Shamrock received a heavy blow to their championship ambitions in Ireland and is on the verge of surrendering the title after a 0:3 defeat at home to St. Patrick's over the weekend. Overall, they have been quite inconsistent lately. They were eliminated by Sparta Prague in the Champions League qualifiers, and then were beaten by PAOK in the Europa League with two losses and an overall result of 0:6.
Apoel Nicosia also started in the Champions League, where they eliminated Petrocub, but then were eliminated by Slovan Bratislava. The four matches against these opponents were under 2.5 goals. However, they were eliminated in the Europa League play-offs after penalties against Latvian Riga and two exchanged victories of 2:1. This way they ended up in the groups of the Conference League.
Forecast: under 2.5 goalsShamrock has been performing inconsistently lately, which is also why Apoel is considered the favorite here. However, I don't think the guests are significantly better and I rather expect there won't be too many goals in the match.
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