Qarabag vs Lincoln Red Imps Prediction - Champions League
In the first leg, Qarabag emerged victorious with a 2-0 win, even playing away from home. This puts them in a favorable position, needing only a win, a draw, or even a narrow loss to advance. For the Gibraltar team, a win by three or more goals is needed to overturn the deficit. If they win by exactly two goals, the match will proceed to a 30-minute extra time. A tie in the extra period would result in a penalty shootout to determine the winner.
Qarabag and Lincoln Red Imps have been placed in the section of the Champions League qualifying stages reserved strictly for domestic league champions. The winner of this clash will proceed to face either Ludogorets from Bulgaria or Dinamo Minsk from Belarus in the semi-finals. Backing Qarabag for the win is the suggested bet for this Tuesday’s second leg of the quarter-finals in the 2024/2025 Champions League qualifiers. In the over/under goal market, the recommendation is for over 1.75 goals.
Predictions for Qarabag vs. Lincoln Red Imps by SDA:
Qarabag to Win The Match
Qarabag is just getting started this season. Their first leg against Lincoln Red Imps was their inaugural official game for the 2024/2025 season. With the national league starting next weekend, they had a week free for preparations. The same applies to the team from Gibraltar, which, however, had to play in the round of 16. Thus, they have already had three matches in their development process. The recommendation for Qarabag to win again is a solid pick for this Tuesday’s match in the quarterfinal return leg of the Champions League qualifiers.
Goals Over/Under – Over 1.75 Goals
In a comfortable position, Qarabag won’t necessarily need to go all-out against Lincoln Red Imps. Nevertheless, playing at home with a technically superior squad, they are likely to take control of the match. Thus, looking at the goals over/under market for additional betting insight for this Tuesday’s quarterfinals return leg match of the 2024/2025 Champions League qualifiers, the recommendation is the over 1.75 goals option.
Latest News and Statistics for Qarabag
Qarabag performed much better in the first leg against Lincoln Red Imps. They could have even established a wider advantage.
Dominated possession for 66% of the game, created significantly more scoring opportunities (14 to 3), and led comfortably in the accurate shot category (8 to 2).
The score was opened just before halftime by Juninho, assisted by Mustafazada at the 47-minute mark. In the second half, Bayramov sealed the deal, with Romão providing the assist this time. The head coach, Qurban Qurbanov, set up Qarabag in a formation featuring four defenders, two defensive midfielders, an attacking midfielder, and three forwards. This Tuesday’s encounter will be their last match before kicking off the 2024/2025 season of the Azerbaijan Premier League. On Friday, August 2, they will face Araz in an away game.
Latest News and Statistics for Lincoln Red Imps
The schedule for the Gibraltar National League has yet to be established. Consequently, Lincoln Red Imps can keep their focus on securing qualification for a continental competition. They narrowly advanced through the round of 16 in the Champions League qualifiers. Against Malta’s Hamrum, they won the away leg 1-0.
However, in the return match, they were also defeated 1-0, but managed to endure through a penalty shootout. Facing Qarabag appears to be an almost insurmountable challenge, suggesting that they might better set their sights on participating in the Europa League or even the European Conference League, which are more realistic goals given their technical constraints.
In their first match against the team from Azerbaijan, the Lincoln Red Imps were set up with a backline of four defenders, one holding midfielder, three midfielders linking the play, and two forwards.
