Neftçi and Arsenal Tula meet at Bakcell Arena, in a second leg of this phase of the UEFA Europa League (2nd Qualifying Round), after in the first leg the Neftçi have won out by (0-1). Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams have significantly different results at home and abroad.
Neftçi:
After the victory outside by (0-1), the home team comes to this second leg with a 1 goal advantage. This is a team that curiously has been stronger as a visitor than in their home games, since in the last 30 games it records 12 wins and 3 draws as a visitor; against 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. In its last 10 home games Neftçi records 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. His attack has scored regularly, as he always scored at least one goal in the last 10 games. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 16 of the last 17 matches have ended with Over 1.5 goals. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 4 home matches for all competitions: he scored 4 of his 10 goals between minutes (31′ ‑ 45 ‘).
The Neftci comes to this motivated match, after the 0-1 victory at the Arsenal Tula stadium: Dário Júnior scored the only goal of the match. In the first round of the Europa League, Azerbaijanis defeated Speranta Nisporeni club with great class. Coach Roberto Bordin should benefit a medium or low block and counterattacks, making the most of the space on his opponent’s back. The left winger Dario Júnior is one of the great dangers in the attack front, which is very fast and competent in the offensive transition. For this second game, the coach can count on all his players.
Arsenal Tula:
After the defeat at home, the visiting team comes to this second leg with a 1-goal drawback and with the difficult task of recovering this negative result as a visitor. This is a team that curiously conquers more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 matches it records 6 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses as a visitor, with 19 goals scored and 14 suffered; against 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses in his stadium, with 18 goals scored and 16 suffered. The team comes to this match after a home defeat with Rostov by (2-3). In the last 10 games played as a visitor for all competitions, Arsenal Tula won 4, drew 5 and lost 1. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 games, so there are defensive processes that need improvement.
Arsenal Tula continues to face difficulties this season and in the last game lost 2-0 with Rostov, in a game for the Russian Championship. In the first game against Vaduz, the Russian club lost against Neftci, 0-1. For being in advantage in the tie, the main objective of coach Igor Cherevchenko will be to attack in a more organized way, with successive slow attacks, taking advantage of his opponent’s defensive weaknesses to score. Sergey Tkachev is responsible for creating the offensive process and also participating in the defensive process. Even so, the coach has Aleksandrov’s confirmed absence due to an injury.
