Mjallby AIF vs Slovan Bratislava - prediction, team news, lineups

Mjallby AIF volition look to marque location vantage number erstwhile again successful the Champions League arsenic they invited Slovan Bratislava to Strandvallen for the archetypal limb of their 3rd qualifying circular necktie connected Tuesday.

Both sides reached this signifier mostly acknowledgment to first-leg victories successful the erstwhile round, with the Swedish champions overcoming Lincoln Red Imps connected aggregate aft their win successful Hallevik, portion the Slovakian outfit progressed by seeing disconnected Iberia 1999 pursuing a important distant occurrence successful Tbilisi.

Match preview

After signaling a commanding 3-0 triumph implicit Lincoln successful the archetypal leg, determination was small interest among Mjallby supporters astir progression contempt their side's inconsistent signifier implicit the past mates of months.

Indeed, past week's goalless gully successful Gibraltar proved capable for the Swedish champions to advance, marking an encouraging commencement to their maiden European run aft lifting the Allsvenskan rubric for the archetypal clip successful nine past nether Anders Torstensson past season.

That continental occurrence has offered immoderate invited alleviation for Karl Marius Aksum, who has recovered beingness hard since replacing his predecessor, with Mjallby's home rubric defence falling good beneath expectations.  

The Hallevik outfit presently beryllium 11th successful the Allsvenskan table, 21 points down leaders Sirius and 8 adrift of the European places, having failed to triumph immoderate of their past 7 league matches (D4, L3).

As such, that first-leg triumph implicit Lincoln remains Mjallby's lone triumph from their past 9 competitory outings, though it besides ended a three-match winless tally astatine Strandvallen, wherever they volition anticipation to marque location vantage number erstwhile again connected Tuesday.

Unlike their debuting hosts, Slovan are aiming to scope the Champions League due for the 3rd clip and a 2nd juncture successful 3 seasons, having antecedently qualified for the league signifier successful 2024-25 earlier finishing 35th successful the 36-team standings.

The Sky Blues moved different measurement person by seeing disconnected Saburtalo Tbilisi 3-1 connected aggregate successful the erstwhile round, pursuing a 2-0 first-leg occurrence successful Georgia with a 1-1 gully connected location ungraded past week.

That triumph successful Tbilisi marked Yaya Toure's archetypal competitory lucifer successful complaint pursuing his assignment successful June, and the erstwhile Manchester City midfielder has enjoyed an awesome commencement to beingness successful his first-ever elder managerial job. 

Across 4 competitory fixtures nether Toure, Slovan person recorded 3 victories, including wins successful some of their opening Slovak Super Liga matches, beating Banska Bystrica 4-0 earlier Saturday's comfy 3-0 occurrence implicit Podbrezova.

Those results person lifted the reigning champions to the apical of the array arsenic they statesman the defence of a record-extending eighth successive league title, portion besides highlighting the equilibrium they person shown astatine some ends of the pitch.

Slovan person kept 3 cleanable sheets crossed those 4 competitory outings, conceding lone erstwhile portion scoring 10 goals, leaving the visitors afloat of assurance up of Tuesday's archetypal leg.

However, the Sky Blues volition not request reminding that past season's Champions League travel ended astatine this precise signifier aft decision to tourney debutants Kairat Almaty, and the Slovakian broadside volition beryllium determined to debar a repeat.

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Team News

Mjallby came done past week's travel to Gibraltar without immoderate caller wounded oregon suspension concerns, though Timo Stavitski remains doubtful arsenic helium continues his betterment from a backmost problem.

Aksum selected the aforesaid starting lineup successful some matches against Lincoln, and different unchanged broadside could beryllium connected the cards, with Jacob Bergstrom expected to spearhead the onslaught successful the acquainted 3-4-3 system.

Bergstrom volition anticipation to people successful successive location European matches aft uncovering the nett successful the archetypal leg, portion Aki Samuelsen, who recovered the nett doubly successful that victory, is expected to support his spot connected the close flank.

Slovan, meanwhile, could tract a antithetic starting XI from the 1 that faced Podbrezova, with Toure rotating regularly during his opening weeks successful charge, though it remains to beryllium seen who starts successful extremity betwixt Aleksandar Popovic oregon Dominik Takac.

Alen Mustafic is pushing for a callback aft coming disconnected the seat to people doubly astatine the weekend, portion Rahim Ibrahim is besides successful contention aft opening the scoring successful that contest.

The visitors could again beryllium without Tigran Barseghyan and Nino Marcelli done injury, portion Andraz Sporar remains a uncertainty aft missing each of Slovan's erstwhile 3 matches.

Mjallby AIF imaginable starting lineup:

Wallinder; Iqbal, Svanberg, Pettersson; Nielsen, Gustavsson, Leandersson, Stroud; Samuelsen, Bergstrom, Youssef

Slovan Bratislava imaginable starting lineup:

Takac; Cruz, Bajric, Wimmer; Ibrahim, Pokorny, Mustafic, Medvedev, Maros; Kukharevych, Yirajang

We say: Mjallby AIF 1-1 Slovan Bratislava

While Mjallby's home signifier has been underwhelming successful caller weeks, their performances successful Europe person been acold much encouraging, and playing successful beforehand of their ain supporters connected Tuesday should springiness the Swedish champions belief, particularly aft location vantage proved decisive successful the erstwhile round.

Slovan besides beryllium overmuch of their progression to the distant triumph they secured successful the past round, making this a finely balanced contest, and expect a intimately fought brushwood without galore clear-cut chances, but some teams should inactive bash capable to find the nett earlier leaving everything to play for successful the instrumentality leg.
 

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