Rakow Czestochowa vs Slavia Prague prediction, preview, team news and more | UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying 2022–23

Rakow Czestochowa will take on Slavia Prague in the UEFA Europa Conference League playoffs on Thursday after safely negotiating Spartak Trnava in the third-round qualifiers of the competition.

The visitors also took care of their own business as they overcame Greek heavyweight Panathinaikos to book their place in the Conference League playoffs.

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Rakow Czestochowa vs Slavia Prague Head-to-Head

This will be the first meeting between the two teams. Slavia Prague will undoubtedly start off as strong favorites as they play in a stronger league in the Czech Republic.

Rakow Czestochowa form guide (all competitions): D-W-L-W-W

Slavia Prague form guide (all competitions): W-D-W-W-L

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Rakow Czestochowa vs Slavia Prague Team News

Rakow Czestochowa

Centre-back Tomas Petrasek has been sidelined with back pain and will not feature in this match.

Injury: Tomas Petrasek.

Doubtful: None.

Suspension: None.

Slavia Prague

On the injury front, the visitors will be without David Hovorka, Lukas Provod, Jan Boril and Ewerton.

Injury: David Hovorka, Lukas Provod, Jan Boril, Ewerton

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Rakow Czestochowa vs Slavia Prague Predicted XI

Rakow Czestochowa (3-5-2): Kacper Trelowski (GK), Bogdan Racovitan, Zoran Arsenic, Deian Cristian Sorescu, Stratos Svarnas, Fran Tudor, Vladyslav Kochergin, Igor Sapala, Ivi, Fabian Piasecki, Vladislavs Gutkovskis

Slavia Prague Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Aleš Mandous; David Doudera, Taras Kacharaba, Aiham Ousou, Oscar Dorley; Tomáš Holeš, Christ Junior Tiehi; Ivan Schranz, Ibrahim Traoré, Peter Olayinka; Ondrej Lingr

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Rakow Czestochowa vs Slavia Prague Prediction

Slavia Prague will feel that their last outing against Panathinaikos was a jail break given the Greek side's resurgence in the second leg. However, they can ill-afford to underestimate their rivals on Thursday, who have also undergone three rounds of qualification to reach this stage.

Slavia enjoy a significant advantage of being a regular participant in Europe compared to their rivals. They also boast a stronger squad to challenge Rakow.

The underdogs will be hoping for a positive result in the home leg to have any chance of pulling off an upset in this tie. A draw may not be enough given the fact that they will have to travel to the Czech Republic for the decider.

Nonetheless, we expect a close game on Thursday with Slavia Prague edging the contest to take the lead into the second leg.

Prediction: Slavia Prague 3-2 Rakow Czestochowa