Zalgiris vs Ferencvaros Prediction: Will the Hungarian club be able to repeat their success?

Ferencvarosi met Zalgiris two years ago and won both matches against the Lithuanian team. Will the Hungarian club be able to repeat this success in the decisive round of the 2023/24 Conference League qualification? Let's pick a few bets.

The team from Vilnius started its European Cup campaign back in mid-July. Zalgiris got past Macedonian Struga in the Champions League but left the tournament after losing to Galatasaray. The Lithuanians also immediately dropped out of the Europa League, failing to provide worthy resistance to Swedish champion Hecken - 1:8 on the aggregate of two matches.

Zalgiris' performance in the Lithuanian league is not particularly affected by European competition, and after traveling to Sweden, the team beat Dainava Alytus on the road. Zalgiris has 18 wins in 27 games in the national championship, but the team is likely to lose the championship title - the gap from the first-place Panevezys is 6 points with a game in hand.

Ferencvaros started the season under former Russian national team coach Stanislav Cherchesov, but after the Champions League exit at the hands of Faroese Klaksvik, the coach left his post. However, the Hungarian champion would have done well with Cherchesov in the Conference League. Ferencvaros have won four matches so far, beating Shamrock Rovers from Ireland and Hamrun from Malta twice each.

In the new Hungarian championship, Ferencvaros played two matches - a 5:3 win over MOL Fehervar and a 1:2 defeat to Puskás Akademia.

Zalgiris' matches against Swedish club Hacken showed that the level of the Lithuanian team is quite limited. Ferencvaros is one of the most famous clubs in Europe, which confirms the confident performance of the team in the starting rounds of the Conference League qualification. Zalgiris is a little higher class than Shamrock Rovers and Hamrun, who Ferencvaros beat, and the Hungarians will probably get at least a draw from Vilnius. Let's bet on the visitors and total over, considering that the odds on TO are overvalued. Almost all of Ferencvaros' matches in the new season have been high-scoring.