Zurich vs Shelbourne Prediction & Betting Tips (25 July)

Crowned Swiss champion in 2022, FC Zürich failed to impose its long-term domination of this championship and even had to settle for a place at the foot of the podium last year. The Limmat Club will therefore have to go through several qualifying rounds to have a chance of playing in Europe this season and that starts this Thursday against Shelbourne. After a rather average preparation marked by a success, two draws and a defeat, Murat Aral's men launched their championship well by winning against Yverdon Sport last weekend during the first day 0-2. Opposite, FC Shelbourne finished in 4th position in the fairly modest Irish championship last year but is currently doing much better as it is at the top of the standings in this Premier League which is in full swing at this time.

summer. The visitors are 3 points ahead of their first pursuer with a game in hand and they remain on a success obtained against Bray Wanderers 0-1 last weekend. During the first round of these qualifications, the Dubliners won against the small Gibraltar team of St Joseph's 2-1 before managing the return 1-1.

Compared to last year, FC Zürich lost its left-backs Adrian Guerrero and Conde, the former Caen player Santini, the important Rohner and the valuable Serbian defensive executive Boranijasevic. On the other hand, the Swiss recorded the arrivals of winger Emmanuel (Plovdiv), left back Tosic (Cukaricki), ex Lensois Chouiar (Ludogorets) and center forward Juan Jose Perea (Suttgart). Striker Fernand Goure (Westerlo) and left-back Leidner (Olympiakos) also arrived. If we put aside the important defender Conceiçao, everyone is available for this match. This is the case of the very good midfielder Marchesano (12 goals last year in the league) and the Congolese striker Okita (11 goals).

On the Shelbourne side, the entire group is available. Most of the players present are old hands from the relatively weak local championship but none of them is really a European reference in their position. Offensively, the young Englishman Jarvis is this team's top scorer in the league with 8 goals and he is narrowly ahead of the Irishman Boyd and his 7 goals.