Club Brugge welcome KA Akureyri to the Jan Breydel Stadium in the first leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round on Thursday night. The hosts eased through the second qualifying round with a 3-1 aggregate win over AGF. Despite losing 1-0 in the second leg, a 3-0 first-leg win helped Ronny Deila’s side win the tie and maintain their race for European football. Brugge are coming off their first Jupiler League win of the season, beating Westerlo 1-0 on Sunday. Meanwhile, KA Akureyri failed to find their feet in a 4-2 loss against Valur Reykjavik in the Icelandic top flight on Monday. Hallgrímur Jonasson’s men are now winless in three games across all competitions, losing once. They now turn their attention to the Conference League qualifiers, where they saw off Connah's Quay Nomads and Dundalk in the first two rounds. I ma expecting a win for the home team for the following reasons:

Firstly. KA arrives in Belgium in good form, having lost just one of their last eight matches, including four ECL qualifying matches. The Icelandics have already eliminated Connah's Quay and Dundalk to make it into the third qualifying round. However, the Icelandics sit eighth in their domestic league with three defeats in their last five Úrvalsdeild matches. However, facing Club Brugge is a massive step up in class for a side making their return to European competition for the first time since 2003. In fact, KA had not progressed beyond the first round in any of their three previous participations in European competitions since 1970.

Secondly. Club Brugge are rebuilding after Scott Parker’s spell in charge, followed by Rik De Mil as the caretaker. Ronny Deila is the new manager at the helm. There have been some signs of great things to come from the team with their performances recently. Brugge are unbeaten in three of their four games this season across all competitions, winning twice. Having picked up their first Jupiler League win of the season against Westerlo at the weekend, Brugge's confidence is sky-high.

While Brugge's season is still in its infancy, they should prove too strong for an inexperienced opponent that has no history of competing at this level. This is a huge mismatch with Club Brugge expected to dominate the game from start to finish. Given the gulf in class and quality between the two sides, I am giving the Belgian side a handicap of -2.5 and expect them to still come away with a win.

周四晚上，在欧联杯预选赛第三轮的首回合比赛中，布鲁日俱乐部欢迎阿库雷里来到简布雷德尔球场。东道主以总比分3-1战胜AGF，轻松通过了第二轮预选赛。尽管在第二回合0 - 1失利，但首回合3-0的胜利帮助罗尼·德拉的球队赢得了比赛，并继续了他们对欧洲足球的争夺。布鲁日在周日以1-0击败韦斯特洛，取得了本赛季联赛的首胜。与此同时，阿库雷里队在周一的冰岛顶级联赛中以4比2输给了雷克雅未克队，但未能站稳脚跟。Hallgrímur乔纳森的球队目前在所有比赛中三场未胜，一场失利。现在他们把注意力转向了西部联赛的预选赛，他们在前两轮淘汰了康纳的码头游牧队和登多克队。我希望主队能赢，原因如下:

首先。KA带着良好的状态来到比利时，在过去的8场比赛中只输了一场，其中包括4场欧洲联赛预选赛。冰岛队已经淘汰了康纳的码头队和邓多克队，进入了预选赛的第三轮。然而，冰岛队在最近5场Úrvalsdeild比赛中以3场失利排名国内联赛第8位。然而，面对布鲁日俱乐部对于一支自2003年以来首次重返欧洲赛场的球队来说是一个巨大的进步。事实上，自1970年以来，KA在之前三次参加欧洲比赛中都没有进入过第一轮。

其次。在斯科特·帕克执教之后，布鲁日俱乐部正在重建，随后是里克·德米尔的看守。罗尼·德拉是新任经理。从球队最近的表现来看，我们已经看到了一些伟大的迹象。布鲁日本赛季在各项赛事的四场比赛中有三场保持不败，赢了两场。在周末对韦斯特洛的比赛中取得了本赛季联赛的第一场胜利后，布鲁日的信心高涨。

虽然布鲁日的赛季还处于起步阶段，但对于一个没有经验的对手来说，他们应该证明自己太强大了，因为他们没有在这个级别上竞争的历史。这与布鲁日俱乐部从开始到结束统治比赛的期望是巨大的不匹配。考虑到两队在水平和水平上的差距，我给比利时队的赔率是-2.5，希望他们仍然能取得胜利。