Connah's Quay Nomads vs KF Ballkani - prediction, team news, lineups

Connah's Quay play big to KF Ballkani connected Wednesday evening successful the archetypal limb of their Conference League archetypal qualifying circular tie.

The Welsh outfit caput into this contention having failed to advancement from their past 7 European ties.

Match preview

Having earned 2nd spot successful the Cymru Premier Division successful 2025-26, Connah's Quay recorded their champion league presumption for 5 years.

That subsequently earned John Disney, successful his archetypal play successful charge, the manager of the twelvemonth award, contempt finishing 22 points adrift of The New Saints.

Disney and his squad present person the task of trying to propulsion Connah's Quay to caller ground, with the nine having ne'er progressed past the 2nd qualifying circular of European competition.

Furthermore, you person to spell backmost to 2019-20, erstwhile they upset Scottish broadside Kilmarnock successful the archetypal circular of Europa League qualifying, for the past clip that they won a continental tie.

Connah's Quay are nary strangers to facing Kosovan absorption having played Prishtina successful the 2nd qualifying circular of the Conference League successful 2021-22. They mislaid 6-5 connected aggregate connected that occasion.

As acold arsenic Ballkani are concerned, they person doubly reached the radical stages of the Conference League since 2022-23, their astir notable triumph being a 2-0 triumph implicit Dinamo Zagreb.

However, Connah's Quay volition instrumentality encouragement from Northern Irish nine Larne and Irish outfit Shamrock Rovers eliminating Ballkani from Conference League qualifying crossed the past 2 seasons.

In the 2025-26 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Ballkani finished successful 3rd position, 8 points adrift of champions Drita.

Manager Mislav Karoglan whitethorn person concerns up of this game, a effect of successive affable defeats to Botev Plovdiv (2-0) and Sileks (4-0).

Meanwhile, Connah's Quay followed a 1-0 decision to Larne with a 1-0 triumph implicit Scottish broadside Queen of the South.

Connah's Quay Nomads signifier (friendlies):

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KF Ballkani signifier (friendlies):

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Team News

Barring immoderate wounded issues, Disney whitethorn prime the Connah's Quay XI from the triumph implicit Queen of the South, with Abdi Sharif netting the victor successful that game.

Harry Franklin, who contributed an unthinkable 13 goals and 11 assists successful 27 league games past season, is expected to pb the line.

Meanwhile, Valentin Serebe is 1 to ticker successful the Ballkani broadside having scored 15 times successful the Kosovan apical formation successful 2025-26.

Club fable Edvin Kuc has besides returned to the nine and volition diagnostic successful cardinal midfield. During his archetypal stint, the Montenegro planetary contributed 22 goals and 10 assists from 198 appearances.

Connah's Quay Nomads imaginable starting lineup:

Renshaw; Simatupang-Ferguson, Hughes, Jones, Flynn, Deane, Sharif, West, Stone, Stephenson, Franklin

KF Ballkani imaginable starting lineup:

Golubovic; Dosso, Halili, Batarelo, Vokrri; Kuç, Giovanni, Diene; Tolaj, Serebe, Hamidi

We say: Connah's Quay Nomads 0-2 KF Ballkani

After past season's second-placed finish, Connah's Quay are a squad connected the up. However, the visitors to Wales person mostly performed good astatine this level of European qualifying, starring america to foretell a hard-earned triumph implicit the Kosovan side.

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