B36 Torshavn v Derry City

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The 1st legs of the 1st Qualifying Round of the Europa Conference League continue on Thursday evening and features this upcoming clash between Faroe Islands outfit, HB Torshavn, and Irish visitors, Derry City, at Gundadalur with the hosts looking to return to winning ways following some recent disappointing results.

Recent domestic defeats to 07 Vestur and Klaksvik have been either side of a draw with 07 Vestur in the Faroe Islands' Cup semi-final so the hosts will be keen to produce a reaction in this 1st leg tie with Derry City in the 1st Qualifying Round of this season's Europa Conference League.

HB Torshavn occupy third place in the domestic top flight table and had previously posted an impressive five-match winning streak in the Faroe Islands Meistaradeildin with victories against TB, Vikingur, EB/Streymur, B68 and B36 Torshavn respectively, while results in previous campaigns in the Europa Conference League have been pretty encouraging.

The hosts have won four of their previous six ties at this level and they'll be keen to make home advantage count here on Thursday evening.

Derry City will be in a much better frame of mind heading into this 1st leg tie away at HB Torshavn as the Irish visitors recorded a welcome 2-1 home win against Sligo Rovers in the Irish Premier Division last time out and the visitors will be hoping to bring this momentum into this opening leg.

However, wins have actually been tough to come by for Derry City in recent times despite their current third place position in the domestic top flight as they have only managed a previous 2-0 home win against Cork City and the aforementioned victory over Sligo Rovers in their previous seven matches overall.

Within this ‘mini-slump', Derry City have also been handed three defeats which have come in the form of losses to Sligo Rovers, St Patrick's Athletic and Shamrock Rovers, each of which have been inflicted upon Derry City away from home which does not bode well for this upcoming visit to the Faroe Islands.

Indeed, Derry City are without a win in their last four outings on their travels and having lost three of these games, the Irish visitors will do well to avoid defeat at Gundadalur on Thursday night.

HB Torshavn v Derry City Verdict

HB Torshavn will be keen to make home advantage count in this 1st leg tie as they seek to continue their solid results in this competition at Derry City's expense.

Derry City meanwhile will just be keen to avoid defeat here as they look to stay in this tie and then take their chances in the return leg at their Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium but this could be easier said than done.

Therefore, our main bet will be HB Torshavn win @ 2.50

Other side bets worth considering:

Both Teams To Score Yes @ 1.90

Correct score: HB Torshavn 2-1 @ 11.00