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Borac BB and Panathinaikos will square off in a UEFA Conference League clash on Thursday. The home side are coming into the game on the back of a routine 2-0 home win over Radnik Bijeljina in the Bosnian Premier League BH.
Zoran Kvrzic and Sebastian Herrera scored first-half goals to help their side claim all three points.
Panathinaikos, meanwhile, fell to a 2-0 defeat away to city rivals AEK Athens in the Greek Super League over the weekend. Frantzdy Pierrot and Nordin Amrabat scored in either half to guide their side to victory.
The Shamrock will turn their focus to the continent as they kick-start their Conference League campaign. They booked their spot in the league phase with a 3-2 aggregate victory over Lens, overturning a 2-1 first-leg defeat with a 2-0 home win. Borac were eliminated from the UEFA Europa League on penalties by Ferencvaros.
Borac BB vs Panathinaikos Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
- Borac BB are making their debut in a major UEFA club competition.
- Eight of Panathinaikos' last 11 competitive games have seen at least one side fail to find the back of the net.
- Seven of Borac's last eight games have produced less than three goals, with six games in this sequence seeing one or both sides keep a clean sheet.
- Panathinaikos are winless in their last four away games, conceding at least two goals on three occasions.
- Five of Panathinaikos' last six games across all competitions have produced at least eight corner kicks.
Borac BB vs Panathinaikos Prediction
Borac are competing at this stage for the first time in their history and will be hoping for a positive result. The Red-Blues faced Greek opposition earlier in the season as they were eliminated by PAOK in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Furthermore, Mladen Žižović's side have alternated between a win and loss across their last five home games but fans of the club will hope this trend is bucked, having won their most recent home game.
Panathinaikos, for their part, are far more experienced than their hosts and are regular campaigners on the European stage. This is their first campaign in the main stage of the Conference League and they proved their mettle against Lens to get here.
We are backing the visitors to claim a narrow victory in addition to a clean sheet.
Prediction: Borac BB 0-1 Panathinaikos
Borac BB vs Panathinaikos Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Panathinaikos to win
Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No
Tip 3 - Under 2.5 goals
