⚽ UEFA Conference League 2026-2027 🥉

[Varnquister]

Braga failed to win their home match against Riga, and it’s fair to say they’ve made advancing to the next round quite difficult for themselves. They actually scored the first goal, but went into halftime trailing 2-1. Riga FC secured a 3-2 away victory, virtually guaranteeing their advancement over their opponent.
Although Braga struggled against their opponent, they managed to win 1-0 on the road with a penalty kick and will head into their home match with an advantage. Braga was already the heavy favorite against their opponent, so there’s nothing more natural than them winning.

[snipie]

The results so far in the conference league were mostly expected, without major surprises.
It can be said that the clubs from the Ex Yu region fared very badly, they all lost, Ballkani, Vardar and Pancevo.
It will be interesting to see what Sutjeska, Velez, Varazdin, Vojvodina, Borac and other clubs can do today.
There are a lot of clubs from leagues that I don't follow, so it's hard to estimate the favorites in all those matches.

In this Second Qualifying Round, some of the results I expected didn't go as planned. I am talking about the draw of Istanbul Basaksehir, I thought they would win the game at home. Braga lost their matches, that wasn't expected even in an away match. Pyunik, even if it was less known than the others but it used to be present in European competitions before so a defeat look hard to see also, maybe a draw away might be ok. Copenhagen draw wasn't expected for me. A number of 6 goals were scored there and it was intense between the two teams. Hopefully at home they will play better.
The rest of the games, I agree with you that it was more or less expected.

[Joca97]

The results so far in the conference league were mostly expected, without major surprises.
It can be said that the clubs from the Ex Yu region fared very badly, they all lost, Ballkani, Vardar and Pancevo.
It will be interesting to see what Sutjeska, Velez, Varazdin, Vojvodina, Borac and other clubs can do today.
There are a lot of clubs from leagues that I don't follow, so it's hard to estimate the favorites in all those matches.

In this Second Qualifying Round, some of the results I expected didn't go as planned. I am talking about the draw of Istanbul Basaksehir, I thought they would win the game at home. Braga lost their matches, that wasn't expected even in an away match. Pyunik, even if it was less known than the others but it used to be present in European competitions before so a defeat look hard to see also, maybe a draw away might be ok. Copenhagen draw wasn't expected for me. A number of 6 goals were scored there and it was intense between the two teams. Hopefully at home they will play better.
The rest of the games, I agree with you that it was more or less expected.

Basaksehir should he won their match easily against Inter Turku but that didnt happen and now they have to try in finland to get the win that they missed at home. Braga aswell go lt their win hardly and will have to fight at home to keep their advantage against Zeleznicar that played really hard at home.

My team Partizan got an easy win of 4-0 and should advance into next round. But how they will perform in the third round is a big question

[LTU_btc]

Scottish clubs continue to ''shine'' in Europe. Hibernian lost to Malisheva 2:0 away - few weeks ago they probably haven't even heard name of this team. Biggest surprise for me is Auda win 3:2 against FCSB in Romania. 2nd leg will be very interesting.

Braga failed to win their home match against Riga, and it’s fair to say they’ve made advancing to the next round quite difficult for themselves. They actually scored the first goal, but went into halftime trailing 2-1. Riga FC secured a 3-2 away victory, virtually guaranteeing their advancement over their opponent.

Man, you're confusing, you mentioned Braga in 2 games. You're probably talking about Vardar who lost to Riga. Peobably can't be called as surprise. While Braga won against Zeleznicar Pancevo 0:1 away. Nothing special, but even minimal win away isn't bad result.

[Daniel91]

The results so far in the conference league were mostly expected, without major surprises.
It can be said that the clubs from the Ex Yu region fared very badly, they all lost, Ballkani, Vardar and Pancevo.
It will be interesting to see what Sutjeska, Velez, Varazdin, Vojvodina, Borac and other clubs can do today.
There are a lot of clubs from leagues that I don't follow, so it's hard to estimate the favorites in all those matches.

In this Second Qualifying Round, some of the results I expected didn't go as planned. I am talking about the draw of Istanbul Basaksehir, I thought they would win the game at home. Braga lost their matches, that wasn't expected even in an away match. Pyunik, even if it was less known than the others but it used to be present in European competitions before so a defeat look hard to see also, maybe a draw away might be ok. Copenhagen draw wasn't expected for me. A number of 6 goals were scored there and it was intense between the two teams. Hopefully at home they will play better.
The rest of the games, I agree with you that it was more or less expected.

