Qarabağ FK with Home Advantage in First Leg of Champions League Tie Against FC Zürich
Qarabağ FK vs FC Zürich - 19/07/2022
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We have reached the second round of 2022/23 Champions League qualifying and on the 19th of July we have a meeting between Qarabağ FK and FC Zürich.
The game will take place at the Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu, handing Qarabağ FK the home advantage and the second leg will be in Switzerland next week.
Qarabağ FK come into the match on the back of a tremendous 5-1 win over Lech Poznan in the second leg of the first round of Champions League qualifying.
Qarabağ FK fell behind in the first minute and having lost the first leg 1-0 in Poland, it appeared as though they were on the way out of the competition.
However, Qarabağ FK hit back with 2 goals in the first half to level the tie. Qarabağ FK continued to attack in the second half and scored 3 goals without reply to record a comfortable victory.
The Premyer Liqa is yet to begin in Azerbaijan so Qarabağ FK have been playing friendly matches to get up to speed for Champions League qualifying.
However, they do have plenty of experience playing in the Champions League. Qarabağ FK have won 3 of their 4 most recent home Champions League games. They have scored 2 or more goals in those 4 matches and have kept 6 clean sheets in their last 10 home Champions League fixtures.
FC Zürich make the trip to the Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu having suffered a heavy defeat in their opening fixture of the Swiss Super League.
They had a difficult fixture away to Young Boys but would not have expected a 4-0 loss, especially having been level at half time. All 4 goals were scored in the 28 minutes of the match.
That is the only competitive fixture played by FC Zürich this season and they have played several friendly games. FC Zürich have entered Champions League qualifying at this stage of the competition, so this will be their first fixture in the UCL this season.
You must go back to 2011 to find the last time FC Zürich played in the Champions League. They have won only 1 of their last 8 Champions League matches and have lost 3 of their last 4 on the road, recording one draw at Standard Liège.
Team news and Qarabağ FK are likely to go with the same team that started in their previous game. That means Brazilian Kady will keep his place in the starting XI following his 2 goals and Marko Janković should start in attack.
FC Zürich could make some changes to the team that lost heavily on the weekend. Marc Hornschuh, Jonathan Okita, Fabian Rohner, and Stephan Seiler are all pushing for a place in the team.
Qarabağ FK must be considered clear favourites for this first leg and we expect them to record a comfortable win. FC Zürich could find the back of the net but Qarabağ FK should win this one by 2 or 3 goals.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
UCL
681418
1
4 - 1
2.78
28°
2.05
2.05
3.25
3.40
no
no
no
3 - 2(2 - 0)
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