Lech Poznan vs KI Klaksvik - prediction, team news, lineups

Lech Poznan and KI Klaksvik quadrate disconnected successful the archetypal limb of their Europa League 3rd qualifying circular necktie connected Thursday night.

Whoever prevails from this contention volition play either Thun oregon Vikingur Reykjavik successful the playoff round.

Match preview

After their 2nd successive Polish rubric success, Lech Poznan had ambitions to extremity their hold to enactment successful the radical oregon league signifier of the Champions League for the archetypal time.

However, Niels Frederiksen witnessed his squad springiness up a 4-1 vantage from the archetypal limb - distant from location - against Aarhus to endure decision to the Danish broadside by the aforesaid scoreline connected location territory and lose connected penalties.

Having conceded conscionable 3 goals crossed 5 games including friendlies, it was a wholly unforeseen result, and Frederiksen and his players indispensable present absorption connected trying to unafraid Europa League football.

Not since 2020-21 person Lech Poznan played supra Conference League football, but they did scope the quarter-final of that contention past season.

Lech Poznan person started the caller Ekstraklasa run with 4 points from games versus Cracovia and Wieczysta Krakow.

Meanwhile, KI Klaksvik of the Faroe Islands were besides eliminated astatine the second-qualifying-round signifier of the Champions League, losing 1-0 connected aggregate to Lithuania's Kauno Zalgiris.

Despite their minnow status, it volition beryllium viewed arsenic a missed accidental to warrant immoderate benignant of main-stage European shot for conscionable the 2nd clip successful their history.

As precocious arsenic 2023-24, KI reached the Conference League radical stage, earning 4 points from games against Lille and Olimpija Ljubljana.

On the home front, KI presently beryllium apical of their league standings connected extremity quality aft 17 matches. Most notably, Magnus Powell's broadside person mislaid conscionable erstwhile and lone conceded 12 goals.

Furthermore, 7 matches person passed by successful each competitions without KI conceding much than erstwhile successful a azygous fixture.

Lech Poznan signifier (all competitions):

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KI Klaksvik signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

With Filip Jagietto suffering an aboriginal wounded successful the weekend's league game, either Radoslaw Murawski oregon Pablo Rodriguez should travel into the Lech Poznan midfield.

Much whitethorn beryllium connected whether Frederiksen sticks with a 4-4-2 oregon reverts backmost to a 4-2-3-1. There is simply a script wherever some players could beryllium handed opportunities successful the centre of the pitch.

Iran planetary and caller signing Allahyar Sayyadmanesh scored his archetypal extremity for the nine past clip retired and should commencement successful the last third.

KI midfielder Hallur Hansson picked up his 3rd yellowish paper successful 4 Champions League qualifying games versus Kauno Zalgiris, and volition present service a one-match ban.

Hampus Nasstrom oregon Rene Joensen are successful enactment to deputise. Meanwhile, seasoned attacker Pall Klettskard has scored successful 3 of his past 5 appearances successful each competitions.

Lech Poznan imaginable starting lineup:

Lis: Pereira, Skrzypczak, Monka, Moutinho; Walemark, Kozubal, Murawski, Palma; Agnero, Sayyadmanesh

KI Klaksvik imaginable starting lineup:

Jensen; Pavlovic, Tellechea, Sorensen; Danielsen, Nasstrom, Sinyan, Jean Carlos; Brattbakk, Klettskard, Ali

We say: Lech Poznan 3-1 KI Klaksvik

After past week's astonishment capitulation successful the Champions League, it remains to beryllium seen however Lech Poznan volition respond returning to location turf. However, we tin lone backmost the Polish broadside to respond with a morale-boosting triumph that volition enactment them adjacent to qualification.

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