Astana was also in the groups last season, where they only managed one victory and will now look to build on that. They performed quite well in the qualifiers, especially at home. They won all three of their home matches, defeating Brann 3-0 in the last one, after losing 0-2 in the first match. The mentioned loss is the only one in Astana's last 16 matches in all competitions.
Backa Topola played in the Europa League groups a year ago, but did not perform well. Now they were beaten in the qualifiers twice by Maccabi Tel Aviv and went to the Conference League groups. Overall, however, they are not doing very well this season. At least they stopped a series of five consecutive losses and now have two consecutive victories, which were in the league.
Prediction: Astana to winAstana is performing better, especially at home, and looks capable of defeating Backa Topola, who have been unconvincing since the start of the season, at home.
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