- Team form: GKS Dospel Katowice have won 3 and drawn 1 of their last 4 home games, averaging 3.25 goals per game.
- Away form: Hapoel Tel-Aviv have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their 4 away games, but conceded 10 goals in the process.
Pressure on hosts to press on
Match context
Hapoel Tel-Aviv are in the driver's seat of this UEFA Conference League qualification 2026 after beating Ludogorets 2-0 last week, but they will have to keep their foot on the gas against a dangerous side from Poland.
GKS Dospel Katowice are slight favorites at 2.42 to Hapoel's 2.75, which is surprising given the visitors arrived with the lead from the first game and are a more proven quantity on the continent. Draw odds of 3.4 look a bit on the high side, too, which gives the feeling that this is going to be a close game with the visitors slightly more likely to take the ticket to the next round.
Team profile
Rafal Gorak has been in charge of GKS Dospel Katowice since June 2019, so he knows the personnel well and they are a cohesive unit that can be very dangerous on their day.
- They set up in a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 formation, play at a high tempo and press teams aggressively to try and force turnovers.
- Bartosz Nowak has three assists in their last five games and is their main creator in the final third, while Adam Zrelak leads the way in Conference League qualifying with one goal in three games.
Hapoel have the edge in structure vs chaos
Coach and shape
Elyaniv Barda has been in charge of Hapoel Tel-Aviv since December 2024 and has done a good job of creating a side that is well drilled and compact. They like to keep a compact midfield and wide attackers, preferring to build-up in a structured manner and not get sucked into chaos by the opponent.
Form and prediction
Emmanuel Boateng leads the scoring charts for Hapoel Tel-Aviv in Conference League qualifiers with two goals in three, and he looks a dangerous player in the box right now.
Hapoel's form is better than GKS Dospel Katowice's in the last five (Hapoel: 3W, 2D; GKS Dospel Katowice: 2W, 3L), which suggests they have the advantage in this close tie, but the hosts are very tough to beat on home turf.
Both Teams to Score – Yes looks an excellent play at 1.62 here because both sides have enough bite going forward to be successful in this match. But with Hapoel Tel-Aviv unbeaten in five, we are going with the away team to nick it in a tight game that will see both teams return to action on Wednesday.
