Shkendija vs Valmiera Match Preview

Shkendija hosts Valmiera in Skopje in the second leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying round.

The home team in the first match managed to win 1-2 as they were better than their opponents, although the match could have ended 2-2. Despite the fact that the league in Skopje has not started yet, they seem to be in good shape so far, scoring 2 goals in each one of the three European matches they had. In addition, they play aggressively but also concede goals as happened in the two games away from Skopje.

On the other hand, the visitors do not have much European experience but lead the Latvian league race by seven points from second and have scored fifty-nine goals in twenty-two matches which shows their ease of scoring. In Skopje they are forced to maintain their aggressiveness since if they do not score they will be eliminated.

Taking into account the above, I think that both teams are capable of scoring but I will choose to bet 4 points on the over 2.5 goals at odds of 1.95, since in case the score is 1-1 the pace will grow faster and it is very likely that another goal will be scored.