Koln vs Fehervar Betting Tips for the Europa Conference League Play-off Game

The German top club, 1. FC Koln will host the Hungarian team of MOL Fehervar in the first leg of the Europa Conference League play-off this Thursday. The winner of the tie will advance to the group stage of the tournament along with the other 31 teams. The Koln vs Fehervar betting tips favor the home team to win the game and the tie as well. Offering a small chance and high odds for the Hungarian victory. 

The first leg of the play-off round is held this Wednesday and Thursday of the 2022/23 UEFA Europa Conference League. With 10 teams playing in the champions, and a further 34 teams competing in the main path. The winners of the ties will get to the group stage while the losers will end their international seasons.

We can find such popular clubs in this round as West Ham United, Villareal, and Fiorentina. But the German club with the fourth biggest fanbase, 1. FC Koln will also join the league at this stage. They will meet the winner of the two previous qualifying rounds, MOL Fehervar. The fourth-place finisher of the Hungarian league will try to get to the group stage like they did in the Europa League four years ago. 

Koln vs Fehervar Betting Tips Don’t Expect Any Surprise Result

The winner of the first Bundesliga, three-time German champion, and four-time German Cup winner 1. FC Koln will host Hungarian MOL Fehervar this Thursday at the RheinEnergieStadion. The German club will only start this season’s Europa Conference League at the play-off stage thanks to their high UEFA club coefficient.

And following their seventh-place finish in the previous Bundesliga season. The team started the new season well with a win against Schalke 04 and a draw against RB Leipzig. Though they are already out from the 2022/23 German Cup after losing against second division team Jahn Regensburg in the first round. 

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Now Koln are the absolute favorites according to online sportsbooks in Germany. They have the odds of 1.28 to win on Thursday. And the odds of 1.18 to qualify for the group stage. The squad’s total worth is around €88,6 million. While Tunisian midfielder Ellyes Skhiri is the most expensive player with a worth of €13 million. The club lost the top scorer of the last season, French Anthony Modeste who joined Borussia Dortmund in the summer.

But they also signed new players like Armenian forward Sargis Adamyan. And German defender Luca Kilian who has already scored in his new team. Based on the quality of their players, the Koln vs Fehervar betting tips expect more than 2.5 goals in the game (1.80). While a 2-0 home victory is the most likely result (5.50) according to the bookmakers. 

Guest’s Odds are Not Too Promising 

MOL Fehervar have already knocked out two teams in this season’s Europa Conference League. Azerbaijani Gabala and Moldovan Petrocub Hincesti with 5-3 and 7-1 on aggregate. But playing against Koln will be a more difficult task. Just to compare, their squad’s value is around €19,5million. And their most expensive player, Loig Nego’s worth is around €2 million. These values are also represented in the team’s odds.

As online gambling sites in Germany offer the odds of 10.00 for Fehervar’s win. But a good result is not totally hopeless. As Fehervar also reached the group stage of the Europa League in the 2018/19 season. They finished third in their group then. After beating Greek PAOK twice and drawing with Chelsea at home. 

Since then the club hasn’t achieved such results. And they didn’t have the best start of the new season in the domestic league either. Vidi lost against Paks in the opening game and last weekend against Ferencvaros. They did beat Budapest Honved 4-0 at home though. Their German manager, Michael Boris will surely have some useful tips against their opponent.

While players like Georgian forward Budu Zivzivadze can be dangerous for the German goal. He has already scored four goals in the season, including a brace against Petrocub in the previous game. Bosnian striker Kenan Kodro has also found the net four times so far. If either of them can score in Koln, Fehervar might have a chance for a good result. The odds of both teams scoring on Thursday are 2.50. While a draw has the odds of 4.75 on bet365.

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