FK Crvena Zvezda hosts Young Boys in the second leg of the Champions League qualification finals. The match will be played on Wednesday, August 27th at Stadion Rajko Mitić (Belgrade)
Crvena Zvezda managed to achieve an acceptable result in the first match of this two-round confrontation in the capital of Switzerland, having played there in a battle draw with Young Boys with 2:2 score. Now it puts the Serbian champion in a better position in the return match, and it will be quite satisfied with the peaceful results of 0:0 and 1:1. In my opinion, Crvena Zvezda will just proceed from the result of the Berne match in terms of tactics because nothing makes the team hurry and leave free zones in the defense. And we saw how positively the Serbian flagship can act proceeding from the score in the previous stages of the current UEFA Champions League qualification. Where the Stars, playing total football, managed to stop energetic Danish Copenhagen (1:1 at home, 1:1 away, the victory on penalties, and the team in the minority for a long time), as well as Finnish HJC (at first 2:0 at home, then 1:2 in Helsinki). I can also add that before the meeting with Young Boys, the Red Stars have never been involved in serious scoring shootouts in the current Champions League. 6 previous matches didn’t exceed 3 goals!
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As for Young Boys, the team has already fallen into an almost identical situation in the last year's Champions League qualifiers, eventually scrambling out of it in a two-match confrontation with other former Yugoslavs, Dinamo Zagreb, successfully. Swiss team caught the Croats on their relaxation at their stadium (a 2:1 victory) after the draw in Bern (1:1). I think that there is no reason for the Swiss to run forward at breakneck speed since it’s quite possible to score the only goal needed by playing in a much colder way, without too much risk in their defense... And it’s unlikely that Young Boys will immediately adapt to the enormous natural field of Belgrade Maracana after its artificial compact lawn, where the ball rolls faster and the legs don't get so stuck.
I think that the return match between Young Boys and Crvena will go much more calmly in terms of goals scored than it was a week ago!
Prediction for the match: Under 3.5 goals scored
