Shakhtyor Soligorsk Hoping Home Advantage Counts in Second Leg Against NK Maribor
Shakhter Soligorsk vs NK Maribor - 13/07/2022
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Teams are aiming to progress to the second qualifying round of the 2022/23 Champions League, where the likes of Dinamo Zagreb and FC Zurich wait.
Two teams hoping to progress to the second qualifying round include Shakhtyor Soligorsk and NK Maribor, who meet for the second leg of their tie at Stadyen Budaŭnik. The first leg ended 0-0 in Slovenia.
Shakhtyor Soligorsk come into the match on the back of the 0-0 in the first leg of this tie. Having had double the number of shots on target than the hosts, Shakhtyor will be slightly disappointed they did not come away with a goal to show for their efforts but being level going into the home leg is a decent position.
Shakhtyor Soligorsk did not play in the Belarus Premier League on the weekend and were given free time to prepare for this match.
They are currently sitting sixth in the table and have some work to do to successfully defend the title they won last season. Stadyen Budaŭnik are currently 8 points off the leaders but do have 2 games in hand.
Shakhtyor Soligorsk played in the Champions League last season but were eliminated at the first qualifying round stage by Ludogorets. They lost both legs of the tie 1-0 and have never won a Champions League qualifying game in 5 previous attempts.
NK Maribor travel to the Stadyen Budaŭnik having mostly played friendlies in the lead up to this tie. They will be unhappy with their performance in the first leg at home and managed to produce only 2 shots on target in the entire 90 minutes. NK Maribor will need to improve in that department if they are to progress to the second qualifying round.
They are currently between seasons in Slovenia and the new campaign does not begin until after the second leg of this Champions League tie. NK Maribor have played friendly games to keep themselves up to speed but have been struggling to win matches. They have failed to win any of their 5 most recent fixtures, 4 of which have been friendlies.
Looking at previous away results in the Champions League and NK Maribor have recorded just 1 win from their 7 most recent away Champions League matches.
They have scored in each of their last 4 Champions League games on the road but kept just a single clean sheet in their last 7.
Team news and Shakhtyor Soligorsk will be relying on Dembo Darboe for their goals and the Gambia striker has 5 goals to his name in the Belarus Premier League this season.
NK Maribor have lost last season’s top scorer Ognjen Mudrinski as he was only on loan. Rok Sirk may start the match in attack for the visitors having come off the bench in the first leg.
Shakhtyor Soligorsk did enough in the first leg to suggest they could come away with the victory. They created more chances than NK Maribor in Slovenia and if they do so again, Shakhtyor Soligorsk should win and progress to the second qualifying round.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
UCL
363133
1
2 - 0
1.34
13°
2.55
2.55
3.00
2.60
no
no
no
0 - 2(0 - 1)
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