Qarabag – NK Olimpija Ljubljana Prediction & Picks (18.07.2018)

Qarabağ and Olimpija meet at Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu, in a return match for this phase of the UEFA Champions League (1st Qualifying Round), after the victory outside Qarabağ by (0-1) in the first leg . Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.

Qarabağ:

After the away win by (0-1), the home team comes to this second leg with a 1 goal advantage. This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium. In their last 10 home matches the Qarabağ recorded 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

The Qarabag arrives at this according to party in advantage in the eliminatory one, to have triumphed outside house on the Olimpija, by 0-1: the unique goal of the equipment was marked by Guerrier. It is important to underline that this club reaches this stage of the Champions League after having won the Azerbaijani Championship. In this return match, at home, coach Gurban Gurbanov must act in the usual 4-2-3-1, privileging the maintenance of ball possession and organized attacks: Michel, a player of Spanish nationality, is the great responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process. For this game the local coach can not count on Garayev Garayev, suspended, in addition to Halldórsson, by injury.

Olimpija:

After the defeat at home, the visiting team comes to this second leg with a disvalue of 1 goal and with the difficult task of recovering this negative result as a visitor. This is a team that, oddly enough, was better outside than at home, as in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses in away matches; against 7 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss at their stadium. In the last 10 away matches Olimpija has 7 wins and 3 draws. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 5 of their 14 goals between minutes (0′-15 ‘).

Olimpija took a false step in this first round of the Champions League, losing to Qarabag 1-0 in the first leg. We remember that the visitors were the champions of the Slovenian Championship in the previous season. In this according to game is expected that the coach Ilija Stolica plays in 4-3-3, privileging an attack football from the first minute, since it is at a disadvantage in the tie. The far left Stefan Savic is the most dangerous player of the visitors, being very fast and very strong in the counterattack. For this game the coach can not use the suspended Issah Abass.