- Team form: Borac have won 7 of their last 10 matches across all competitions, including all four of their previous home matches in all competitions.
- Recent form: KuPS have failed to score in their last two domestic defeats and were hammered 2-4 by Trabzonspor in their UEFA Conference League League Phase 2026-2027.
- Home scoring: Borac have scored eight goals in their last four home matches in all competitions.
Back the home team to go Borac Wild
It is the home side on paper who will win Thursday's UEFA Conference League League Phase match-up between the Fighter and KuPS. Banjaluka's Vinko Marinovic has his men set up in a compact, risk averse way, that is designed to get bodies behind the ball when out of possession and hit with speed when they do win the ball.
It should serve them well against a KuPS side that Miika Nuutinen has set up to press higher up the field and play with speed. Unfortunately for the visitors, that has not been working of late as they arrive in Bosnia and Herzegovina in a dip, having lost three consecutive and won just two of their past ten across all competitions.
KuPS have a tough challenge ahead
Away struggles
The KuPS have particularly struggled on the road where they've gone 1-2-2 in their last 5 away matches across all competitions, and scored just 0.80 goals-per-match in the process.
Match scenario
In short, it's hard to see a way through for the Finnish side here and the most likely script is for Borac to take control and punish any mistake with the crowd on their side. The hosts have won three of their five games, including back-to-back away victories in the league, and only lost by a goal in Greece in the previous round of the Conference League.
Betting advice
- Therefore, the main selection will be a home win, while the odds are hard to ignore on the bet 'Both teams to score: No' at evens and 'Over 2.5 Goals' at 1.93.
