On Wednesday night, Sheriff Tiraspol host Torpedo Kutaisi in the Champions League first qualifying round second leg.
Torpedo Kutaisi recorded a 2-1 win in the first leg. Despite the defeat, the home side will be buoyed by the away goal, which could be crucial in the tie.
Sheriff heads into this clash on the back of just one win in the Champions league in their last nine outings. The Moldovan team have also suffered defeat in three of their previous four games.
The home side has conceded at least two goals in three of their last four games in Europe’s elite competition.
Sheriff have a recent mixed record on home soil in the Champions league, having won just two of their last eight matches. Their recent games have also been low scoring in Europe, as four of their last five games have produced under 2.5 goals.
The fact that the home side have conceded just one goal in their last five Champions league games on home soil has contributed to those low scoring games.
Torpedo Kutaisi have a recent mixed record in the Champions League, as the Georgian team has won three and lost three of their last six games in Europe’s elite competition.
The win in the first leg ended a two-game losing run for the visitors in this competition. However, the Georgian side’s last stint in the Champions League was 16 years ago.
The visitors have a poor away record in this competition, as they have won just one of their five games, suffering three defeats in the process.
Torpedo have struggled to score on their travels in this competition, scoring just twice in five Champions league games.
Forebet predicts that Sheriff will record a victory in a low scoring game, which would see the home side through to the next round of the competition.