The New Saints welcome Djurgarden in the Europa Conference League and you can find our prediction, the team news and predicted lineups ahead of Thursday evening’s match below.
The New Saints vs Djurgarden Preview
The New Saints continue their journey in the Europa Conference League as they play host to Djurgarden – but not at their home stadium.
Despite playing their home games at Park Hall in Wales, TNS have to play their games at The Croud Meadow which is the home ground for Shrewsbury.
The Welsh side have picked up three points from their opening three European matches, losing to Fiorentina and Shamrock Rovers but beating Astana.
TNS are coming off a huge victory from their Cymru Premier campaign, as they beat table-topping Penybont to move within one point of first place with a game in hand.
As for their opponents, the league season in Sweden is now over as Djurgarden finished fourth in the Allsvenskan and are now playing friendlies.
This means that their Conference League campaign is now the main focus going forward, as they look to build on the four points they’ve picked up so far.
Djurgarden have drawn to Lask, lost to Guimaraes and beat Panathinaikos last time out – which puts them in good stead to qualify for the next stage.
The New Saints vs Djurgarden Team News
The New Saints will be without Ryan Astles and Matthew Olosunde, as the pair of defenders recover from long-term injuries.
The Welsh side have no other major injury concerns and Ryan Brobbel could return to the starting eleven after coming off the bench in their latest fixture.
As for their Swedish counterparts, they only have one major injury concern as Piotr Johansson is still struggling with a long-term injury.
The New Saints vs Djurgarden Predicted Lineups
The New Saints: Roberts; Daniels, Davies, Bodenham, Redmond; Brobbel, Smith, D. Williams, Holden; McManus, J. Williams
Djurgarden: Jansson; Stahl, Une Larsson, Danielson, Kosugi; Sabovic, Stensson; Wikheim, Gulliksen, Nguen; Hummet
The New Saints vs Djurgarden Prediction
This match is a hard one to call given the similar form of both sides and Djurgarden’s league season being over could make their priorities shift to the Conference League.
However, The New Saints are coming off a huge victory in the league and we think this momentum will spur them on despite being heavy underdogs on UK betting sites.
Prediction: The New Saints 2-1 Djurgarden
