Slovan Bratislava vs. Saburtalo Tbilisi - prediction, team news, lineups

A week aft Yaya Toure's bow arsenic Slovan Bratislava brag ended positively, the Slovakian giants invited Saburtalo Tbilisi to Narodny Futbalovy Stadion connected Wednesday, aiming to implicit the occupation successful their Champions League 2nd qualifying round.

The Sky Blues secured a 2-0 success implicit Andriy Demchenko's troops a week ago, leaving them arsenic dense favourites to beforehand to the 3rd qualifying round, wherever Mjallby oregon Lincoln Red Imps await.

Match preview

Andraz Sporar and Alasana Yirajang gave Toure a managerial bow to retrieve arsenic the White Hawks from Tehelne Pole secured a 2-0 occurrence successful Tbilisi, efficaciously putting 1 ft successful the 3rd qualifying round.

Both goals came successful the opening half, giving the Slovak broadside thing to clasp onto, and they mostly managed the crippled admirably to seal a regular victory.

That momentum was carried into the defence of their top-flight title, of which the Sky Blues are eight-time defending champions and 24-time winners.

While the statistic amusement that Slovan's 4-0 occurrence was person than the seemingly convincing scoreline suggested, Toure's squad are yet to concede successful 2 competitory fixtures portion scoring six overall, giving them an borderline up of reaching the adjacent circular of qualifying successful Europe.

Having reached the 3rd qualifying circular past play earlier falling to Kairat, the Slovak broadside volition propulsion to springiness themselves the accidental of making it to that signifier again to vie successful the playoff circular this time.

Demchenko takes his Red Eagles outfit to Bratislava, looking to overturn past week's 2-0 loss.

Barring immoderate illness connected the portion of the location side, Saburtalo look a gangly bid to beforehand to the 3rd qualifying circular for the archetypal time.

The Red Eagles fell astatine this aforesaid signifier connected their European qualifying debut successful the 2019-20 season, failing to people successful a 5-0 aggregate decision to Dinamo Zagreb, and a 2-0 nonaccomplishment astatine location successful Tbilisi does not bode good for Wednesday's encounter.

Further highlighting the uphill situation successful beforehand of Iberia 1999 is their ongoing inability to support a cleanable sheet, with Demchenko's squad failing to grounds a shutout successful 5 consecutive competitory games.

It does not assistance that Iberia person fto successful 2 goals oregon much successful 4 of those matches, highlighting their seemingly brushed underbelly heading into Wednesday's crippled successful Bratislava.

As such, Saburtalo indispensable springiness themselves a good changeable of reaching the adjacent circular by keeping a cleanable expanse successful the midweek fixture.

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Team News

Tigran Barseghyan and Nino Marcelli missed the archetypal limb owed to injury, and the brace are improbable to play immoderate part; however, Toure has named Marcelli successful the Slovan squad.

Artur Gajdos is pushing for a commencement against the Georgian outfit aft his 2 assists astatine the play helped the Sky Blues to a league triumph to commencement the campaign.

While Manasse Kianga scored and assisted successful the league success, the guardant has not been named successful the Bratislava squad, frankincense ruling him retired until the adjacent qualifying circular astatine least.

The distant broadside ideally ought to thin connected Amiran Dzagania, Jemali-Giorgi Jinjolava and Vakho Bedoshvili owed to their goalscoring contributions successful the league, though the trio's lone nonstop engagement successful Europe came successful the 3-2 triumph implicit Flora astatine the commencement of July.

Demchenko's squad bash not look to person sustained immoderate superior wounded crossed their erstwhile 2 matches, giving the Red Eagles a mostly steadfast squad for enactment connected Wednesday.

Slovan Bratislava imaginable starting lineup:

Takac; Blackman, Bajric, Wimmer, Kozlovsky; Mustafic, Pokorny, Gajdos; Maros, Sporar, Yirajang

Saburtalo Tbilisi imaginable starting lineup:

Makaridze; Kobuladze, Selimovic, Amisulashvili, Jinjolava; Dadiani, Bartishvilu, Kardava; Bedoshvili, Sikharulashvili, Natchkhebia

We say: Slovan Bratislava 2-0 Saburtalo Tbilisi (Slovan Bratislava triumph 4-0 connected aggregate)

Buoyed by their coagulated antiaircraft displays, attacking momentum and a comfy first-leg advantage, Toure's men should person nary occupation dictating the tempo against a porous Georgian side.

The Red Eagles deficiency the antiaircraft subject to support the hosts astatine bay, paving the mode for different regular triumph and a harmless transition to the 3rd qualifying circular for the Slovakian champions.

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