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Match preview
AEK Larnca have beaten Dnirpo-1 three times this season, so can they now see them off once and for all?
Back in August, the Cypriot side demolished their Ukrainian counterparts 5-1 on aggregate in the Europa League play-off round.
Six months later, and as fate would have it, they’ve been drawn together again, this time in the Europa Conference League first knockout round.
Last Thursday’s first leg in Larnaca looked set to end goalless until, with six minutes to play, Ángel García headed home the winner for AEK.
So, can the Cypriot league-leaders make use of that slender advantage in Košice?
This is the Green-yellows’ first-ever knockout phase tie, having finished above Dynamo Kyiv in the Europa League group phase.
Over in Ukraine, Dnipro-1 are also leading the way, five clear of Shakhtar Donetsk, with their domestic campaign returning on 4 March.
This is the club’s debut in UEFA competition, since founding as a phoenix club for 2015 Europa League runners-up Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Given the ongoing Russian invasion, Dnipro-1 will continue to play their ‘home’ matches in Slovakia.
So, at their home away from home, can Oleksandr Kucher’s team pull-off a comeback at Košická futbalová aréna?
Dnipro-1 team news
Defenders Emiliano Purita and Valeriy Luchkevych both missed the first leg injured, with neither likely to return for this one.
If Dnipro-1 are going to turn this tie around, Artem Dovbyk is their best hope, having scored five times during the group phase.
AEK Larnaca team news
Winger Bruno Gama hasn’t featured since September after rupturing his ACL in a win over Omonia.
José Luis Oltra made five changes for Sunday’s defeat in Limassol, but Nenad Tomović, Ismael Casas, Nikos Englezou, Luís Gustavo and Rafael Lopes could all return here.
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