Lech Poznan vs KuPS Prediction: Poznan to progress in style

Lech Poznan and KuPS meet in the second leg of their Uefa Conference League play-off round tie at Poznan Stadium on Thursday (20.00 kick-off).

Reigning Polish champions Lech are in the box seat after winning 2-0 in last week's first leg at Finland European regulars KuPS. Steve Davies provides his Lech Poznan vs KuPS predictions, supported by all the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Plzen left-back Merchas Doski is suspended following his yellow card in the first leg while centre-back Jan Paulska has not featured since November because of injury and remains unavailable.

Cyriel Dessers, who joined Panathinaikos in September after a spell with Rangers, has been ruled out of this contest due to injury.

Facundo Pellistri remains on the sidelines, where he has been since the end of last month, while Moussa Sissoko is out with a knock.

Football Odds

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Lech Poznan vs KuPS Odds

Lech Poznan look good things for this tie and are priced accordingly at 2/9. KuPS are 17/2shots to win in the Poznan Stadium and 40/1 to go through to the next round.

Mikael Ishak, Lech's top scorer in the Conference League with five goals and their main marksman in this season's Ekstraklasa with 11 goals, is 3/5 to find the net and 5/2 to score the opener.

Lech Poznan to win both halves @ 13/10

Lech Poznan failed to win both halves of last week's 2-0 win at KuPS - though it wasn't for the lack of trying.

The powerhouse Poles had 29 attempts to KuPS' one with home keeper Johannes Kreidl forced to make 11 saves.

Obviously Lech were at a massive advantage with the Finns down to 10 men after just 12 minutes following Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba's dismissal, though they had a significant edge before that happened.

Lech are on a winning streak at home and in good form with a squad stacked with top talent. They qualified for this stage in 11th place.

KuPS, who finished 21st, are unrecognisable from the team who held Crystal Palace to a 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park in mid-December to guarantee their place in the knockout stage.

Since then the head coach and almost the entire first team have left with only five subs named in the first game.

Away from home, against a far superior team it is likely that KuPS will lose and lose heavily. All the prices point to that where the 13/10 Lech win both halves is perhaps the most appealing.

Bet Builder: Over 4.5 Lech Shots on Target/Over 6.5 Lech Corners @ 7/5

If you fancy Lech to do a job on their inferior opponents then a Bet Builder is a way in to reflect a likely home domination.

For example, Lech had 13 efforts on target in the away leg so it's entirely likely they can muster over 4.5 in front of their own fans.

Equally, their corner supremacy was 8-1 in Finland. Surely they can muster at least seven at home.

Put the two bets into a Bet Builder and it works out at 7/5.

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