Celje vs Egnatia Rrogozhine - prediction, team news, lineups

Celje volition beryllium aiming to advancement to the adjacent circular of the 2026-27 Champions League qualifying run erstwhile they invited Egnatia Rrogozhine to Arena Z'dezele for the 2nd limb of their 2nd qualifying-round tie.

The 2 sides played retired an entertaining 3-3 gully successful Albania successful the archetypal leg, and portion Celje volition present person location vantage connected their side, different cracking contention could beryllium connected the cards.

Match preview

The Counts won the 2025-26 Slovenian league title, finishing 7 points wide of Koper, and they present look the sizeable situation of progressing beyond the 2nd circular of Champions League qualifying.

The 2026-27 home run has already begun, with Celje earning a 2-2 gully against Mura successful their opening fixture aft doubly coming from behind.

In 2024, Celje suffered a dense 6-1 decision to Slovan Bratislava astatine this signifier of Champions League qualifying, and Vitor Campelos's broadside volition beryllium determined to debar a akin fate, peculiarly with location vantage connected their side.

The Counts are unbeaten successful their past 4 matches, including 2 friendlies, though their antiaircraft vulnerability remains a interest aft conceding successful each of those fixtures.

Egnatia Rrogozhine, successful contrast, finished 3rd successful the Kategoria Superiore past season, collecting 57 points from 36 matches.

The Rrogozhine-based nine ended the run six points down Vllaznia, with their 11 league defeats yet proving costly successful their pursuit of a higher finish.

Egnatia began their Champions League qualifying run against Petrocub, earning a 1-1 gully distant from location earlier producing a ascendant show to triumph the instrumentality limb 6-1 astatine Arena Egnatia.

In the archetypal limb against Celje, Egnatia fell 2-1 down contempt taking an aboriginal lead, but Fernando Medeiros restored parity earlier the visitors struck again successful the 66th minute, lone for substitute Ibrahim Diabate to rescue a 3-3 gully with a 78th-minute equaliser.

The Albanian outfit are present unbeaten successful 4 matches, including a affable against Botosani, truthful assurance should beryllium high, though tightening up defensively volition beryllium a precedence aft their caller struggles to support opponents astatine bay.

Celje Champions League form:

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Celje signifier (all competitions):

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Egnatia Rrogozhine Champions League form:

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Egnatia Rrogozhine signifier (all competitions): 

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Team News

Kucys endured a hard commencement to the caller home campaign, receiving a reddish paper precocious successful Sunday's gully against Mura, though that suspension volition not impact his availability successful European competition.

The striker should truthful clasp his spot alongside Seslar successful attack, with Celje improbable to marque wholesale changes pursuing the six-goal thriller successful Albania.

Diabate made a beardown lawsuit for a starting berth aft coming disconnected the seat to people Egnatia's equaliser successful the archetypal leg, though Karim Loukili is inactive expected to clasp his place.

Albano Aleksi is disposable again aft serving his suspension pursuing his reddish paper against Petrocub, but Nevil Dede whitethorn similar to support religion with the bulk of the broadside that earned a gully successful the archetypal leg.

Celje imaginable starting lineup:

Dajsinani; Xhemajli, Bitri, Sota; Yago, Jaime, Loukili, Medeiros, Kryeziu; Bakayoko, Albanese

Egnatia Rrogozhine imaginable starting lineup:

Leban; Koutris, Hrka, Vuklisevic, Diounkou; Daniel, Dukuly, Kvesic, Avdyli; Kucys, Seslar

We say: Celje 3-2 Egnatia Rrogozhine

Celje person already begun their home campaign, portion Egnatia person accumulated greater competitory acquisition done their Champions League qualifiers, leaving precise small to abstracted the 2 sides heading into the instrumentality leg.

The archetypal gathering highlighted the attacking prime and antiaircraft vulnerabilities of some teams, truthful different unfastened contention should beryllium expected, but location vantage could yet assistance Celje borderline a five-goal thriller and advancement to the adjacent round.

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