Levadia Tallinn vs IFK Goteborg - prediction, team news, lineups

Just 90 minutes from a spot successful the 3rd circular of the 2026 Conference League qualifiers, Levadia Tallinn invited IFK Goteborg to A. Le Coq Arena connected Thursday.

A 2-1 triumph successful past week’s archetypal limb has enactment the hosts successful rod position, but their Swedish visitors volition not spell down without a combat arsenic they look to extremity a drastic slump successful form.

Match preview

Having gone unbeaten successful 18 of their 19 league matches earlier the Conference League qualifiers began, Levadia Tallinn entered their first-round necktie against Caernarfon successful superb form.

Despite winning the archetypal limb 5-0, Vjatseslav Zahovaiko’s broadside did not fto up successful the instrumentality fixture, claiming different 5-0 triumph to grounds their biggest aggregate triumph successful a European tie.

Their reward was a second-round duty against Goteborg, which the Green-Whites are halfway to navigating aft a constrictive triumph astatine Gamla Ullevi, though they volition beryllium disappointed to person conceded precocious on.

While inactive awaiting their archetypal quality successful the Conference League proper, Levadia person participated successful each qualifying run since 2021, with their champion show coming past twelvemonth erstwhile they exited to Differdange successful the 3rd round.

On the backmost of 4 consecutive wins since the commencement of July, Thursday’s hosts present question to extremity the period connected a precocious and volition beryllium anxious to quash immoderate hopes of a Goteborg comeback with a beardown first-half display, having been successful beforehand astatine the interval successful each of their past 5 outings.

After finishing 4th successful the 2025 Allsvenskan, Goteborg were acceptable to miss retired connected European qualification wholly earlier Mjallby handed them a lifeline by not lone topping the Swedish apical formation but besides winning the home cup.

This handed Stefan Billborn’s broadside a spot successful the Conference League qualifiers and, amended still, nonstop introduction into the 2nd round. Goteborg had lone conscionable ended a four-game winless tally earlier past week’s gathering with Levadia, and person since been beaten by Sirius.

A tally of conscionable 1 triumph from their past 7 matches marks Kamraterna’s worst signifier successful years arsenic they question to Estonia for their archetypal European distant crippled successful a decade, searching for a catalyst to spark a alteration successful fortunes.

Tuesday would beryllium an perfect clip for Goteborg to tighten up defensively, arsenic they person present gone 19 matches without a cleanable expanse successful each competitions.

During that stretch, the Swedish giants person conceded 28 goals successful 10 distant matches, shipping 4 successful each of their past 3 games connected the road.

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Team News

With nary caller wounded concerns, Levadia are expected to sanction an unchanged XI from the archetypal leg, with Mark Roosnupp retaining his spot aft replacing Enock Otoo past clip out.

Wendell Gabriel has scored 4 goals successful his past 3 starts for the hosts and volition beryllium 1 to ticker arsenic helium looks to proceed his awesome tally of form.

Max Fenger is unavailable for Goteborg owed to illness, with the striker acceptable to walk a fortnight connected the sidelines aft being withdrawn astatine fractional clip past week.

The visitors volition besides beryllium without Arbnor Mucolli (knee) and Gabriel Ersoy (muscle), portion August Erlingmark is suspended pursuing his reddish paper successful the archetypal leg.

This opens the doorway for Filip Ottosson to instrumentality to the starting XI aft 4 consecutive matches retired of the line-up.

Levadia Tallinn imaginable starting lineup:

Vallner; Saliste, Nwankwo, Iboro, Liivak; Ainsalu, Peetson, Roosnupp, Pedro; Tambedou, Gabriel

IFK Goteborg imaginable starting lineup:

Bishesari; Seidu, Bager, Yeboah, Eriksson; Heintz, Kruse, Ottosson; Larsson, Clemmensen, Bergmark-Wiberg

We say: Levadia Tallinn 1-1 IFK Goteborg

Levadia upset the likelihood to assertion triumph successful Sweden, and Goteborg present request a effect to support their Conference League hopes alive.

The visitors are expected to airs a greater attacking menace fixed their situation, but we backmost the hosts to bash capable to gain a gully and unafraid qualification erstwhile each is said and done.

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