Go Ahead Eagles will face SK Brann in the second preliminary round of the Conference League on Thursday evening. Coach Paul Simonis will be without several key players against the Norwegians, although the coach believes that Go Ahead is ready. The match starts at 18:30 and can be seen on Ziggo Sport.

Mathis Suray, Oliver Edvardsen, Julius Dirksen, Gerrit Nauber and Pim Saathof are not (match) fit and will have to miss the match. In addition, Thibo Baeten will not be there due to private circumstances.

In addition, Søren Tengstedt, who struggled with some minor hamstring complaints during this preparation, cannot play a full match. On top of the fact that the club said goodbye to key players Bas Kuipers, Philippe Rommens and Willum Willumsson earlier this summer, Go Ahead is certainly not at war strength.

Jeffrey de Lange will be there and the Stentor expects him to defend the goal of Go Ahead. De Lange sees four defenders in front of him with Mats Deijl, Jamal Amofa, Joris Kramer and Dean James.

The midfield is formed by Evert Linthorst, Enric Llansana and Bobby Adekanye, while the forward line consists of Tengstedt, Jakob Breum and Victor Edvardsen.

SK Brann is in the middle of the competition in Norway, although the team of coach Eirik Horneland has not won its last four matches. “They will be better attuned to each other,” Simonis said at the press conference. “But on the other hand, and I also say this to those guys: we are fresh, we are not in the middle of the competition.”

Probable line-up Go Ahead Eagles: The long; Deijl, Amofa, Kramer, James; Linthorst, Llansana, Adekanye; Tengstedt, Breum, V. Edvardsen.

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