Conference League: Flora v Partizan preview

Partizan is away to Flora on Thursday (4.30pm CET kick-off) as part of Conference League group stage round 5 fixtures.

K.A.A Gent tops the group with 10 points followed by Partizan on 7 while Flora and Anorthosis won 2 points each.

Partizan won Flora 2-0 in corresponding fixture.

TEAM NEWS

Bibars Natcho (health issue) is out of contention for the remainder of the year. Igor Vujacic (Covid-19) will not travel to Estonia along with Nikola Terzic, Filip Holender and Ivan Obradovic who are still nursing their respective injuries. Nemanja Jovic (knee) is doubtful while Lazar Markovic is not back to full fitness. Marko Zivkovic (illness) is back in contention.

Aleksandar Stanojevic ahead of Flora away:

-There are thousand reasons why we have to go for three points in Estonia and you can draw your own conclusions what it means. We saw it`s cold and snowing in Baltic and we hope pitch surface will be ok but we are travelling to Tallinn with a clear aim nonetheless.

Flora rarely loses at home. Just look at their European home games, not to mention their domestic league. Therefore, we are fully focused and there`s no chance we`ll underestimate any European opponent, it would be foolish of us. Game in Belgrade was tough, Flora had its opportunities but we deserved to win that fixture. Now, we are looking at different encounter.

Rauno Sappinen, their top scorer, is back. In general, Flora plays a different game of football at home and I`m sure they`ll try to dominate. A lot of it will depend on how much we allow them to play. Sappinen is a greatest threat but there are lots of experienced players in their team, players with great European experience. Flora is a dangerous side.

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