Conference League
2022-08-18 - Koln vs Fehervar FC
A Sports Betting Pick by Niko
Football; Europa Conference League Qualifications: 1st Leg
Rhein Energie Stadion - Koln
Thursday, 18th August 2022 - kickoff 20:30 CET
Koln
The Hungarian side of Fehervar FC is the final hurdle for Koln before playing in the group stage of this season’s Europa Conference League. The Germans await the Hungarians as unbeaten in two Bundesliga games, easily beating Schalke 04 with 3-1 and drawing 2-2 against RB Leipzig.
Koln are playing attacking football and are one of the candidates for a high finish in the Bundesliga this season. They are also motivated to go deeper in the Europa Conference League and are highly motivated before this game.
Last season, Koln were the seventh-best home team in Germany, winning 9 of their 17 home games. They are strongest at home and have big support, and they started this new season similarly.
Koln’s recent matches involved quite a few goals scored, with 7 of their last 8 games ending with over 2.5 goals. Even though they lost their last season’s top scorer Anthony Modeste, who joined Borussia Dortmund, Koln are still scoring lots of goals. So far, they had 4 different goal scorers in the first two competitive league games.
Fehervar FC
The Hungarian side Fehervar FC finished as fourth in the Hungarian top league last season. They have a German coach – Michael Boris, which might help them a little in this game against Koln.
However, Fehervar FC did not start this season well. They lost 2 of their 3 games in their domestic championship, including their last match last weekend – 4-0 against the league leader, Ferencvaros.
Before Koln, Fehervar FC eliminated the Moldovan club Petrocub Hincesti in the third round of this competition, winning 5-0 at home and 1-2 away. However, Koln will be a much bigger challenge than the Moldovan club, and Fehervar FC’s current form is not that good.
The Betting Verdict
This will be the first duel between these two sides, and understandably, Koln are huge favorites to win. The Germans are a great home side; they opened the new Bundesliga season well and look to be in great shape.
On the other side, Fehervar FC suffered a heavy defeat in the domestic championship last weekend, and their results and performances so far are not the best.
Koln should win this game with a few goals, so I would go with a combination bet of Koln to win and over 2.5 goals to be scored.
The Pick :
Koln 2-1 Fehervar FC
