It’s the big day for Anderlecht! Felice Mazzù’s men want to qualify for the Conference League group stage, a mission they failed to achieve last season. But four matches separate the Mauves from this group stage, starting with the double confrontation with the modest Estonian club Paide. If they qualify, the people of Brussels will face the winner of the duel between KuPS Kuopio (Finland) and the Young Boys of Bern (Switzerland) in the play-offs, where they failed last season.
Suspended in the Jupiler Pro League (he still has one day of suspension), Murillo is at kickoff. Refaelov is in the squad at the expense of Raman and Silva is preferred over Esposito. Mazzù also wanted to rotate in midfield, all profit for Arnstad and Ait El Hadj.
Few possible surprises on the Estonian side: coach Voolaid started the same team four times during the preliminaries. He does not intend to give gifts. “We are not afraid of the RSCA. No one at Sporting has a CV like Klavan.”
Le onse d’Anderlecht: Van Crombrugge, Delcroix, Hoedt, Debast, Arnstad, Ait El Hadj, Amuzu, Verschaeren, Murillo, Refaelov, Silva