Caernarfon Town vs Levadia Tallinn - prediction, team news, lineups

Caernarfon Town invited FCI Levadia Tallinn to the Oval connected Thursday evening for the archetypal limb of their UEFA Conference League qualifying circular tie.

In their erstwhile outing, the Canaries claimed 4th spot successful the Cymru Premier by beating Penybont 2-0, portion the Green-Whites posted an awesome 3-1 triumph distant to Narva Trans successful the Meistriliiga.

Match preview

Following their Welsh Cup occurrence past season, beating Flint Town United 3-0 successful the last astatine Rodney Parade, Caernarfon booked their spot successful the 2026-27 Europa Conference League qualifying stages.

Having missed retired connected a top-two spot successful the Cymru Premier, finishing 13 points down 2nd spot Connah’s Quay astatine the season’s end, Richard Davies’s men scored 3 goals wrong the archetypal 20 minutes of April’s lucifer against the Silkmen to triumph a archetypal portion of silverware since their 2nd tier rubric occurrence successful the 2017-18 campaign.

As a effect of their triumph, the Canaries volition play successful Europe for lone the 2nd clip successful their history, the archetypal juncture coming successful the 2024-25 play erstwhile they claimed a historical triumph connected penalties against Irish squad Crusaders earlier bowing retired against Polish giants Legia Warsaw 11-0 connected aggregate successful the adjacent circular of Conference League qualification.

Facing Levadia successful the archetypal round, Caernarfon volition lineup against an Estonian broadside for the archetypal clip ever connected Thursday evening and if they were to prevail aft the 2 legs, volition conscionable Swedish squad Goteburg for the accidental to diagnostic successful the main tourney campaign.

After winning the rubric by an astonishing 15-point borderline successful 2024, Levadia narrowly missed retired connected retaining the rubric past run arsenic they were pipped successful the last fewer matches by FC Flora.

As a effect of their runners-up finish, Vjatseslav Zahovaiko's men participate this season’s UEFA Conference League qualification signifier arsenic opposed to the Champions League, which they departed successful the archetypal circular successful 2025-26, losing 2-0 connected aggregate to Latvian broadside RFS.

Finishing successful the apical 2 of the Meistriliiga successful each twelvemonth since 2020, this volition beryllium the sixth consecutive play that the Green-Whites person entered the competition’s qualifying, reaching a champion of the 3rd circular past run earlier being eliminated by Luxembourgian broadside Differdange.

Despite ne'er facing Caernarfon before, this volition not beryllium the archetypal clip Levadia person played Welsh opposition, beating The New Saints 6-2 aft 2 legs successful the 2000-01 Champions League qualifiers and claiming triumph implicit Bala Town 3-2 connected aggregate to participate the Europa League pre tourney 2nd circular successful 2013.

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Team News

Caernarfon are apt to lineup successful a 4-4-2 enactment connected Thursday evening with skipper Danny Gosset partnering 39-year-old Darren Thomas successful the centre of midfield.

The Canaries dangerman this play looks similar it could beryllium 19-year-old Rio Owen, who netted against Penybont successful the club's erstwhile fixture aft constricted minutes passim the 2025-26 campaign.

As for the visitors, Levadia look acceptable to support their 4-3-3 formation, pushing men further up the transportation successful anticipation of superior attacking threat.

Scoring 14 times successful lone 18 league games past season, Bubacarr Tambedou is the Green-White's astir potent limb and volition beryllium looking to proceed his good signifier aft netting 2 and assisting 1 against Narva connected Saturday.

Caernarfon Town imaginable starting lineup:

Roberts; Jones, Mooney, Harrison, Sears; Thomas, Bradley, Mendes, Gosset; Cieslewicz, Owen

Levadia Tallinn imaginable starting lineup:

Vallner; Liivak, Nwankwo, Tammik, Saliste; Alexandre; Roosnupp, Ainsalu, Joao Pedro; Tambedou, Skvortsov

We say: Caernarfon Town 1-1 Levadia Tallinn

With a hard 2nd limb travel to Tallinn adjacent week, Caernarfon volition beryllium looking to marque the astir of their location vantage and instrumentality thing that they tin clasp onto to Estonia.

However, we deliberation Levadia volition extremity up frustrating the location side, earning themselves a gully and boosting their assurance up of the instrumentality fixture.

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