech championship, which allows it to be only on the fifth line in the standings, but the whole struggle is still ahead. In the last round, Slovan defeated Pribram at home (3:0).
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The Buffaloes had hoped to play in the Champions League group stage. The Belgians eliminated Rapid Vienna in the third qualifying round (2:1), but the playoffs ended with two defeats to Dynamo Kyiv (1:2, and 0:3). Gent is performing poorly in the current championship of Belgium. The team gained only nine points in nine rounds and took place in the bottom half of the standings. Last Saturday, the Buffaloes lost to Brugge on the road (2:5).
Gent still looks like a very unstable team with a bunch of problems, including staff ones. Slovan is slightly inferior to the Belgians in the selection of performers, but the Czechs have a solid balanced team that rested last weekend, purposefully preparing for the upcoming match. I think the hosts will have every chance of gaining three points.
Prediction for the match: Slovan Liberec to win with 0.0 handicap
