Partizan vs Slovacko prediction: EUROPE: Europa Conference League – Group Stage betting tips on match 2022-11-02 20:00.
The equation is simple for Partizan Belgrade on the final day of UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL) Group D: avoid defeat and guarantee a place in the knockout phase, or else rely on the result of Cologne vs Nice for progress. Strong domestic league form this season will buoy the Serbians (W11, D4, L1), as will the fact that they’re playing against a Slovácko side that will finish bottom no matter what following their winless group stage.
With no home defeats in any competition since they were humbled 5-2 by Feyenoord in last season’s UECL round of 16 home leg (W14, D6), Partizan would be forgiven for expecting a comfortable passage to the knockout phase. Manager Gordan Petrić seems to have not looked back after getting the call to join his old club when eating dinner back in August, finishing his beans and then getting on with the job at hand, and he has now watched his side score 51 goals in his 20 games in charge (W13, D5, L2).
A 1-0 defeat to Cologne in the previous round confirmed Slovácko’s early exit from European competition with a game to spare. The Czech outfit occupy the relegation group in their domestic league too, and with that, their last realistic chance of glory this season is in their domestic cup. Simply making it here was an achievement in itself after the club lifted their first ever piece of major silverware last season in the form of the Czech Cup.
Improving on a historically abject away record in European competition will be a challenge for Slovácko (W2, D4, L6), although both victories came as pre-match outsiders across their last three European road trips. The Slovácko frontline will have to be on top form to upset the odds again though, with two goals conceded per game on average across their last six away from home possibly giving them extra work to do up top.
Players to watch: Ricardo Gomes has scored an incredible eight goals in Europe for Partizan this season, and he’s netted the second goal of the game in three of his last four continental scoring appearances. Trying to match him will be Slovácko’s Libor Kozák, he was the Europa League top-scorer in 2012/13 with Lazio and hit a goal in the reverse.
Hot streak: None of Partizan’s last 16 competitive matches have produced a goalless first-half.