Cukaricki vs Twente prediction, preview, team news and more

Cukaricki host Twente in the first leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round at the Cukaricki Stadium on Thursday.

The home side started their Conference League qualifiers last month and were drawn against Racing Club Luxembourg. They won the first leg 4-1 before ending the home defeat with a 4-0 win in the second leg a week later.

Cukaricki was eliminated by Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF at this stage of last season’s qualifying campaign, missing out on a 3-1 win in the first leg and losing 6-4 on aggregate.

Twente had a solid season under coach Ron Jans last season and will now be fighting for a place in Europe this season. They finished fourth in the Eredivisie standings with 68 points from 34 games, their highest points tally in the top division since the 2010–11 season where they finished second with 71 points.

The visitors last appeared in Europe in the 2012/13 season and made it to the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, where they were unbeaten.

Cukaricki vs Twente Head to Head

Thursday’s game is the first-ever clash between Cukaricki and Twente. On this occasion, both sides will now hope for a positive result.

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Cukaricki vs Twente team news

Cukaricki

The hosts can boast of a clean bill of health ahead of their midweek game.

Hurt: None

Doubtful: None

suspended: None

Twente

Wout Brama escaped injured in a friendly against Schalke last month and will miss Thursday’s game as a result. Robin Propper is not quite fit and doubtful for this one despite being called up to the traveling squad.

Hurt: Wout Brama

Doubtful: Robin Proper

suspended: None

Cukaricki vs. Twente Prediction XI

Cukaricki predicted eleven (4-3-3): Nemanja Belic; Viktor Rogan, Nikola Vujadinovic, Uros Drezgic, Bojan Roganovic; Srdan Mijailovic, Marko Docic, Stefan Kovac; Ibrahima N’Diaye, Muhammed Badamosi, and Dorde Ivanovic

Twente Expected XI (4-2-3-1): Lars Unnerstall; Joshua Brenat, Mees Hilgers, Julio Pleguezuelo, Gijs Smal; Ramiz Zerrouki, Michal Sadilek; Virgil Misidjan, Michel Vlap, Daan Rots; Ricky van Wolfswinkel

Cukaricki vs Twente Prediction

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Cukaricki is enjoying good form these days, having won their last five games in all competitions by an aggregate score of 13-2. They’ve lost just one of their last eight home games and hope to play to their home field advantage this week.

Twente start this Thursday after an excellent pre-season in which they recorded victories against Schalke and Bologna, among others. The Dutch are the stronger team before the duel during the week and should prevail.

forecast: Cukaricki 1-2 Twente