Maribor take on the visitors Hafnarfjordur at "Ljudski vrt" in the first-leg clash of the Qualification semi-final of the UEFA Champions League 2017/2018. The game will be played on Wednesday, July 26th.
Maribor confidently won the last season’s Slovenian Prva Liga: the side picked up 73 points with 63-30 goal difference in 36 rounds having been 13 points ahead of the nearest challenger. "Stajerski ponos" has played already four encounters in this season: the team got two victories in the Slovenian elite division and knocked out Zrinjski from Bosnia & Herzegovina with 2:1, 1:1 scorelines in the previous Qualification round of the UEFA Champions League. In 2017 the Slovenians conducted nine matches at their own turf resulting in six triumphs, two draws and one loss.
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The Icelandic Pepsideild is in midstream. After 12 gameweeks Hafnarfjordur sit on the third place in the table with 20 points earned. At the moment the Icelanders pay more attention to the Eurocups where they have knocked out Vikingur 1:1, 2:0 at previous Qualify stage. This season “FH-ingar” participated in 17 clashes on the road recording 11 wins, four draws and only two defeats in them. Last time the Icelanders failed to gain points at away fields was on the 24th of April. The side has not been broken in eight recent battles on the road.
Maribor and Hafnarfjordur have never met before. The Slovenians clubs are ranked higher than the Icelandic ones, consequently, the champion of the Slovenian Prva Liga is seemed to have advantage over the rival, especially, in face of its fans. I believe that the Slovenians will win at the home pitch.
Prediction for the match: Maribor to win with -1.0 Asian handicap.
