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Kilmarnock and Tromso will square off in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League third-round qualification tie on Thursday. The home side are coming into the game on the back of a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Celtic in the Scottish Premiership over the weekend.
They were two goals down at the break courtesy of goals from Reo Hatate and Liam Scales. Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn and Anthony Ralston scored second-half goals to complete the rout.
Killie will turn their focus to the continent. They dropped into the Conference League following a 2-1 aggregate defeat to Cercle Brugge in the UEFA Europa League. A 1-1 draw at home was followed by a 1-0 defeat in Belgium.
Tromso, meanwhile, fell to a 1-0 defeat away to Rosenborg in the Norwegian Eliteserien. Noah Holm's 64th-minute strike proved to be the difference between the two sides.
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They qualified for this round of the qualifiers with a 2-0 aggregate victory over KuPS in the last round, claiming 1-0 victories in both legs.
The winner of this tie will face either Banik Ostrava or Copenhagen in the playoff for a place in the group stage while the losers will be eliminated from the continent.
Kilmarnock vs Tromso Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
- Kilmarnock are competing in the Conference League for the first time in their history.
- Six of Tromso's last seven competitive games have seen at least one side fail to score.
- Four of Kilmarnock's last six games have seen one side fail to find the back of the net.
- Six of Tromso's last seven games across competitions have been goalless at the break.
Kilmarnock vs Tromso Prediction
Kilmarnock are winless in three games played this season, losing two games in this sequence. The East Ayrshire outfit returned to Europe for the first time since 2019 following their fourth-placed finish in the Scottish Premiership last season.
Tromso's loss over the weekend ended their four-game unbeaten streak (three wins). Jorgen Vik's side's games tend to be tight affairs and another cagey encounter could be on the cards.
We are backing the two sides to cancel each other out in a low-scoring stalemate.
Prediction: Kilmarnock 1-1 Tromso
Kilmarnock vs Tromso Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Draw
Tip 2 - Both teams to score
Tip 3 - Under 2.5 goals
