Riga FC vs Hibernians FC Paola Prediction & Betting Tips - Conference League

Prediction published on 04/07/2021, 12:58  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 04/08/2021 at 13:03 in Conference League Prediction

Riga and Hibernians have moved a step closer to the Europa Conference League group stages after earlier elimination from the UEFA Champions League. The target is now the playoffs with Latvia’s Riga set to host the first leg of their clash with Malta’s Hibernians. Riga saw off Macedonia’s Shkendija 1-0 in their last game, completing a 3-0 aggregate win in the previous round. That win completed a run of three straight clean sheets, four straight wins and five matches unbeaten. Their scoring run is also good, having netted in eight of their last 10 matches and with a run of eight unbeaten home matches, with seven wins, they will be well prepared for this.

Hibernians recovered from their home and away losses to Flora in the Champions League and head here on two straight wins against Folgore in the previous round of the Conference League. While they have scored seven goals in the last two matches the lack of clean sheets should be a big concern. Hibernians have conceded in each of their last four matches, a total of eight goals. Three times in those four matches, they’ve conceded two goals or more. In the last seven matches, they have four losses and three wins and away from home they have one clean sheet and three losses. Three times in the last five away matches, they’ve conceded two goals or more and have failed to score in two of four away matches.