Football Previews
Maribor travel to the Doosan Arena this Tuesday evening to play Viktoria Plzen in the first leg of their Champions League qualifer.
Viktoria Plzen destroyed Estonian side Kalju in the third round of Qualifying 10:2 on aggregate while Maribor scraped through by an away goals win against Apoel Nicosia.
Both sides come into this tie unbeaten domestically and they will be looking for two solid performances if they want to progress further in the Champions League.
Recent form:
Viktoria Plzen – D W W W W W W
Maribor – W W D D W W W
Both sides are unbeaten in 7.
Head-to-head
These two sides have never met at a competitive level in recent years so there is no history to go on.
Bookmakers favour Viktoria Plzen strongly in this game.
Current betting odds: Viktoria Plzen (1/2) Draw (3/1) Maribor (6/1)
Gamingtips Prediction – Viktoria Plzen 2:0 Maribor
Viktoria Plzen should have enough fire power to see off Maribor over two legs – Maribor do very well domestically in Slovenia but they face a strong team from Czech Republic who won the title last season and they will be up against it this Tuesday evening.
Maribor were underdogs when they defeated Apoel Nicosia in the last round of qualifying and with styles making football matches, we could see another upset.
The key to Maribor progressing will be their defense – they held Apoel Nicosia to a 0:0 draw at home before managing to score an away goal (1:1) which ultimately saw them progress to this stage of the competition.
Other matches taking place on Tuesday evening are Shakhter Karagandy vs Celtic, Lyon vs Real Sociedad, Pacos vs Zenit and PSV vs AC Milan
This game gets underway at 19:45 GMT+1
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