Europa League
Dnipro-1 – AEK Larnaca. Prediction and announcement for the Europa League qualifying match
In the Europa League qualifiers, Dnipro-1 will play AEK from Cyprus representative Larnaca, which is modest by European standards. Unlike most Ukrainian participants in European competitions, Dnipro-1 decided to play their home matches not in Poland, but in another neighboring country – Slovakia. To be more precise – in the city of Kosice.
“Dnepr-1”
Dnepr-1 enters the fray as the last of the Ukrainian clubs in European competitions, and the team is doing so at a time when Vorskla and Zorya have already managed to fly. At the same time, Dnipro-1 is guaranteed the European Cup in the fall – in case of defeat in the face of AEK, Oleksandr Kucher’s team will play in the group stage of the third-placed European tournament – the Conference League.
Most of the Ukrainian clubs playing in European cups this summer have gone through big changes. Moreover, “Dnepr-1” was no exception: the changes here are the most important, one might say, fundamental. If in other clubs they touched the composition of the team, in some – the coaching staff, then in Dnipro-1 – even the top management of the club.
We are talking about the transition of such a well-known official as Evgeny Krasnikov, who was appointed to the post of sports director of the club, from Metalist Kharkiv. With him came Oleksandr Kucher, head coach of the Kharkiv team. He will replace Croatian Igor Jovicević, who moved to Shakhtar Donetsk after a scandal – guaranteed participation in the Champions League was difficult to refuse.
Major changes also occurred in the composition of the Dnieper-1. Moreover, unlike most Ukrainian clubs, Dnipro-1 cannot be said to have weakened. Yes, the talented Yegor Yarmolyuk was sold to Brentford, and Neven Djurasek never returned to the club, the main goalkeeper Valentin Cojocaru left.
However, the gain is solid. Dnipro-1 is, in fact, the only UPL club that, despite the war in Ukraine, continues to invite foreign players, including those from South America (could it be different with Krasnikov?). The most famous of them is midfielder Domingo Blanco, who even had a game in the Argentina national team. We note the Ukrainian newcomers Artem Gromov and Vladimir Tanchik.
Also throughout the summer there were rumors about the sale of the main star of Dnepr-1, Artem Dovbik. And now, at the end of summer, a new variant has appeared in Serie A – Salernitana. Let’s see how this story will end, but for now Dovbik remains with the team. In general, Alexander Kucher’s material is high-quality and interesting, but what to do with it is another question.
AEK Larnaca
Dnipro-1’s rival, AEK from Larnaca, is a modest club by European standards. However, last season, José Luis Oltra’s team finished second in the Cyprus Championship and qualified to qualify for the Champions League.
From there, in the second round, AEK flew out of the Danish “Midtjylland” and relegated to the Europa League, where in the sum of two matches is not the easiest opponent – the Serbian “Partizan” (2:1, 2:2). Therefore, the Cypriot club, especially the team with the most European Cup experience, should not be underestimated.
Prediction for confrontation
Bookmakers estimate the chances of the teams in the first match almost equally, but Dnepr-1 still gives a slight advantage. We also believe that Oleksandr Kucher’s debut will be successful. Our prediction is Dnipro-1 win, odds are 2.54.
Approximate compositions:
“Dnepr-1”: Valef, Luchkevich, Adamyuk, Svatok, Busanello, Sarapiy, Blanco, Nazarenko, Gromov, Pikhalyonok, Dovbik.
AEK Larnaca: Piric – Garcia, Tomovic, Milicevic, Rosales – Ledes, Oyer – Gyurcho, Trichkovsky, Farage – Olatunji.
Wednesday, August 18
| Dnipro-1 – AEK Larnaca |
| Kosice Stadium “Kosice Arena Futbalova”. 21:00 |
| DNEPR-1 – AEK LARNACA. ONLINE BROADCAST OF THE MATCH |
| Judge: Tobias Stieler (Germany) |
| Prediction Sport.ua – 2:1 |
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Europa League
Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?
The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.
Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.
All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua
The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.
Next single season rankings:
- P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)
The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.
Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.
Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.
UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.
Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)
Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season
UEFA five-year rankings
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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