KI vs Borac Banja Luka Match Analysis & Prediction
08/08/2024 8:00 pm
KI Klaksvik will be looking to edge closer to another season of continental football when they host Borac Banja Luka in the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round tie on Thursday.
In 2023-24, KI became the first team from the Faroe Islands to qualify for the main stages of a European competition, going on to secure four points in a Europa Conference League group that also featured Lille, Slovan Bratislava and Olimpija Ljubljana.
Under the guidance of caretaker manager Espen Haug, they have greater ambitions this time around as they bid to remain in European football’s second-tier competition.
KI only went down 6-4 on aggregate to Malmo in their Champions League tie last month, overcoming the Swedish giants in the second leg, but they have much work ahead to get back in title contention.
As it stands, Haug’s side sit nine points adrift of leaders Vikingur, winning 13 of their 17 league matches but losing the other four.
Meanwhile, Borac Banja Luka have not reached the main stages of a European competition since the 1988-89 Cup Winners’ Cup, highlighting the sixe of the occasion for the Bosnia-Herzegovina side.
Mladen Zizovic’s side have given competitive accounts of themselves for several seasons, as they did against PAOK in the Champions League second qualifying round.
The Red-Blues only lost 4-2 on aggregate to last season’s Europa Conference League quarter-finalists, an outcome that they can still take confidence from.
Although their domestic campaign is yet to kick off, the four matches on the continent can only stand them in good stead as they bid to go deeper in Europe than they have for 35 years.
KI vs. Borac Banja Luka Head to head
This will be the first meeting between these two teams.
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KI Team News
Haug may be prepared to stick with the same KI XI that started the comfortable 4-0 victory over 07 Vestur in the Faroe Islands top flight last time out.
With his side 2-0 to the good, Haug was able to ring changes in the second half, with winger Kristoffer Odemarksbakken scoring his first two goals for the club after his July arrival.
KI's Last 5 Matches
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10/07/2024KI2Differdange 030Champions League
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17/07/2024Differdange 030KI0Champions League
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23/07/2024Malmo4KI1Champions League
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30/07/2024KI3Malmo2Champions League
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04/08/202407 Vestur0KI4Meistaradeildin
Borac Banja Luka Team News
Having battled hard in the second leg against PAOK, Zizovic will keep changes to his Borac Banja Luka side down to a minimum.
Damir Hreja and Stojan Vranjes were called upon before the hour mark as Zizovic’s side chased the game, and are seemingly first in line for an opportunity in the final third.
Borac Banja Luka's Last 5 Matches
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27/06/2024Borac Banja Luka2Corvinul Honedoara0Club Friendlies
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10/07/2024Borac Banja Luka1Egnatia Rrogozhine0Champions League
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17/07/2024Egnatia Rrogozhine2Borac Banja Luka1 PChampions League
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24/07/2024PAOK3Borac Banja Luka2Champions League
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31/07/2024Borac Banja Luka0PAOK1Champions League
KI vs. Borac Banja Luka: Odds and Predictions
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