Dukagjini vs HNK Rijeka Prediction: Conference League Match on 27.07.2023

Dukagjini will welcome Rijeka to the Pristina City Stadium on Thursday at 18:00 GMT. The two sides will contest the first leg of the Europa Conference League’s second qualifying round.

With the third qualifying round appearance at stake, the two sides will bid to take a step forward ahead of the second leg.

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Key Highlights

Dukagjini navigated the first qualifying round of the Europa Conference League, coming out on top against Europa. They won the first leg at home 2-1 before winning impressively 2-3 away from home to seal a 2-5 aggregate win. 

The lessons from the two matches against Europa will focus on the inability of Dukagjini to keep a clean sheet in both matches. Although they prevailed this time, they will look to fix their defensive shape to bolster their ability to shut out the opponents.

HNK Rijeka returned to competitive football in the HNL last Saturday with a commanding 4-0 win over Rudes.  Rijeka controlled the match after going ahead in the 40th minute through Niko Jankovic’s penalty. 

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They managed 7 shots on target out of 17 shot attempts while keeping 48% of the ball. Rijeka will look to extend this form into their match against Dukagjini.

Injury Report

Neither side has reported significant injury news ahead of their match on Thursday.

Prediction

HNK Rijeka will win the away leg and set themselves up nicely to progress ahead of the second leg at home.

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