Slovan Bratislava vs KF Feronikeli
The UEFA Europa League qualifying round 2 match will present a match between Slovan Bratislava and KF Feronikeli. In this leg 1 match, Slovan Bratislava has the advantage of playing as host first, namely Národný Futbalový Štadión. Both teams have never met before in history so this is the first meeting match.
Slovan Bratislava and KF Feronikeli both failed in the Champions League qualification phase but at least still had a chance to compete for a place in the Europa League. Interestingly, KF Feronikeli’s journey was quite long because they were in Champions League qualification having played 2 times, first against Lincoln Red Imps and winning 3-1 on aggregate then yesterday it was KF Feronikeli’s turn that was eliminated.
KF Feronikeli lost to Welsh league champions The New Saints by losing 3-2 on aggregate, even though they played in a fierce overall. Meanwhile in the Slovan Bratislava camp they only played 1 match and met Sutjeska, the elimination of Slovan Bratislava was more dramatic because of losing the drama penalty after a 2-2 aggregate draw.
However, for this match Slovan Bratislava is considered by the observers to be above the air or more favored, because they are more experienced than KF Feronikeli. Last season’s Slovan Bratislava almost put themselves in the Europa League group phase because SK Rapid Vienne’s aggregate comeback was 5-2. While in the visitors’ side this year is the first time KF Feronikeli has been in the Champions League and Europa League qualification stages in history.
Given the lack of experience of the visitors and also the benefits of Slovan Bratislava, chances are that KF Feronikeli will be easily defeated.
Our Prediction: 1