⚽UEFA Conference League Discussion Thread -- 2024/25 | League Phase

[MK-74]

Başakşehir beat La Fiorita 6-1 tonight. La Fiorita is a weak team for Başakşehir. They took the advantage. I think they will perform the same in the second match and will advance to the next round with a comfortable win.

[LGD2Business]

Başakşehir beat La Fiorita 6-1 tonight. La Fiorita is a weak team for Başakşehir. They took the advantage. I think they will perform the same in the second match and will advance to the next round with a comfortable win.

There are very weak opponents in the Conference League 2nd qualifying round. The favorites comfortably advance to the next round. Başakşehir FK beat San Marino's village team 6-1 today. It's really a great achievement to concede a goal even against such a bad team. Even San Marino's national team is made up of ordinary people who can't score goals, while it's really scandalous that a neighborhood team that finished second in their league scored against a Super League team like Başakşehir. In the end, Başakşehir will go through, but this goal will be a big plus for La Fiorita in history.

[boltz]

Bad day for a Romanian as Craiova lost 2-0 against Maribor and they have very low chances to actually qualify further and that is bad because the club made big investments during this summer and those were especially made for Conference League and just after 1st game they are almost eliminated. Same goes for CFR Cluj who made only a draw and even if they played better , they weren't enable to score on home ground and that will make the 2nd game a bit hard for them in order to qualify. ( I must say the odds were 1.30 for CFR to win the game ). 

[Adiljutt156]

Bad day for a Romanian as Craiova lost 2-0 against Maribor and they have very low chances to actually qualify further and that is bad because the club made big investments during this summer and those were especially made for Conference League and just after 1st game they are almost eliminated. Same goes for CFR Cluj who made only a draw and even if they played better , they weren't enable to score on home ground and that will make the 2nd game a bit hard for them in order to qualify. ( I must say the odds were 1.30 for CFR to win the game ). 

We are watching second qualifying round and we are watching good matches because teams are playing with full confidence. Maribor football team performed brilliant in last match and all players gave their 200 percent to win this match because that match had great importance for both teams and Universitatea Craiova could not do any goal in this match . They also could be it stop the goals and the defenders of that team were not looking in good form and they were lazy persons and they are thrme reason of their lose .  Repas did first goal in this match and  he created pressure on Universitatea Craiova
team and after that Jakupovic did second goal and they won the match easily by high margin and that match was one sided and Universitatea Craiova team showed no resistance in this match.

[Adiljutt156]

Başakşehir beat La Fiorita 6-1 tonight. La Fiorita is a weak team for Başakşehir. They took the advantage. I think they will perform the same in the second match and will advance to the next round with a comfortable win.

We all are watching  UEFA Conference League and second qualifying round is continue. İstanbul Başakşehir won the match easily by doing 6 goals and that is best team to win this league abd I think they will win this tournament.Figueiredo did goals in this match and he was top player of the match and everyone was talking about that player. In next matches , that player will be more dangerous for opponent team he will do the goals easily. His striking capability is best and his confidence and bet practice is outclass.  From the start of match we knew that İstanbul Başakşehir football team will win this match but I expected that that the score will be 4-2 but that was not possible because the players of La Fiorita team are very under confident players and they didn't work hard to win this match and that's why they are losers and they will be out of the league and İstanbul Başakşehir will be in the next round.

[Jossque]

In addition to our representative Başakşehir in the conference league, we saw that other strong teams also won differently against their opponents. We can say that there are names like KAA Gent, AEK, Copenhagen, Brondby. These teams are among the most likely to make it through this round. In addition to these teams, I will be curious to see how Osijek, St. Gallen and Maribor will fare.

[boltz]

I think this year Conference League qualification rounds are the best in all years right ? most of the teams have competitive squads who can qualify into groups and we rarely see big differences between teams. I think until now , the biggest difference between two teams was between Copenhaga and Magpies where the score was 5-1 and 8-1 overall from 2 games.

Personally , I want Corvinul Hunedoara to achieve groups because this team is from second division of Romania and they won the Cup who gave them a chance to participate into Europe League qualifiers and now Conference League. In addition to this , they have a strong squad and last night if they didn't miss a penalty against Rijeka , they could have won that game or at least push it into extra time zone or even penalties so that's why , I won't be shocked to actually see them achieving groups.

