Maribor hosts Rosenborg in the first leg of the Champions League qualification semifinals. The match will be played on Wednesday, August 7th at Ljudski vrt (Maribor)
In the first round of qualification, Maribor easily coped with Icelandic Valur - 5-0 on average of 2 matches. But in the next round, it had to play against the champion of Sweden, AIK. However, the Slovenes won 2-1 at home. They played with the same score in Sweden, only in favor of the hosts. And in extra time, the Violets were more successful. First, they conceded in 3 minutes after the start of the extra time. And then they scored the necessary goal for further passage 3 minutes before the end of this time.
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Rosenborg also knocked out 2 clubs from the Champions League qualification. And if the Trolls had no problems with North Irish Linfield (0-2 away and 4-0 at home), they had to tinker with BATE. After a 2-1 defeat in Belarus, there were zeros on the scoreboard of the Lerkendal Stadium in Trondheim until the 73rd minute. The judge had mercy on the Norwegians and awarded a penalty kick to the net of the Belarusians. And when they went to win back, the hosts set the final score in the match in the 85th minute - 2-0. It is noteworthy that Rosenborg concedes a lot. In the local championship, its goalkeepers took the balls out of their net 19 times in 16 rounds. And Rosenborg managed to keep a clean sheet only 5 times in the last 20 away games.
I will not undertake to predict the winner of the upcoming match or the overall outcome. But a goal or goals from the hosts can be expected here. I have already said about the unreliability of the Norwegian defense in general, and away in particular. I will add that Maribor scored more than 1 goal in 3 out of four matches in the current qualification. And it scored in 15 of the last 18 games in the home field rivals scored (8 cases ended with more than 1 goal) Maribor understands how hard it will be in Norway. The Slovenes also know about the problems of the Trolls in defense. And their chance to win in the 2-round confrontation is a victory, and preferably with a difference of more than 1 goal at home. The hosts have someone to score. The same Brazilian Tavares scored Valur. Or Kronaveter. He scored Valur twice and offended the goalkeeper of AIK. And in the last Slovenian championship, he scored 17 goals. Putting all the data together, we can count for at least 1 goal of the Violets or even more.
Prediction for the match: Maribor to score over 1.0 goal
