- Recent stats: FK Liepaja won the first-leg of their UEFA Conference League qualification tie 1-0 against FK Decic Tuzi in Montenegro three days ago. Away from home, FK Liepaja are 0-1-4 across all competitions in 2026. Ivan Brnovic's FK Decic Tuzi have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their 5 home games across all competitions in 2026.
Familiar opponents, similar styles
Previous meeting
FK Liepaja and FK Decic Tuzi will have no need for an introduction as they face off for the second time in the space of a week in UEFA Conference League qualification 2026. Liepaja came away with a narrow 1-0 win from the first-leg and will hope that they have enough in reserve to hold off their Montenegrin opponents at Stadion Tusko Polje on Wednesday.
Tactical approaches
However, the styles employed by Vladimir Vassiljev (in charge since 1st June 2026) and Ivan Brnovic (since 1st July 2026) are very different indeed.
Liepaja play with width by employing pacey forwards and overlapping full-backs to try and stretch their opponents, which in turn should create turnovers in dangerous areas. In contrast, Brnovic's side are much more of a pragmatic, block the central areas, press selectively and break with pace and directness when they do win possession.
Liepaja are the sharper side
However, those defeats were both against the top two sides in their domestic division, whereas they won the other 2 against lower table opponents.
It would be a shrewd play at those odds, but we are going to go with a little more risk and take the under 2.5 goals, as this has been a trend throughout this competition.
- Liepaja are the slightly favourite at 2.55, which is a shade odd as they are away from home and have won just 2 of their last 5 in all competitions (L3).
- Decic come in at 2.5, which is also a little odd as they have lost 5 consecutive games across all comps, so they may just be on the back foot here.
- Liepaja will feel more confident than their hosts as they won the previous game and can be backed at 3.5 to tie up the matchup.
Goals could be scarce
Liepaja have scored just 6 goals across their last 5 matches in all comps, so Fellipe Vieira (two goals in that run) and top scorer Ede Oloko (1 goal in 1 in UCLQ) are the sharp end of the Latvian attack.
Decic have scored 8 goals at home in 5 games in 2026, which averages out at just 1.60 per-match, so there's little to separate the teams from a goals perspective.
Liepaja are averaging 0.60 goals per-match away from home, conceding 2.40 in return, which doesn't give us much confidence that the visitors can make this all square. But given the odds and the 1-0 scoreline from the 1st-leg, we're expecting another tight contest.
