The well-known journalist and editor-in-chief of Football magazine Artem Frankov has prepared a forecast for the group stage match between Zorya and Gent in the Conference League.
"It's surprising: bookmakers quite seriously believe that Zorya have much less chance of beating Gent than Shakhtar have of beating Porto! Despite the fact that the defeat of Donetsk was obvious in hindsight, the Luhansk team has demonstrated in at least one match this season (at home to Slavia) that they can beat a tough opponent when inspired...
I understand that it's not easy to find reasonable arguments in favour of Zorya - through the troubles, Valeriy Kryventsov, the third coach this season, not only replaced Lalatovic and Bartulovic, but also started with a defeat in the league against Metalist 1925 (1-2).
Ghent also failed to shine in the Jupilee League, drawing 1-1 away to Aud-Heeverle. In short, I would consider the upcoming match to be quite unpredictable and would definitely try to play on such a wild skew of the coffers in favour of the Belgians.
My bet: 1X at 3.05 - don't let me down, guys!" said Frankov.