Dinamo Batumi host Tirana at the Adjarabet Arena on Thursday (July 20) in the second leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round. The tie is finely poised at 1-1 after the two sides settled for a share of the spoils in the Albanian capital last week.
Flamarion opened the scoring for Batumi in the 66th minute, which seemed to have given them a win, but Regi Lushkja equalised for Tirana in the third minute of stoppage time. It was a nerve-wracking end to a tense game, and now, another potentially edgy clash awaits this week in Georgia, as there's all to play for.
Interestingly, Dinamo have drawn all three of their clashes this season, with the other two coming in the semifinal and final of the Georgian Super Cup. On the first occasion, Gia Geguchadze's side prevailed in a penalty shootout but lost in the next to Dinamo Tbilisi.
Tirana, meanwhile, began the new campaign with the first leg of their Europa Conference League clash, having only played a friendly before that, which ended in a 2-1 win for them over Struga.
Dinamo were the better side in the first leg. Now at home, they could come flying out of the blocks to push Tirana on the backfoot. The Albanian side won't go down without a fight but could go down nonetheless.
Prediction: Dinamo 2-1 Tirana
Tip 1 - Result: Dinamo
Tip 2 - Goals over/under 2.5: Over 2.5
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes
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