Inter Club d'Escaldes vs Lincoln Red Imps - prediction, team news, lineups

Lincoln Red Imps volition look to decorativeness the occupation erstwhile they question to DEVK Arena for Tuesday's 2nd limb of their Champions League archetypal qualifying-round necktie against Inter Club d'Escaldes.

The Gibraltar champions instrumentality a 3-1 vantage into the instrumentality fixture aft an awesome first-leg display, but the Andorran hosts volition inactive judge they person capable prime to equine a comeback connected location soil.

Match preview

Lincoln Red Imps made a imagination commencement to the archetypal leg, taking the pb done Nano's punishment earlier Manuel Toledano doubled their vantage 10 minutes later, leaving the Andorran champions with an uphill conflict earlier the interval.

The hosts continued to transportation the greater attacking menace aft the restart, and Facundo Alvarez capped an awesome show by adding a 3rd extremity midway done the 2nd half. Christian Rutjens's ain extremity offered Inter a glimmer of hope, but Lincoln inactive question to Andorra with a commanding advantage.

The Red Imps get successful Andorra arsenic reigning Gibraltar Football League champions aft securing a 5th successive league title, portion their increasing acquisition connected the continental signifier has made them 1 of Europe's astir seasoned representatives from a smaller nation.

Lincoln person go regular participants successful UEFA contention implicit the past decennary and famously reached the Conference League radical signifier successful 2021-22 earlier repeating the feat past season, giving them invaluable acquisition of navigating two-legged European ties.

That pedigree could beryllium important connected Tuesday, arsenic Lincoln cognize different composed show would beryllium capable to support their latest European escapade alive. 

Inter Club d'Escaldes besides get aft retaining the Andorran Primera Divisio rubric successful 2025-26, securing a 2nd consecutive title and the 5th league crown successful the club's history.

The rubric triumph was hard-earned alternatively than dominant, arsenic they finished conscionable 3 points wide of UE Santa Coloma aft edging a fiercely contested Primera Divisio rubric race.

This marks Inter's 5th quality successful Champions League qualifying since making their debut successful the contention successful 2020-21, though they person yet to advancement beyond the opening qualifying round.

Their closest brushwood with advancement came past season, erstwhile they pushed Romanian heavyweights FCSB each the mode earlier bowing retired 4-3 connected aggregate, recovering from a 3-1 first-leg decision with an awesome 2-1 location triumph that yet fell conscionable short.

The Andorran champions present person the accidental to invited the Red Imps to their ain backyard for the archetypal time, wherever they volition anticipation location vantage tin spark a memorable European comeback.

Inter Club d'Escaldes Champions League form:

L

Inter Club d'Escaldes signifier (all competitions):

L 

Lincoln Red Imps Champions League form:

W

Lincoln Red Imps signifier (all competitions):

W

Team News

Inter person nary caller wounded oregon suspension concerns heading into the instrumentality leg, and they are expected to instrumentality with a mostly unchanged lineup aft an encouraging second-half display. 

Javier Diaz should proceed betwixt the posts, with Jaguars Erraji, Maurizio Pochettino, Anwar Hernandez and Jilmar Torres forming the backmost four, portion Kaxe could beryllium pushing for a starting berth successful attack. 

Lincoln Red Imps besides look to person a cleanable measure of health, leaving the visitors with small crushed to marque wholesale changes aft taking a two-goal vantage from the archetypal leg.

Nauzet Garcia is expected to commencement successful extremity down a defence of Julliani Ersteling, Bernardo Lopes, Christian Rutjens and Nano, portion Alvarez should clasp his spot aft scoring successful the erstwhile match. 

Inter Club d'Escaldes imaginable starting lineup:

Diaz; Erraji, Pochettino, Hernandez, Torres; Molina, Alonso, Otegui; Arellano, Chouaib, Berlanga

Lincoln Red Imps imaginable starting lineup:

Garcia; Ersteling, Lopes, Rutjens, Nano; Joe, Toni, Mandi, Mula, Alvarez; Toledano

We say: Inter Club d'Escaldes 1-1 Lincoln Red Imps

Inter Club d'Escaldes are expected to propulsion everything guardant successful pursuit of a comeback, and location vantage should assistance the Andorran champions nutrient a acold much competitory show than they managed successful the archetypal leg.

However, Lincoln Red Imps person developed a estimation for navigating European ties with maturity and experience, and we expect the visitors to bash capable to gain a gully connected the nighttime and seal their spot successful the 2nd qualifying round.

For information investigation of the astir apt results, scorelines and much for this lucifer delight click here.