For Cukaricki, the Serbian SuperLiga is well underway, with the team already playing five matches. They are on a four-game winning streak in their league.
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FC Twente will be the clear favourites in getting the job done at home when they face Serbian club Cukaricki in the second leg of the Europa Conference League third qualifying round. The Dutch side will be heading into Thursday’s clash with a healthy 3-1 lead following their exploits in the first leg. Last week, in a straight-forward first half, goals from Daan Rots, Michel Vlap and Joshua Brenet helped Twente take a healthy 3-0 lead. However, a second-half strike from Stefan Kovac helped Cukaricki reduce the deficit but still, the Dutch side are the overwhelming favourites to go through from this clash.
| FC Twente vs Cukaricki | Key Details |
| Date | 11 August, 2022 |
| Venue | De Grolsch Veste |
| Kickoff time India | 10:30 pm |
| Kickoff time Netherlands | 7 pm |
| Kickoff time Serbia | 7 pm |
For Cukaricki, the Serbian SuperLiga is well underway, with the team already playing five matches. They are on a four-game winning streak in their league and are currently sitting second in the table with 12 points to their name. On the other hand, the Eredivisie started only recently for FC Twente. They have played only one game till now and it was a narrow victory over NEC, thanks to Sem Steijn’s injury-time winner. On Thursday, the Dutch side will be the out-and-out favourites and Cukaricki would need a miracle to overturn the deficit away from home.
There are not too many absentees in both sets of camp, barring a few players. The biggest miss for the home side would be their captain Wout Brama, who will miss the clash due to a groin injury. It will be interesting to see how they will replace him in the lineup. Besides, some of their players were rested at the weekend during the late win over NEC. Hence, those players like Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Virgil Misidjan could come back to the first team. Cukaricki might name more or less the same side that lost the first leg, as they look to make it very difficult for the home side on Thursday.
FC Twente possible line-up: Unnerstall, Brenet, Pleguezuelo, Hilgers, Smal, Zerrouki, Sadilek, Vlap, Misidjan, Rots, Van Wolfswinkel
Cukaricki possible line-up: Micovic, Stefanovic, Vujadinovic, Drezgic, Roganovic, Docic, Mijailovic, Kovac, Ivanovic, Ndiaye, Badamosi
The Europa Conference League qualifier between FC Twente and Cukaricki will take place at De Grolsch Veste on Thursday at 10:30 pm IST.
The live coverage of the Europa Conference League qualifier between FC Twente and Cukaricki will be available on RTL 7, RTS 2 and Arena Sport 2P among others.