[LTU_btc]

I think this year Conference League qualification rounds are the best in all years right ? most of the teams have competitive squads who can qualify into groups and we rarely see big differences between teams. I think until now , the biggest difference between two teams was between Copenhaga and Magpies where the score was 5-1 and 8-1 overall from 2 games.

Personally , I want Corvinul Hunedoara to achieve groups because this team is from second division of Romania and they won the Cup who gave them a chance to participate into Europe League qualifiers and now Conference League. In addition to this , they have a strong squad and last night if they didn't miss a penalty against Rijeka , they could have won that game or at least push it into extra time zone or even penalties so that's why , I won't be shocked to actually see them achieving groups.

There is few humiliating aggregate results like Caernarfon - Legia 0:11, Silema - Noah 0:7 or La Fiorita - Basaksehir 1:10, but in general yeah, there is many pairs who were very competetive. Though, it's difficult to find result in this round what would be huge upset.
Hunedoara in group stage would be interesting. When you look how they played with Rijeka and especially Paks - it will be difficult, but not impossible. Now they're facing Astana.

[morvillz7z]

https://x.com/PushGoals/status/1820874559244869783

Have you guys seen Noah's second goal vs AEK? Noah's goalkeeper with a long ball from his own penalty area that resulted in a shot, close to 100 meters depending on the pitch size. Not without the assistance of the opposing goalkeeper, who, by the way, had already made a terrible mistake on Noah's first goal.

I wasn't expecting AEK to keep a clean sheet today, given they had some tough moments in both matches against Inter Escaldes and the Armenian team has quite a few Portuguese players with experience in their lines.

[Rikafip]

Have you guys seen Noah's second goal vs AEK?

I was lucky to see it live (Croatian club Hajduk Split will play against winner of that match so wanted to see how their opponents look like) and yeah, you don't see something like that every day. 

I wasn't expecting AEK to keep a clean sheet today, given they had some tough moments in both matches against Inter Escaldes and the Armenian team has quite a few Portuguese players with experience in their lines.

Nice catch. I was naive thinking that AEK performance in the first game vs that club from Andora was just a bad day so I bet on them winning the game (I thought that ~1.5 is a nice catch lol) but I guess they are just shit. 

[slaman29]

I just saw the lineup matches for today qualifiers and have to agree with boltz, I don't even know these leagues but the teams actually look familiar now, to recognize half the teams in a qualification match of CONFERENCE, you must think either you watched way too much football, or that the good teams of before are now no longer good.

But FC Copenhagen, for example. They were just in Champions League! For frikkin sake they just beat Manchester United less than 1 year ago and now in Conference league how??

[morvillz7z]

Have you guys seen Noah's second goal vs AEK?

I was lucky to see it live <...> and yeah, you don't see something like that every day. 

What makes it worse is that it's not just any random keeper, it's Thomas Strakosha (wasn't aware he moved to AEK), dude has a lengthy Serie A career and even played at the Euros this summer.

<...> Croatian club Hajduk Split will play against winner of that match so wanted to see how their opponents look like <...>

Don't they have to eliminate Ruzomberok first, or it's a foregone conclusion? 

I know Hajduk had a decent transfer window, adding Rakitic and hiring Gattuso as a coach. I'm sure their fans think they can challenge Dinamo and perform well in Europe...but i wouldn't dismiss the Slovaks, they are not a bad squad. After watching the highlights of their matches against Trabzonspor, they should have won at home, also missed some mad chances at the return fixture...those 0-2 and 1-0 losses are rather misleading.

Let's have some fun, Ruzomberok o0.5 goals @1.60, why not...

[Rikafip]

Don't they have to eliminate Ruzomberok first, or it's a foregone conclusion?  

I expressed myself poorly there. I agree that Hajduk won't have an easy job and considering their current form, it will be a success to reach the next round.

I'm sure their fans think they can challenge Dinamo and perform well in Europe...

Situation is quite the opposite. Their euphoria lasted until their games vs HB and until first game in our national championship and now it's consensus among their fans that it will be a big success to reach group stage of Conference League and they don't even talk about challenging Dinamo. They are so disheartened after first 3 games that many of their fans think they have no chances vs AEK even if they pass Ruzomberok.

