Qarabag hosts Sheriff Tiraspol in the quarterfinals of the Champions League qualification. The match will be played on Wednesday, August 26th at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium (Baku)
Gurban Gurbanov's team has always relied on reliable defense, and only then, it has repelled from the attack. The squad of Qarabag is quite experienced and organized. Guerrier, Ozobic, Zubir, and the captain of the team Medvedev have been playing in the team for a long time. At the last stage, Qarabag calmly beat Macedonian vice-champion Sileks at home (4:0), without using many attempts. On the weekend, the Aghdam team successfully started in the new season in Azerbaijan and beat the capital Sabakh at home (2-0). Gurbanov's team will act carefully in the match with Sheriff, but it will surely play attack first.
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The Tiraspol team cannot boast of a stable lineup and there is a constant turnover of personnel, which does not create conditions for stable growth of the team's level. At the last stage of the tournament, Sheriff defeated the Luxembourgian Fola at home (2-0), although the opponent created quite a lot. However, the class and the familiar artificial field decided everything in favor of the Moldovan club. It will not be easy for Zekic's men in the heat of Azerbaijan, and they have never scored Qarabag on its pitch.
The last time the teams met in the Europa League was in the 2018 season. Then the Aghdam team lost in Moldova (0:1), but it took convincing revenge at home (3-0) and advanced to the group stage of the tournament. Now everything is decided in one match. Given the importance and status of it, the style of Aghdam players, who play closed football and do not risk, as well as the level of Sheriff, which will attack very rarely, “Both teams to score – no” becomes my main bet on the match.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score – no
