Flora vs Celje Prediction & Betting Tips (10 July)

Like almost every summer, we find Flora Tallinn in these European qualifiers where they are trying as best they can to reach the group stage of a major continental competition. Rewarded for its efforts during the 2021-2022 season, the Estonian club was eliminated in the group stage of the Conference League. Crowned champions 3 times in the last 4 seasons, the players from the capital are on a bad path to retain their crown since they are in 3rd place in the championship standings with 12 points behind the leader, FCI Levadia which they also face Thursday evening. Before that, they had a great victory against Tammeka 3-1. For their part, NK Celje was never able to qualify for a group stage of a major European competition and failed in the Conference League play-offs.

against Maccabi Tel Aviv last year. This did not prevent him from having an excellent season subsequently since he won his 3rd Slovenian championship title with a large lead of 8 points over his first pursuer, Maribor. This summer, the Counts played 3 friendly matches and their record was fairly average. Held in check by Borac Banja Luka 2-2 then beaten by FC Otelul Galati 2-3, they still reassured themselves by winning against Rapid Bucharest 1-0.

Several elements of this Flora Tallinn team are Estonian internationals. This is the case of the young defenders Tougjas (4 sels) and Hussar (4 sels), the promising midfielder Kuraskin (3 sels, 1 goal) and especially the striker Lepik (10 sels, 1 goal). He has also made a fairly impressive start to the season with 14 goals scored in 18 league matches. The experienced Zenjov (5 goals) will also need to be monitored. NK Celje was able to keep their excellent scorer Aljosa Matko who distinguished himself last year by scoring 18 goals in the league.

The precious Bajde (6 goals), Edmilson (6 goals) and Popovic (5 goals) are also still at the club and a priori available for this poster. On the other hand, the young Russian Prutsev (5 goals) flew to Red Star Belgrade during the summer transfer window. Also note the arrival of the young Lithuanian international Kucys (Kauna Zalgiris) who scored 6 times in his championship last year.