Let's have some fun, Ruzomberok o0.5 goals @1.60

I went with 1x @2.2

[Jossque]

Hacken managed to defeat their opponent by 6 goals in the first leg and probably secured a place in the round.It is not a very challenging opponent for Hacken. Copenhagen, on the other hand, managed to win at home against Banik Ostrava with a single goal.The hosts managed to win the match with a goal scored in the last minute and although they played dominant from the beginning of the match, they had difficulty in shooting at their opponent.This win is risky for them but I think they will pass the round.
St.Gallen, on the other hand, managed to gain a good advantage by winning with 2 goals against Slask Woraclaw.

[buwaytress]

Don't they have to eliminate Ruzomberok first, or it's a foregone conclusion?  

I expressed myself poorly there. I agree that Hajduk won't have an easy job and considering their current form, it will be a success to reach the next round.

I need to check with you peeps about betting. I actually had really decent luck in early qualifiers in past seasons, and this season even hit an early switch but I have yet to assess conditions in Europa and Conference -- where I am certain the true values are. I can only see H2H, but any insight you might have on actual players, conditions and that sort of thing, feel free to drop

Regardless, if anyone feels confident about some of the 4/1 and above odds, please let me know. Don't worry, I won't hold you guys accountable for my losses

P.S. Anyone from Armenia/Georgia? I'm crazy about the odds on these teams, without actually knowing the players much.

[Jossque]

Our other representative Başakşehir, on the other hand, managed to take the advantage by defeating their opponent 1-0 with a goal scored in the last minutes. Both teams had plenty of chances and it was an evenly contested game, but Başakşehir's experience and better squad helped them win the game by a single goal. Basaksehir will be the side to win at home

[MK-74]

Başakşehir won tonight, Iberia is an easy team for them, I expected the match to end with a different score. I hope they will beat Iberia with a different score next week.
I wish all the representatives of our country to win the matches next week and continue on the path to European cups.

[LTU_btc]

It's good that I already learned not to bet on Balkani when they're favorites, they already burned enough bets for me. This time they lost to Larne at home. Seems that Sheriff will fail to reach group stage of UEFA tournament after few successful years, loss against Olimpija 3:0 leaves no chance for them. This is what you get when you fail to win domestic league - your path to group stage is getting more difficult.
From unexpected results it's worth to mention big Vitoria Guimaraes win away vs Zurich 3:0 and Leagia away win against Brondby in high scoring game 3:2

Başakşehir won tonight, Iberia is an easy team for them, I expected the match to end with a different score. I hope they will beat Iberia with a different score next week.
I wish all the representatives of our country to win the matches next week and continue on the path to European cups.

Lokking at stats, it seems that Basaksehir didn't had big advantage, so I would say that even minimal win away isn't bad result.

[boltz]

https://x.com/PushGoals/status/1820874559244869783

Have you guys seen Noah's second goal vs AEK? Noah's goalkeeper with a long ball from his own penalty area that resulted in a shot, close to 100 meters depending on the pitch size. Not without the assistance of the opposing goalkeeper, who, by the way, had already made a terrible mistake on Noah's first goal.

I wasn't expecting AEK to keep a clean sheet today, given they had some tough moments in both matches against Inter Escaldes and the Armenian team has quite a few Portuguese players with experience in their lines.

I just say the goal and I impressed! It's been quite a while since I saw a goalkeeper scoring an important goal , especially in an international game where the stakes are even higher. It if was a second division game from some random country I would have understand but to see a goal like this in Conference League ?  crazy!

You did catch a great bet there and second game should also be a both teams to score right ? if they managed to score such a lucky goal , I'm sure they will find a way to score another 

[LTU_btc]

We have plenty of interesting results today and many games going to extra time and penalties. Without any doubts biggest upset is Noah from Armenia eliminating AEK. AEK won 2nd leg 1:0 athome, but that wasn't enough. Mlada Boleslav winning 4:2 against Hapoel Beer Sheva is interesting result. I see that Beer Sheva got 3 red cards today, it's something what you won't see often.
Wondering what happened in Slask - St. Gallen game that they played more than 26 minutes of additional time in 2nd half.
Kilmarnock eliminating Tromso or Zira win against Osijek after penalties is also unexpected results. or Copenhagen struggling with Ostrava that game even went to penalty shootout.