Slavia enters the last fight for Europe. What will be the line-up?

Slavia will face the last round of the Conference playoffs. If they make it past Raków Częstochowa, they will play the regular group, if not, they will be out of the cups. What line-up will they play in Poland?

Jindřich Trpišovský has to do without the injured Ewerton and Václav Jurecka, while Yira Sor and Lukáš Provod have also stayed in Prague to better prepare for the home rematch.

Srdjan Plavsic, who the coach says is in great shape, and David Jurasek were added to the roster.

There will be no changes in goal, the number one is Aleš Mandous at the start of the season. There shouldn’t be any experiments in defence either, David Douděra should start on the right, but the healed Lukáš Masopust has already played 77 minutes over the weekend and his inclusion in the starting line-up is not out of the question.

Eduardo Santos, who missed the rematch with Panathinaikos due to a red card, will return to Aiham Ousou at fullback.

Slavia have a great luxury at left-back, with David Jurásek playing well in the league, but the cup games belong to Oscar Dorley.

The midfield could have the same line-up as in the first game against Panathinaikos, i.e. the trio of three all-rounders Holeš – Tiéhi – Traoré.

However, Petr Ševčík gave a decent performance against Jablonec at the weekend and would be a good fit for the expected solid block of the home team. Therefore, his inclusion in the lineup is possible, but Trpišovský might keep him as a joker.

The attacking trident shouldn’t get any changes, with Peter Olayinka on the left wing, Ondrej Lingr now playing cup games and Ivan Schranz on the right wing.

Of course, Nigerian discovery Moses Usor is also in the mix, as he scored an exhibition goal from a direct kick against Jablonec at the weekend. However, he could also come on rather in the second half to a tired defence.

Probable line-up of Slavia::

Mandous
Douděra – Eduardo – Ousou – Oscar
Holeš – Tiéhi
Schranz – Traoré – Olayinka
Lingr

Trpišovský will have Usor, Ševčík, Plavšič, Masopust or Tecl ready on the bench.

Source: UEFA