FC Astana take on the visitors Spartaks at "Astana Arena" in the reverse fixture of the 1/4 stage of the Qualification to the UEFA Champions League 2017/2018. The game will be played in Astana on Tuesday, July 18th. The first-leg match was finished with 1:0 scoreline in favour of FC Astana in Latvia a week ago.
FC Astana won their six recent clashes of the season with 15:2 aggregated score, having conceded two goals at once in one battle. In the first-leg encounter in Latvia, FC Astana showed much stronger football than the hosting side and could have won with a bigger score than 1:0 which would have secured their promotion to the next round. At its own turf Kazakhstan's champion has not been broken since the 10th of September 2016 across 16 games resulting in 12 triumphs and four draws.
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Spartaks are the Latvia's leader: the team picked up 22 points with 18-9 goal difference in 11 rounds. However, the current level of Latvian football is extremely low, therefore, the team had no chances to get a positive result against Kazakhstan's best team even in face of its fans. In regard to their performance on the road, in 2017 the Latvian side gained seven victories, one draw and four losses in 12 clashes, although it has not been losing at away turfs across five recent encounters since the 26th of April.
The first-leg game showed the difference in the teams' level. Therefore, I expect for the hosts’ easy win in Astana and their qualification to the next round of the tournament.
Prediction for the match: FC Astana to win with -1.5 Asian handicap.
