Rakow vs Qarabag Prediction and Betting Tips | 26th July 2023
Rakow will welcome Qarabag to Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round on Wednesday.
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Both teams were flawless in the first qualifying round. Rakow got the better of the Estonian team Flora 3-0 on aggregate while Qarabag won both legs (6-1 on aggregate) against Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar. Rakow won their first title in the Polish top flight last season to qualify for their first-ever UEFA Champions League.
Medaliki took the 2022–23 Ekstraklasa by surprise, besting top guns like Legia Warsaw, Lech Poznań and Pogoń Szczecin to clinch the title. They even established a nine-point gap atop the standings. The hosts will hope to replicate their blazing form in the continental campaign, starting with a home win over Qarabag.
The visitors have been competing in the Champions League since 2014-15. They reached the playoffs in the previous edition before falling to Czech side Viktoria Plzen. Qarabag won the Azerbaijan Premier League last season to qualify for their ninth UEFA Champions League, with a group-stage finish their best performance so far.
Atlılar will enter the meeting on the back of three straight wins and seven goals scored. In a bid to add more firepower to their attack, three new strikers have been recruited including Brazilian Juninho. However, they will miss the services of right-back Abbas Hüseynov, who is yet to return to first-team action due to injury.
Bartosz Nowak and Ivi will hopefully continue performing for Rakow in the new season. They scored 10 and nine goals respectively last term, with Ivi also racking up six assists.
Qarabag’s two top scorers Ramil Sheydayev and Musa Gurbanli departed from the team at the end of the season. The
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