Kukesi vs Qarabag
UEFA Champions League
Date: Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Kick-Off at 18:00 UK / 19:00 CET
Venue: Stadiumi Loro Borici, Shkoder.
Qarabag were one of the stories of the Champions League early last season. They endured the qualifiers and in to the gathering stage out of the blue, and therefore they wound up among a portion of Europe's first class. They met then Premier League champions Chelsea, went head to head with inevitable semi-finalists Roma and struck a mallet hit to Atletico Madrid's expectations of winning the opposition. Two draws with the Spanish side were the feature of their history in Europe, yet can Qarabag advance to the last 32 once more?
After first round progress, the Azerbaijani side make a beeline for the Champions League's second qualifying round to go up against Albanian resistance in Kukesi. In spite of being out and about, the guests have been valued up as top picks in this amusement, and that is most likely reasonable. The hosts come in to Wednesday's gathering winless in nine matches, and they advanced past Valletta of Malta on away objectives, because of a 84th moment crush and get. That is not precisely encouraging, but rather it is reasonable.
Kukesi should be Albania's participants in the Champions League. They completed second in the group last term, coming up nine focuses short of Skenderbeu. Be that as it may, they were prohibited from the opposition for a long time because of charges of match-settling, and that gave Kukesi a stage up in to this opposition. They haven't exactly adjusted to that, as appeared in their tight first round triumph. They've had blended type recently, and they absolutely don't look equipped for a protracted keep running in this opposition.
The hosts are coming up against an accomplished side in Europe. Prior to their hurried to the gathering phase of the Champions League, Qarabag influenced the gathering to phase of the Europa League for the three seasons previously that. They've not had a gigantic effect in those rivalries once pre-winter hits, however they are knowledgeable in overcoming the beginning periods. We anticipate that them will do likewise against Kukesi over the two legs of this tie, beginning on Wednesday.
Qarabag influenced it to the gathering to arrange last season on account of two wins in three out and about, while their one thrashing saw them guarantee the away objective they expected to advance through the last qualifying round. They began off this season with a 1-0 triumph against Olimpija in the away leg, before uncovering a 0-0 at home to overcome. It's not inconceivably sleek, but rather they have a tendency to do what's necessary out and about before depending on home frame to see them through. That is probably going to happen again here, so we're backing an away win, alongside a low-scoring 1-0 triumph.
Past five matches:
Valletta versus Kukesi 1-1
Kukesi versus Valletta 0-0
Hermannstadt versus Kukesi 1-1
Maribor versus Kukesi 4-0
Kukesi versus Flamurtari 2-2
Qarabag versus Olimpija 0-0
Olimpija versus Qarabag 0-1
Qarabag versus Dynamo Kyiv 0-1
Qarabag versus Syria 0-1
Wacker Innsbruck versus Qarabag 0-0
The two groups' next diversion is the arrival leg in Azerbaijan one week from now.
Kukesi versus Qarabag: Head-to-head
The two sides did not have the opportunity to meet each other before.
