On Wednesday, August 17, Qarabag will host the Czech champion Viktoria at home in the first match of the Champions League playoff round. The match will start at 19:45 (Moscow time). Qarabag – Victoria: forecastbet, odds, statistics.
“Karabakh”
Champion of Azerbaijan is one step away from entering the group stage of the Champions League. In the main draw of the main club tournament in Europe “Karabakh” played 5 years ago.
Then the players of Gurban Gurbanov played with the giants of world football: Chelsea, Roma and Atletico. Qarabag in the 2017/2018 season drew twice with the Spaniards and took the last place in the quartet.
Nowadays. Qarabag is left to outplay the Czech champion Victoria in order to once more be among the 32 best teams in Europe.
All predictions for the Champions League
The “horses” began their selection from the earliest rounds of the Champions League. In three stages of qualifying, the champion of Azerbaijan defeated the Polish “Lech” (5:2), the Swiss “Zurich” (5:4) and the Hungarian “Ferencvaros” (4:2).
On Saturday, August 13, the “horses” played the match of the 2nd round in the championship of Azerbaijan. The game was played on the road once morest FC Sumgayit. Qarabag won this match with a score of 2:0.
The second victory of the champion at the start of the season.
“Victoria”
Minus one round in qualifying for the Czech champion. “Victoria” started the European campaign in the Champions League from the 2nd stage of selection, thanks to the high rating of the Czech Football Association.
“Victoria” easily passed the barrier in the form of the champion of Finland – HJK (5:0 – at home and 2:1 – away). But then she met resistance from the Moldavian Sheriff.
Michal Bilek’s team won both meetings, but Victoria’s victories came with great difficulty. In Chisinau, the opponents exchanged converted penalties + a goal in the second half helped the Czech champion win (2:1). With a similar score, the team also won the second leg (4:2 – “Victoria” for “Victoria” in the sum of two meetings).
In the Czech Championship, the team played the match of the 3rd round. On Saturday, August 13, “Victoria” beat the club “Hradec-Kralove” (2:1) on the road. For the current winner, this is the second victory of the season. The team goes in the group of leaders.
Forecast and rate
In this match bookmakers give a small advantage to the home team: You can bet on the victory of “Karabakh” for 2.38a draw is valued at 3.20and the success of “Victoria” is offered to be taken – for 3.08.
Qarabag is having a bright season – the team scored 14 goals in three qualifying rounds. Average 2 goals per game.
“Victoria” in this European season continues to churn out victories. In 4 matches – 4 wins. However, Qarabag may well interrupt the winning streak of the Czech champion. “Riders” at home can excel more than once.
Our forecast and rate — the victory of “Karabakh” with a coefficient 2.38