KuPS vs Sabah - prediction, team news, lineups

KuPS indispensable overturn a one-goal shortage connected Tuesday to support their UEFA Champions League dreams live arsenic they invited Sabah to VARE Areena for the 2nd limb of their 2nd qualifying circular tie.

The Finnish champions suffered a 1-0 decision erstwhile some sides met successful past week's archetypal leg successful Azerbaijan, which was the maiden gathering betwixt the 2 teams.

Match preview

KuPS were 2nd champion successful past week's archetypal leg, managing conscionable 5 shots successful full and 1 connected people compared to Sabah's 18 attempts, with goalkeeper Johannes Kreidl forced into 3 saves.

After seeing Umarali Rakhmonaliyev's onslaught ruled retired successful the 33rd minute, the Yellow-Blacks yet conceded successful first-half stoppage clip erstwhile Veljko Simic recovered the net, leaving them with consecutive defeats successful the Champions League.

Having seen a two-goal vantage from the opening fixture of their archetypal qualifying circular necktie against Vardar wiped retired wrong 90 minutes astatine Vare Areena, KuPS yet secured progression with a much-improved show successful other time, earning a 4-3 aggregate victory.

However, Miika Nuutinen's broadside responded astatine the play by securing a 3-1 triumph implicit VPS astatine their Kuopio ground, with first-half goals from Jaime Moreno, Gustav Engvall and Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba helping them determination 5 points wide astatine the apical of the Veikkausliiga table.

That triumph besides marked lone KuPS' 2nd occurrence successful their past 5 location matches crossed each competitions, with their inconsistent signifier connected their ain turf raising doubts implicit the Yellow-Black’s  ability to overturn the shortage connected Tuesday arsenic they look to scope the 3rd qualifying circular of the Champions League for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Sabah, meanwhile, are competing successful the Champions League for the archetypal clip aft lifting their maiden Azerbaijan top-flight title, and past week's first-leg triumph not lone puts them successful a beardown presumption but besides extended an awesome tally of form.

Valdas Dambrauskas' broadside person present won 3 games successful a row, having besides secured a 2-0 triumph successful the archetypal limb of their archetypal qualifying circular necktie against TNS earlier beating the Welsh broadside 2-1 successful the instrumentality fixture successful Oswestry.

Unbeaten successful their past 20 competitory distant matches (W16, D4), the Owls volition beryllium assured of avoiding decision connected Tuesday, portion it would travel arsenic nary astonishment if they property location their vantage fixed that each of the past 5 of those encounters person ended successful victories.

Last season, Sabah were eliminated from the UEFA Conference League 3rd qualifying circular aft suffering a 3-0 aggregate decision to Levski Sofia, and they volition beryllium determined to advancement further successful European contention this clip around.

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Team News

KuPS finished some their past continental outing and play league lucifer without immoderate caller wounded concerns, though Samuel Pasanen and Jerry Voutilainen, who person some been sidelined since past year, stay successful the attraction room.

Nuutinen named a heavy rotated broadside against VPS, meaning the bulk of his regular starters are expected to instrumentality to the starting lineup.

Moreno is expected to clasp his spot upfront aft opening the scoring past weekend, portion Luyeye-Lutumba has besides strengthened his lawsuit aft uncovering the nett successful his past 2 starts, though helium has featured much arsenic a squad subordinate successful this season's Champions League campaign.

Sabah besides finished past week's first-leg clash without immoderate caller wounded concerns, with Abdulakh Khaybulaev an unused substitute past clip out.

Dambrauskas could support religion with the lineup that secured triumph past week, with match-winner Simic expected to clasp his spot successful the attack.

KuPS imaginable starting lineup:

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We say: KuPS X-Y Sabah

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