Sabah vs Aarhus - prediction, team news, lineups

A week aft some sides played retired a choky matter successful Randers, Sabah invited Aarhus to Masazir connected Tuesday for the 2nd limb of their Champions League 3rd qualifying round.

Even though the Azerbaijani champions fell to their archetypal decision successful the preliminary stages of Europe's premier nine competition, a 2-1 nonaccomplishment is acold from unassailable successful the impending instrumentality fixture astatine Bank Respublika Arena.

Match preview

Sabah were unblemished successful Europe earlier heading to the defending Danish champions past week, lone to endure a archetypal defeat, albeit a constrictive one.

The cupful is either half-full oregon half-empty depending connected who you ask, but anyone of the Owls' persuasion would apt person been pleased with a accidental of perchance needing to reverse a one-goal shortage connected their turf to beforehand to the playoff round.

Valdas Dambrauskas's troops person Veljko Simic to convey for that chance, with the guardant halving the shortage successful the 67th infinitesimal aft his broadside had fallen 2-0 down pursuing a James Bogere brace.

It marked Simic's 4th extremity successful Champions League qualifying, much than immoderate teammate, and the location side's prospects could hinge connected the wide attacker's decisive execution connected Tuesday.

They would request it, too, if an already satisfying debut successful the Champions League preliminary stages takes them into the last qualifying circular successful the playoff stage, wherever Hapoel Beer Sheva oregon Crvena Zvezda await.

If past week's matter is an indicator of anything, past Jakob Poulsen's squad would person witnessed the Students' battling qualities first-hand successful Randers, wherever what could person been a comfy vantage somewhat went awry aft Sabah's goal.

The Jutland-based nine — forced to play their location matches astatine Cepheus Park and not their accustomed Ceres Park owed to renovations astatine the second — whitethorn person won the rubric for a sixth clip successful May, ending a 40-year wait, but they volition relish the accidental of playing successful Europe's premier nine competition's radical signifier oregon league signifier for the archetypal time.

Those prospects whitethorn beryllium uncertain, though, if Poulsen's men stay leaky defensively, with past week's concession marking the 5th consecutive competitory lucifer successful which AGF person contrived to fto their opponents in.

Having already overturned a 4-1 thrashing by Lech Poznan successful the archetypal limb of their 2nd qualifying round, the Danish broadside volition backmost themselves successful immoderate crippled state, considering the adversity they person flooded to get this far.

Like their opponents connected Tuesday, triumph volition permission the travelling supporters elated if their broadside extremity the evening knowing that Simic's 67th-minute extremity for Sabah to support the necktie adjacent was yet not costly.

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Team News

Khayal Aliyev has not played for Sabah this play — an upshot of an wounded sustained playing for Azerbaijan against Malta successful June — and the guardant is seemingly the location side's lone wounded lack heading into the 2nd limb of the 3rd qualifying round.

While Simic is Sabah's starring scorer successful Champions League qualifying, Joy-Lance Mickels's game-deciding qualities cannot beryllium underestimated.

Mickels scored successful the 2nd legs of the archetypal and 2nd qualifying rounds against The New Saints and KuPS respectively, and helium aims to proceed that signifier against AGF.

Frederik Tingager was withdrawn aft 29 minutes successful the archetypal limb with a suspected ft injury, raising superior doubts astir the centre-back's availability with Kevin Yakob and Richmond Gyamfi already connected the attraction table.

Colin Rosler was besides replaced with a suspected wounded successful the match, albeit what whitethorn person been precautionary alternatively than thing major.

While Tobias Bech and Kristian Arnstad — scorers of 12 and 9 league goals respectively successful the title-winning run — neither scored nor assisted past week, with Bogere coming up trumps instead, the erstwhile duo anticipation to beryllium decisive connected Tuesday.

Sabah imaginable starting lineup:

Pokatilov; Zedadka, Solvet, Dashdamirov, Puchacz; Rakhmonaliyev, Lepinjica; Parris, Isayev, Simic; Mickels

Aarhus imaginable starting lineup:

Hedenstad; Rosler, Storch, Kahl; Anderson, Knudsen, Jonsson, Emmery; Bech, Bogere, Arnstad

We say: Sabah 2-0 Aarhus (Sabah triumph 3-2 connected aggregate)

Sabah's defence whitethorn person conceded 2 low-percentage goals past clip out, but Simic's extremity leaves Tuesday's brushwood connected a knife-edge.

Given the Azerbaijani outfit's anterior antiaircraft resoluteness and AGF's wounded uncertainty successful defence, the hosts are backed to unafraid a triumph to beforehand to the playoff round.

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