Ferencvaros vs FC Twente - prediction, team news, lineups

In the 2nd limb of the Europa League's 2nd qualifying round, hosts Ferencvaros volition anticipation to clasp onto their vantage implicit FC Twente connected Thursday astatine Groupama Arena.

After emerging arsenic 2-1 winners successful the archetypal limb connected July 23 acknowledgment to a precocious winner, Ferencvaros indispensable marque the astir of their location assemblage and beforehand into the penultimate circular of qualifying.

Match preview

The hosts were heading for a stalemate successful the archetypal leg, with Aske Adelgaard netting Twente's 38th-minute equaliser, but Lenny Joseph struck for the 2nd clip successful the 80th infinitesimal to springiness his broadside a deserved lead.

Fradi returned to home enactment connected July 26 aft their continental victory, and portion they suffered a 4-2 nonaccomplishment to Paksi SE successful their opening fixture of the Hungarian apical flight, they had won their anterior 8 competitory outings.

Ferencvaros person qualified for a European contention successful each of their past six seasons, and they person competed successful the Europa League successful 4 of their past 5 campaigns.

Boss Balazs Borbely's broadside are unbeaten successful 11 games astatine location successful Europe - each of those matches came successful the Europa League - and a triumph connected Thursday would beryllium their 10th successful 12 European clashes at Groupama Arena.

Ferencvaros person besides kept 3 consecutive cleanable sheets erstwhile playing astatine Groupama Arena successful UEFA competitions, and they person recovered the backmost of the nett astatine slightest erstwhile successful each of their 12 astir caller contests astatine the stadium.

Twente did make opportunities successful the archetypal leg, but their nonaccomplishment to capitalise connected their chances continued a inclination of low-scoring matches successful Europe, with the nine having netted 1 oregon less goals successful 7 of their past 11 continental games.

The Dutch broadside bash not boast a peculiarly beardown past successful Europe fixed they person lone erstwhile made it to the league oregon radical signifier of a UEFA contention since the commencement of 2014–15.

However, adjacent if Twente are incapable to flooded their deficit, they volition beryllium entered into the 3rd circular of Conference League qualifying.

Manager John van den Brom's lone crippled of 2026-27 was their first-leg defeat, but helium has overseen 4 victories and conscionable 1 nonaccomplishment from six affable fixtures up of the opening of the Eredivisie connected August 9.

Trots van het Oosten person concerningly lone won 2 of their 13 astir caller distant clashes successful Europe, a play successful which they mislaid 5 times and were held to stalemates connected six occasions.

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Team News

Ferencvaros cannot spend to weaken their lineup fixed the slender quality of their advantage, meaning determination is nary crushed to uncertainty the enactment of Kristoffer Zachariassen, Lenny Joseph and Yusuf Bamidele successful a beforehand three.

If Philippe Rommens retains his spot astatine the basal of midfield, past expect to see Marius Corbu and Gabi Kanichowsky to diagnostic alongside him.

The 3 midfielders volition beryllium asked to support a four-man defence that includes cardinal defenders Mariano Gomez and Toon Raemaekers.

Twente striker Wout Weghorst was ineffective successful the archetypal leg, and helium indispensable marque the astir of immoderate chances created by wingers Daan Rots and Sondre Orjasaeter.

Goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall is simply a superior uncertainty due to the fact that of an abdominal injury, and if helium cannot retrieve successful clip for Thursday's match, past the astir apt campaigner to relace him is Remko Pasveer.

Ferencvaros imaginable starting lineup:

Dibusz; Osvath, Gomez, Raemaekers, Cadu; Corbu, Rommens, Kanichowsky; Zachariassen, Joseph, Bamidele

FC Twente imaginable starting lineup:

Pasveer; Van Rooij, Lemkin, Nijstad, Adelgaard; Zerrouki, Van den Belt; Rots, Hlynsson, Orjasaeter; Weghorst

We say: Ferencvaros 2-1 FC Twente (Ferencvaros triumph 4-2 connected aggregate)

Ferencvaros not lone boast the vantage of playing astatine home, but their grounds successful Europe is considerably stronger than the visitors'.

Twente volition person to flooded their mediocre past connected the roadworthy if they are to advance, but it is hard to spot them producing capable to instrumentality power of the tie.

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