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Jagiellonia coach Adrian Siemieniec is likely to be without the services of defenders Adrian Dieguez and Michal Sacek due to injury.

Midfielder Leon Flach is also doubtful after being forced off after just five minutes in the win over Legia. If he does not recover in time, Jaroslaw Kubicki could be named in the starting lineup for the return leg.

Real Betis have confirmed that defender Diego Llorente will undergo surgery on a hamstring injury sustained in the defeat to Villarreal. His teammate Chimy Avila will also miss the rest of the season after suffering a thigh injury in a recent training session.

However, the good news for the visitors is that Abde Ezzalzouli has returned to training after an ankle injury and is likely to be in the squad to play against Jagiellonia.

Latest expected lineup for Jagiellonia vs Real Betis

Jagiellonian Bialystok:
Abramowicz; Wojtuszek, Skrzypczak, Ebosse, Moutinho; Kubicki, Romanczuk, Imaz; Churlinov, Hansen, Pululu

Real Betis:
Vieites; Sabaly, Bartra, Natan, Rodriguez; Cardoso, Altimira; Antony, Isco, Rodriguez; Bakambu

Latest football commentary Jagiellonia vs Real Betis

Jagiellonia will consider this season's European campaign a success regardless of the result on Thursday, as this is their first appearance in the group stages of a UEFA competition.

The Polish side missed out on a top eight spot in the group stage due to goal difference, but then showed their strength with a 6-2 aggregate win in the knockout play-off round to book a round of 16 meeting with Cercle Brugge.

After beating Cercle 3-0 in the first leg with a man advantage, Jagiellonia almost lost the advantage when losing 0-2 in the second leg, but still went through. However, the same unfortunate scenario repeated itself when they continued to lose 0-2 in the away match at Real Betis in the first leg of the quarter-finals last week.

That means the Polish side face a huge challenge if they want to turn things around and qualify for the semi-finals, where they will meet the winner of the match between Celje and Fiorentina.

Jagiellonia will go into the game with some confidence, though, following a 1-0 win over Legia Warsaw on Sunday that left them third in the Polish Ekstraklasa, four points behind leaders Rakow Czestochowa.

They also have an impressive home record in the Conference League this season, winning four of their five games (drawing one), and each win has been by a margin of two goals or more.

Meanwhile, Real Betis – who finished 15th after the group stage – started their knockout phase with a 3-1 aggregate win over Gent, before overcoming Vitoria Guimaraes 6-2 on aggregate, including a convincing 4-0 away win.

Los Verdiblancos continued their fine form with a 2-0 win in the first leg against Jagiellonia, although they were disappointed not to have won by more after dominating the game. Cedric Bakambu opened the scoring with his sixth goal in the Conference League this season – the most in a single European campaign by a Betis player – before youngster Jesus Rodriguez scored, becoming the club's fourth youngest ever goalscorer in UEFA competition.

That win extended Betis' unbeaten run to nine, but it was ended on Sunday when they lost 2-1 to Villarreal in La Liga. The result left Manuel Pellegrini's side in sixth place, three points off the top five - a gap that could decide Champions League qualification if La Liga were to have more places.

Before hosting Girona at the weekend, Betis will have to focus fully on the away trip to Jagiellonia, where they stand a chance to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament for the first time in history.

Encouragingly, Betis have won their last three away games in the Conference League without conceding, since a 2-1 defeat to Mlada Boleslav in November.

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