First leg score: HŠK Zrinjski Mostar 1-0 Tobol
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Following last Thursday’s first leg at Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, this one is finely poised.
Niko Janković scored the only goal a week ago, coming with 14 minutes to go, as HŠK Zrinjski Mostar claimed a 1-0 victory.
Will the Bosnian champions be able to turn this advantage into two-legged success in Kostanay?
Zrinjski are hoping to reach the play-off round of a European competition for the very first time.
The Noblemen have previously fallen at this hurdle on four occasions, beaten by Odense, Ludogorets, Malmö and APOEL, most recently in 2020.
Kazakh champions Tobol meanwhile have also never gone further than this round.
They were demolished 6-0 in the third qualifying round by MŠK Žilina 12 months ago with this one, at least, set to be much tighter.
Tobol have won four of their last seven European home games, but need to further improve that ratio here to have any chance of advancing.
Whoever progresses at Kostanay Central Stadium will take on the losers of ŠK Slovan Bratislava v Olympiacos in the Europa Conference League play-off round.
Their first leg finished 1-1 in Piraeus but, regardless of who drops down, they’ll be favourites against one of these two.
