Apollon – Lech will be played on Wednesday, September 23, starting with 17:00 in the Europa League qualifiers.
This will be the first direct confrontation, it will be played on GSP Stadium and it will be led from the center by the Finn Mattias Gestranius. It should be noted that only one round will be played, and the winner will qualify for the playoffs.
The host team reached this phase of the competition after beating Saburtalo Tbilisi (5-1 at home) and OFI Crete (1-0 away). We highlight the fact that Apollo also does very well in internal competition. After finishing last season in 4th place, the team coached by Sofronis Avgousti is now the leader in Cyprus with a total of 10 points, being undefeated after the first 4 rounds.
Like his opponent in this match, the visiting group passed Valmiera (3-0 at home) and Hammarby (3-0) away. So, two victories in the non-presentation score, but we notice the fact that in the duel in Sweden, Lech had an extra player from the 63rd minute, and the last two goals of the confrontation were scored in the 89th and 90th + 3 minutes.
Regarding the internal competition, the group from Poznan collected only 5 points in the first 4 rounds and we can say that it does not have a very good start to the season if we take into account the fact that Lech finished the last edition on 2 only 3 lengths away from the champion Legia .
The qualification is played in a single round, and the two groups are of close value. So, we should watch a balanced and not very spectacular match.
-Apollon, one defeat suffered in the last 15 official matches played at home;
-Apollon, leader and team with the best offensive in the internal competition, 11 goals scored in the first 4 rounds;
-Lech, comes after the first success in the new season of the internal competition (4 stages);
PREDICTION: Under 2,5 goals @ 1,77
