The Iron stoves have accumulated 10 points from their five matches in the League Phase, winning each of their last three games against Panathinaikos (2-1), The New Saints (1-0) and Vikingur Reykjavik (2-1), beating the latter last week despite playing the final 15 minutes with 10 men.
Bidding to reach the knockout rounds of a major European competition in the 21st century for just the second time, Roberth Bjorknesjo‘s side currently sit 11th in the 36-team table – one of four teams level on points with Cercle Brugge in seventh spot – and know that victory on Thursday would give them a strong chance of advancing straight through to the last 16.
Djurgarden will welcome a return to the Tele2 Arena where they have won each of their last three competitive home matches, although they did suffer a 3-0 friendly defeat to Elfsborg the last time that they played in front of their own fans on November 22.
The Iron Stoves will fancy their chances of making the net ripple on home soil, as they have scored in 12 of their 13 home matches in the Conference League (including qualifiers), netting at least twice in eight of those
