Lincoln Red Imps take on the visitors Shkupi in the second leg of round of 16 in UEFA Champions League qualification. First leg result: 0-3. The match will be played on Tuesday, July 12th at Victoria Stadium (Gibraltar).
Lincoln Red Imps can rightfully consider themselves the strongest club in Gibraltar. The Red Devils have won a record 26 local league titles (in addition to 17 Cups of the Rock and 17 League Cups each). Since 2003, only twice has the grand allowed someone to get to the "gold". Moreover, only this team from all its compatriots managed to get the right to play in the main round of the European Cup. It was in 2021, when the Gibraltarians, having qualified for the playoffs of FC Riga, were able to take part in the group stage of the Conference League. True, there were 6 defeats and, of course, the last place in their quartet. And now it was important to take the first step successfully. It did not work out - a visit to North Macedonia turned into a rout.
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Shkupi achieved the maximum result last season. "Doves" were founded in 2012, however, not from scratch. Fans generally draw a direct line from Sloga, which was disbanded due to financial problems. For 3 years, the newly created project has risen from the 3rd division to the top one, and quite quickly began to seek the right to play in European competitions. And in the 2021/2022 season, the representative of Skopje was able to climb to the 1st place, scoring 76 points in 33 matches - this is already 12 more than the Pandev Academy, which came to the finish line 2nd. Note that at first the Macedonians did not really succeed in the international arena. They took off after the first opponent - Rangers (Glasgow), Pyunik, Neftchi. And only a year ago, Shkupi finally knocked out the Kosovar Llapi, and only after that were 0-3 and 0-2 with Santa Clara. Last Tuesday saw the long-awaited debut in the Champions League. It turned out great: 3-0.
All fights of the international level of Shkupi can be literally counted on the fingers of one hand. Not surprisingly, guests from North Macedonia will visit the Lincoln Red Imps for the first time. Experts consider the visitors as favorite of a couple. But they no longer need to tear their veins to win after 3-0 at home. It is worth limiting the bet on "under 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
