National Stadion Vasil Levski will host Wednesday’s Conference League game between Botev Plovdiv and APOEL. The Bulgarians kicked off the new domestic campaign with a 1-0 loss to Hebar, with the team losing to Botev Vratsa in round 2. Since the hosts are low on spirits ahead of their Conference League opener, we are not tempted to put our money on Azrudin Valentic’s troops. Croatia international Martin Sekulis is widely expected to return to the starting XI after scoring a brace in the last league match.
The Cypriotes, on the other hand, played out a 2-2 draw with AEK Larnaca in their last warm-up game. Given APOEL’s experience in European competitions, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the away team. Summer signing Marcos Natividade is likely to make his APOEL debut against Botev Plovdiv.