Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs OFI Crete - prediction, team news, lineups

Still waiting for their first Europa League win of the season, Hapoel Be'er Sheva volition look OFI Crete astatine Bucharest's Superbet Arena connected Thursday.

The Camels are looking for a 3rd triumph connected the bounce crossed each competitions, portion O Omilos are eyeing their 3rd successful 4 games.

Match preview

Ran Kozuch's Be'er Sheva person struggled successful UEFA's second-tier tournament, contempt a beardown commencement to their Israeli Premier League campaign.

The Camels hammered Maccabi Petah Tikva 5-2 connected Sunday, coming backmost from 2-1 down astatine fractional clip acknowledgment to 4 antithetic scorers successful the 2nd 45.

That triumph marked a sixth successive league triumph for Kozuch's men, who had beaten Maccabi Haifa 5-2 connected October 26, a agelong that has the nine 3rd successful the array aft 9 games - 1 constituent down leaders Maccabi Tel Aviv.

However, the concern successful Europe is drastically different, with Be'er Sheva languishing 30th successful the Europa League with conscionable a azygous constituent to their name.

With that successful mind, the nominal hosts volition beryllium hopeless to marque up the two-point spread to the apical 24 connected Thursday, particularly aft being thrashed 4-0 by Union Saint-Gilloise connected matchday three.

Meanwhile, Christos Kontis's OFI started their league-phase run successful beardown manner and beryllium higher successful the array than their opponents, but get for this showdown successful mediocre form.

O Omilos secured a memorable 2-0 triumph implicit Hoffenheim successful their Europa League opener, marking their archetypal quality successful the radical signifier oregon league signifier of immoderate UEFA contention since 2000 with 3 points astatine home.

That being said, Kontis's broadside person mislaid some of their European clashes since - 2-1 against Rennes connected October 15 and 2-0 to Bayer Leverkusen a week later.

Those defeats person near OFI 26th, wherever they are presently down Hoffenheim, Anderlecht and AC Milan successful the playoff spots connected extremity difference.

On a much optimistic note, the level of absorption the visitors person faced truthful acold successful the contention is importantly beyond what Be'er Sheva volition airs connected Thursday, and Os Omilos volition beryllium softly assured of heading backmost to Crete with the win.

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Team News

Be'er Sheva volition beryllium without midfielder Lucas Ventura owed to a hamstring injury, portion Eliel Peretz is simply a uncertainty arsenic helium works his mode backmost from a groin issue.

If the second is unavailable, past Hamode Kanaan and Nic Yehoshua look acceptable to articulation Forson Amankwah successful the centre of the park.

Further forward, right winger Dan Biton is continuing his betterment from a viral bosom information helium picked up successful March, truthful expect to spot Igor Zlatanovic pb the line, supported from retired wide by Javon East and Zahi Ahmad.

As for OFI, they are missing a fig of young players this week, including 18-year-old defenders Konstantinos Lagoudakis (muscle) and Pavlos Kenourgiakis (knock).

In their absence, Konstantinos Kostoulas, Achilleas Poungouras and Kresimir Krizmanic should beryllium acceptable to commencement successful beforehand of goalkeeper Kildman Lilo.

Elsewhere, midfielders Fotis Koutsoupias and Manolis Chnaris are sidelined owed to respective limb and cruciate ligament injuries, so Athanasios Androutsos and Andreas Bouchalakis should commencement successful the mediate third.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva imaginable starting lineup:

Marciano; Mizrahi, Vitor, Nachmias, Amador; Forson, Yehoshua, Kanaan; East, Zlatanovic, Ahmad

OFI Crete imaginable starting lineup:

Lilo; Kostoulas, Poungouras, Krizmanic; Dickmann, Bouchalakis, Androutsos, Athanasiou; Cantalapiedra, Kodro, Nuss

We say: Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1-2 OFI Crete

Be'er Sheva are without triumph truthful acold successful this Europa League season, though their home signifier has been strong, and they could find the backmost of the nett successful midweek.

That being said, OFI person proven competitory against Bundesliga and Ligue 1 opponents successful the competition, and are apt to travel retired connected apical successful a constrictive win.

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