APOEL take on the visitors Slavia Prague at “GSP Stadium” in the first-leg clash of the Qualification final round of the UEFA Champions League. The game will be played in Nicosia on Tuesday, August 15th.
In a new season APOEL participated in five matches: in the Eurocups the side knocked out Dudelange 1:0, 1:0 and FC Viitorul 0:1, 1:0 with a victory gained after extra time while it failed at the start of a new season in Cyprus, having been broken by Apollon 1:2 in the country’s Super Cup. But the main target of the Cypriots is the UEFA Champions League which is the top priority for them in the new season.
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Last season Slavia Prague sensationally won the Czech 1. Liga and this summer they were probably the main news-maker in the Eastern Europe excluding Russia. Ruslan Rotan, Jan Lastuvka, Halil Altintop, Danny and Eduard Sobol were engaged by the Czech champion during the summer pause. In the Eurocups Slavia Prague hardly managed to knock out BATE 1:0, 2:0 in the previous round while in the 1. Liga the side picked up seven points with 3-0 goal difference in three encounters and is currently sitting on the second position in the table. During last year Slavia Prague lost only one clash on the road: to BATE on the last qualification stage of the UEFA Champions League.
It will be the first head-to-head for the opponents. APOEL are more experienced team in the Eurocups while Slavia Prague are just looking for the balance at the pitch as the team despite all impressive enforcement in summer. In other words, experience and home-field advantage are on the Cypriots’ side that makes them the favourites of Tuesday battle.
Prediction for the match: APOEL to win with 0.0 Asian handicap.