Lugano vs Celje Prediction & Betting Tips (13 March)

By losing last week on the field of Celje 1-0 , Lugano put himself in a fairly uncomfortable position when tackling this return match. Nevertheless, everything is possible for the Swiss who had achieved great things during the regular season of this league conference where they had taken the 6th final place in the ranking with a good record of 4 successes for a draw and a defeat. This had also allowed them to avoid by a double confrontation during the dams. Still in the running to try to get the title in Switzerland, the Helvetians will have to recover after their setbacks wiped against the Young Boys 1-0 and the FC Zurich 3-0. For this, they challenge FC Sion next Sunday. From its side, Celje will therefore be able to approach this return match with a slight option on qualification.

The Slovenes were more realistic than their opponent of the day to win in front of their audience last Thursday 1-0 despite a global domination of their opponent. In the previous round, this team had already achieved a small feat by winning against Apoel Nicosie 4-2 on the double confrontation, which had only taken the 21st place of the league phase. In their own championship, The men of the former coach of the Girondins Albert Riera accuse 8 lengths behind the podium. Beaten by Olimpija Ljubljana who is a 2-0 leader, they will try to relaunch against Primorje on Sunday.

Like last week, Lugano should still deal with the defections of the important Aliseda (6 goals and 2 championship assists), Mahou (ex-nice, 1 goal) and Vladi (3 goals). On the other hand, the Bislimimi framework will be back after being suspended last week. However, it will be the Tour of the defender Papadopoulos to be punished after being expelled last weekend.

A priori, the winger Steffen (7 goals and 3 championship passes) and the Tunisian Belhadj (4 goals in the league, 2 goals in C4) are the most anticipated players to try to reverse the trend in this match. However, they will have to be more precise than last Thursday.

• Summary: FC Lugano is going head to head with NK Celje starting on 13 Mar 2025 at 17:45 UTC at Stockhorn Arena stadium, Thun city, Switzerland. The match is a part of the UEFA Conference League, Knockout Phase .
• Referee: Andris Treimanis
• Lugano Feedinco Rating: 7.05
• Celje Feedinco Rating: 6.95