Sūduva and Maccabi Tel Aviv meet at Marijampolės sporto centro stadione, in a match for this phase of the UEFA Champions League (2nd Qualifying Round). In the last 3 years there is only record of 2 direct confrontations between these two teams: one on 08-15-2019, which ended in a victory for Sūduva by (2-1), and a more recent one on 08-08-2019, which ended in a Sūduva victory by (1‑2).
Sūduva :
The home team reaches this stage of the UEFA Champions League (2nd Qualifying Round) after a win away (2‑4), in the shoot-out, with Flora. In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Sūduva won 6, drew 2 and lost 2. Their attack has scored regularly, scoring goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency to have few goals, since 8 of the last 19 they played ended with Under 1.5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 5 times, but have come back in 2. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 10 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (61′ ‑ 75 ‘ ).
Suduva came to this game motivated, after winning, on penalties, Flora, after a 1-1 draw at the end of 120 ‘: the only goal of the match was scored by Topcagic. Now, in this second round of the Champions League, against Maccabi Tel Aviv, coach Saulius Sirmelis is expected to maintain the 4-4-2, with Josip Tadic and Mihret Topcagic in the most advanced positions of the team. The defensive midfielder Povilas Leimonas is the key of the team, being the great responsible for balancing the home team defensively. For this match the coach can count on all his players.
Maccabi Tel Aviv :
The visiting team reaches this stage of the UEFA Champions League (2nd Qualifying Round) after having eliminated Riga, with a (2‑0) victory at home in the previous tie. In their last match, for the Toto Cup Ligat Al, they beat Bnei Sakhnin away by (0‑2). In their last 10 away games Maccabi Tel Aviv has 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Their defense has been very solid, as they have only conceded goals in 2 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored regularly, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. This is a team that does not usually find it difficult to open the scoring: they scored the first goal in 13 of the last 15 games, of these 13 they came at half-time ahead in 7 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 12 .
Maccabi Tel Aviv comes to this game motivated, after a 2-0 victory on the trip to the Sakhnin stadium, in a match for the Israel Cup. It should be noted that the visitors reach this phase of the Champions League after beating Caramba / Dinamo 2-0. Even playing away from home, coach Georgios Donis must keep the team 4-3-3, favoring the maintenance of possession and organized attacks through the flanks: Avi Rikan will be responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process. All players are available for this game.