I agree with you but this is just the beginning of the season, many clubs have changed key players and the teams are still getting used to it.
European club competitions start too early for many clubs, when they are not yet fully ready and in tune.
Last night I followed the Croatian clubs the most and all 3 Croatian representatives won, Varazdin after a great turnaround with 3:2 against Jablonec, Rijeka struggled and barely beat Derry 1:0 and Hakduk played great and beat Pafos 2:0.
Of course, everything is still open before the return matches because for Varazdin this is only the second appearance in European club competitions, Hajduk plays much better at home than away and Rijeka will also not have an easy job in Ireland.
Exciting matches await us in the return matches.

[Jossque]

Brann drew with Universitatea Cluj in a match where they had taken a 2-0 lead. They had gone up 2-0 with goals scored toward the end of the first half and early in the second half, but after conceding two goals in the final five minutes, they were forced to settle for a draw on the road. Still, we can say this is a favorable result for Brann. They will advance to the next round with a home win.
Austria Wien managed to win the match in which they were the favorites. I think they secured their spot in the next round by defeating Liepaja 2-0 on the road. They certainly won’t lose at home.

[Varnquister]

I was surprised that Copenhagen drew 3-3 with the Ukrainian team Polessya. To be honest, I expected Copenhagen to comfortably defeat their opponent in this match. Although Copenhagen scored the first goal, they conceded one just two minutes later. Polessya managed to close out the first half with a 2-1 lead. By the time the final minutes rolled around, Copenhagen had managed to take a 3-2 lead, but Oleksandr Filippov’s goal in the 88th minute tied the match. I think Copenhagen will win the match at home and advance to the next round. Polessya isn’t a rival on par with Copenhagen’s caliber, but at least they didn’t lose.

[Jossque]

Although Apollon Limassol won the first match 4-0, they’re not letting their guard down and managed to close out the first half with a 1-0 lead over their opponent. I think we can safely say they’ve advanced to the next round. Dila Gori isn’t even making a dent against Apollon.
Riga FC had won the first match against Vardar 3-2, but this time they went into halftime trailing 1-0. Vardar was reduced to 10 men just two minutes after scoring their goal. Vardar’s chances of advancing have become a bit more difficult. They at least had a chance after scoring, but that chance dwindled significantly after being reduced to 10 men.

[adultcrypto]

I was surprised that Copenhagen drew 3-3 with the Ukrainian team Polessya. To be honest, I expected Copenhagen to comfortably defeat their opponent in this match. Although Copenhagen scored the first goal, they conceded one just two minutes later. Polessya managed to close out the first half with a 2-1 lead. By the time the final minutes rolled around, Copenhagen had managed to take a 3-2 lead, but Oleksandr Filippov’s goal in the 88th minute tied the match. I think Copenhagen will win the match at home and advance to the next round. Polessya isn’t a rival on par with Copenhagen’s caliber, but at least they didn’t lose.

Jacob Neestrup did not do a great job at Copenhagen as he failed to make them qualify for the champions playoff for the first time in the club history.  This may be the reason he was replaced by  Bo Svensson who took over few months ago and still struggling to get his squad.  This is why you see them struggling in the conference league. With time I believe they will pick up and return to who they use to be in the league.

[rdbase]

I was surprised that Copenhagen drew 3-3 with the Ukrainian team Polessya. To be honest, I expected Copenhagen to comfortably defeat their opponent in this match. Although Copenhagen scored the first goal, they conceded one just two minutes later. Polessya managed to close out the first half with a 2-1 lead. By the time the final minutes rolled around, Copenhagen had managed to take a 3-2 lead, but Oleksandr Filippov’s goal in the 88th minute tied the match. I think Copenhagen will win the match at home and advance to the next round. Polessya isn’t a rival on par with Copenhagen’s caliber, but at least they didn’t lose.

Having complete confidence that Copenhagen will defeat them today. Everytime I have watched them play they never fail to disappoint and end up scoring on their opponents eventually.
So placed a bet on them in the early match and paired it with Fenerbahce SK and Belgrade to score over on goals.

The first matches of the day should be starting in the next two hours so just hope can get the first leg completed before the other two matches commence later on this afternoon.