Partizan take on the visitors Sheriff Tiraspol in the second leg of UEFA Conference League 1/16-final round. The first leg result: 1-0. The match will be played on Thursday, February 23rd at Stadion Partizana (Belgrade).
Partizan are considered as one of the grand football clubs in Serbia alongside "Crvena Zvezda". However, the last time they won the championship title was back in 2017, and two years later, they won the cup. Typically, they would end up in second place, which was also the case last season, securing another start in the Europa League. Unfortunately, they were knocked out in the qualification phase after losing to AEK (Limassol). As a result, the Serbs fell to the Conference League, where they performed better. They managed to defeat Maltese "Hamrun Sports" in the qualifiers, and in the group stage, they won twice against a formidable opponent like "Cologne." However, they only managed to grab a single point in two matches against "Nice" and drew both games against the modest "Slovan." Nonetheless, it was enough to make it to the playoffs, where they secured a win in Moldova a week ago, with the only goal scored by Ricardinho Gomes.
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In the previous season, the Sheriff managed to debut in the group stage of the Champions League. Under the guidance of Yuriy Vernydub, the team managed to pass the qualifiers, then started off with wins against "Shakhtar" and even "Real Madrid.". Las summer the Ukrainian specialist was replaced by Stepan Tomas. Although the Croatian coach is also good, he doesn't quite measure up to his predecessor. In the Champions League qualifiers, they managed to defeat "Zrinjski" and "Maribor" but stumbled against "Viktoria" (Plzen). In the Europa League, the Moldovans barely made it past the qualifiers with a penalty shootout after a pair of 0-0s against "Pyunik." They progressed in a very difficult group with "Manchester United," "Real Sociedad," and "Omonia," winning both games against the Cypriots. However, they failed to produce any surprises with the English giants or ambitious Spaniards. After a lengthy break, "Sheriff" started off in the Conference League (just like "Partizan"). Unfortunately, even at home, they couldn't manage a draw, although they had the opportunity to do so from the 50th minute after Vuyachich's sent off, the Moldovans were in the majority.
In 2005, the sides met in the Champions League qualification. At that time, the Serbs won both matches with an identical score of 1-0. It is unlikely that the Moldovans will be able to play better away than they did at "Zimbru". We bet that the Serbs will be able to win in the return match.
Prediction for the match: Partizan to win.
