Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs Vikingur Reykjavik - prediction, team news, lineups

Hapoel Be'er Sheva indispensable find a mode to overturn a one-goal shortage connected Wednesday erstwhile they invited Vikingur Reykjavik to Turner Stadium for the 2nd limb of their Champions League 2nd qualifying circular tie.

The Icelandic outfit edged past week's archetypal limb 2-1 astatine Víkingsvollur, a effect that marked the maiden competitory gathering betwixt the 2 clubs.

Match preview

Although Hapoel enjoyed conscionable 2 percent little possession than their opponents successful past week's archetypal limb successful Iceland, the quality successful attacking menace was acold much significant, with the Camels managing conscionable 5 shots successful full and 2 connected people compared to Vikingur's 13 attempts, and that gulf yet proved decisive.

Nikolaj Hansen broke the deadlock 3 minutes into the 2nd fractional earlier Kings Kangwa levelled moments later, and though Niv Yehoshua thought helium had fired the Israelis into a 2-1 lead, the extremity was ruled retired for offside earlier the Dane completed his brace successful the 86th infinitesimal to settee the contest.

That decision continued a hard tally for Hapoel, who travelled to Iceland connected the backmost of a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Maccabi Tel Aviv successful the Israeli Super Cup aft a mixed pre-season run successful which Ran Kozuch's men won lone 1 of their 3 affable matches (D1, L1).

The Camels person present mislaid 4 consecutive competitory games, having besides ended the 2025-26 run with a 2-1 decision to Maccabi Tel Aviv successful the State Cup last aft suffering a 5-2 nonaccomplishment astatine Turner Stadium connected the last time of their title-winning Ligat ha'Al season.

Hapoel's biggest interest has been their deficiency of antiaircraft solidity, with the Israeli champions conceding astatine slightest doubly successful each of their past 8 matches, though they person besides recovered the nett successful each 1 of those games, including each 5 competitory outings during that run.

While Kozuch volition beryllium looking for greater equilibrium astatine some ends arsenic his broadside effort to overturn their shortage connected Wednesday, the Camels volition besides anticipation to debar a repetition of history, with their erstwhile Champions League run ending astatine this precise signifier aft they mislaid the archetypal limb distant to Dinamo Zagreb earlier drafting the instrumentality fixture successful 2018-19.

Meanwhile, Vikingur are competing astatine this signifier of the contention for the archetypal clip aft edging past Gyor 3-2 connected aggregate, having won the archetypal limb successful Iceland earlier battling to a 2-2 gully successful Hungary, and the Vikes would gladly judge a akin result here.

Heading into Wednesday's 2nd limb connected the backmost of consecutive victories, Solvi Geir Ottesen Jonsson's broadside followed past week's European occurrence with an emphatic 5-1 thrashing of Keflavik, with Karl Gunnarsson, Stigur Thordarson, Oskar Borgthorsson, Tarik Ibrahimagic and Armann Finnbogason each getting connected the scoresheet.

That effect near the Reykjavik nine 8 points wide astatine the apical of the Besta deild karla aft winning 14 of their opening 16 league matches (D1, L1) of the campaign, underlining a ascendant rubric defence, having lifted the title by a 12-point borderline implicit Valur past season.

Heading into Wednesday, Vikingur volition gully assurance from their singular resilience, having mislaid conscionable 2 of their past 27 matches crossed each competitions (W23, D2), portion scoring astatine slightest doubly successful 22 of those outings, a grounds that should promote them against a Hapoel broadside struggling defensively.

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Team News

Hapoel volition participate this brushwood without Joao Victor owed to injury, portion chap summertime signing Yehoshua is pushing for different commencement aft making his afloat debut successful past week's archetypal leg.

Expected to play his last crippled for the nine earlier completing a determination to Panathinaikos, Zambian midfielder Kangwa volition beryllium hoping to bow retired connected a precocious aft scoring successful back-to-back matches.

Meanwhile, Vikingur person not picked up immoderate caller wounded concerns successful caller outings, though seasoned goalkeeper Ingvar Jonsson remains sidelined.

Manager Ottesen made 4 changes for past weekend's triumph implicit Keflavik, though defenders Karl Gunnarsson, Oliver Ekroth, Gunnar Vatnhamar and Helgi Gudjonsson each kept their places and are expected to commencement again.

Veteran midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson should besides clasp his spot successful midfield aft an awesome show against Keflavik, portion first-leg leader Hansen is expected to instrumentality to the starting lineup aft being rested astatine the weekend.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva imaginable starting lineup:

Marciano; Mizrahi, Miguel Vitor, Diop, Davidzada; Kangwa, Lucas Ventura, Yehoshua; Rumi, Zlatanovic, Ganah

Vikingur Reykjavik imaginable starting lineup:

Fridriksson; Gunnarsson, Ekroth, Vatnhamar, Gudjonsson; Sigurdsson, Ingimundarson, Hafsteinsson; Borgthorsson, Hansen, Thrandarson

We say: Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2-2 Vikingur Reykjavik (Vikingur beforehand 4-3 connected aggregate)

Hapoel volition person the backing of their supporters and capable attacking prime to origin Vikingur problems, but their mediocre antiaircraft grounds suggests they could conflict to support the visitors quiet.

Vikingur, meanwhile, person shown plentifulness of firepower successful caller weeks, and we expect the Icelandic champions to bash capable to gain a gully and unafraid a historical spot successful the 3rd qualifying round.

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