Finland Meet Hungary in the Europa Conference League
Inter Turku vs Puskás Akadémia - 08/07/2021
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The 2021/22 season will see the introduction of a new European club competition and the first qualifying round of the Europa conference league begins on the 8th of July.
One of the standout fixtures sees Inter Turku of Finland meet Puskás Akadémia of Hungary across two legs, the first of which will be played at the Veritas Stadion.
Inter Turku come into this match on the back of a 1-1 draw at home against Lahti in the Finnish top-flight on the weekend.
It was a second successive match without a win following the 2-1 loss at Ilves and Inter Turku have been left behind by HJK, who have already opened a 9 point lead at the top of the table after only 11 rounds.
Inter Turku have won only one of their last 4 fixtures, all of which have come in the Veikkausliiga.
The victory came at home against SJK and Inter Turku have a strong recent home record having remained undefeated in each of their last 12 home matches, including friendly games.
Inter Turku played in European competition last season but were eliminated from the Europa League at the first qualifying round, losing 2-1 at Honvéd in extra-time.
Their home record in Europe shows one victory from 4 matches, all of which have come in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League. Their most recent home European fixture was in 2019 and Inter Turku defeated Brondby 2-0.
Puskás Akadémia have been playing friendly matches in a bid to get up to speed for this game. They have enjoyed plenty of success throughout their friendlies, beating Juniors OÖ, CFR Cluj, and Aluminij away plus Spartak Trnava 2-0 at home.
Puskás Akadémia may be a new name to some fans outside of Hungary and the club was founded in 2005 as a memorial to former Hungarian national football legend, Ferenc Puskás.
Having won the 2016/17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season, they were promoted to the Hungarian top-flight and have remained there ever since.
They finished in third place at the end of the 2019/20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season and due to the fact the 2020/21 season was cancelled, Puskás Akadémia have qualified for European competition for only the second time in their history. They played in the first qualifying round of the Europa League in 2020 but lost 3-0 at Hammarby.
Team news and Inter Turku will be relying on Finnish striker Benjamin Källman to score their goals and he has 5 to his name in the domestic league this season. Martti Haukioja is an exciting young defender.
Puskás Akadémia will be looking towards defender Csaba Spandler and forward Krisztián Géresi for inspiration as both have recently been called up to the Hungarian national team.
Inter Turku could prove too strong for Puskás Akadémia. Forebet predicts that the home side will record a good victory this Thursday, while keeping a clean sheet and scoring over 2.5 goals.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
ECL
532423
1
3 - 0
2.61
22°
1 - 1(0 - 0)
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