Qarabağ FK vs Lech Poznan Preview 12/07/2022

Qarabağ FK vs Lech Poznan – 12/07/2022

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On Tuesday, Qarabag FK will host Lech Poznan at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, trailing by a aim going into the second leg following final week’s 1-0 defeat within the 1st leg in Poland.

Azerbaijani champions Qarabag, misplaced for the primary time of their European historical past to Polish opposition as Lech Poznan captain Mikael Ishak scored the decisive aim however Qarabag now return to the extra acquainted environment of their Tofiq Bahramov Stadium the place they are going to be assured in turning round this 1st qualifying spherical tie.

It’s now as much as long-serving coach Gurban Gurbanov – who led his group to the knockout levels of final season’s Europa Convention League – to ship a house victory to proceed the run and having been unbeaten of their final 11 residence video games in all competitions (which incorporates eight wins), Qarabag will fancy their probabilities in overturning this slender 1-0 deficit on Tuesday night.

Kady, Qarabag’s joint prime scorer final season, will as soon as once more lead their problem, netting 5 objectives within the Convention League final time period, whereas having joined from Hapoel Tel Aviv earlier this summer time, Marko Jankovic is now eligible for his first aggressive begin.

Van den Brom started his tenure as Lech Poznan coach with a win, however it did not take lengthy for the ex-Anderlecht supervisor’s promising begin to fade because the Polish guests misplaced to 2-0 to Rakow within the Polish Tremendous Cup, with the Dutch coach having to shuffle his beginning XI as a result of unlucky timing of the fixture.

On the European entrance, Lech Poznan have had restricted publicity within the final decade, because the Railwaymen have solely appeared in 4 Europa League or UEFA Cup group levels, with one knockout part qualification in 2011.

Nonetheless, Lech at the moment are aiming to make an affect on Europe after celebrating their a hundredth anniversary by profitable Ekstraklasa for the eighth time final season on the home entrance, however restricted outcomes away from residence on this competitors present Lech Poznan have received 2 and misplaced 2 so far.

Regardless of dropping within the Tremendous Cup final weekend, Lech Poznan look set to be full energy in Baku, as John van den Brom selects a XI just like that which began the first leg, Antonio Milic, Jesper Karlstrom and Radoslaw Murawski are probably to retain their spots.

Qarabag with residence benefit although may sneak a slim win on this return leg.