On Wednesday evening, Qarabag and Molde go head-to-head at the AEK Arena, as both teams look to book their place in the Champions League play-off round.
Qarabag have become highly familiar with European competitions in recent years. They will head into this clash confident of progressing to the play-off stages of the Champions League.
The team from Azerbaijan have suffered just one defeat in their last nine matches in Europe’s elite competition, winning five games in the process.
They have already recorded comfortable victories over Sileks and in the last round Sheriff, scoring at least two goals in each of the victories.
Qarabag have been strong in the Champions League on home soil, winning four of their last five games at home in Europe’s elite competition. Once again, they have caught the eye in attack at home in the Champions League, scoring at least two goals in all four of those home victories.
Molde find themselves 13 points behind leaders Bodo/Glimt in the race for the Norwegian title. The visitors also face a difficult challenge to progress from this clash.
The visitors have a mixed recent record in the Champions League, although they have suffered just one defeat in their last 11 matches in Europe’s elite competition.
Their most recent Champions League games have seen Molde go four matches unbeaten, having seen off KuPS and Celje in the last two rounds of this competition. Similar to the home team, Molde have been relatively prolific in this competition of late, scoring at least two goals in their last three outings.
The Norwegian team have struggled for results on their travels of late in the Champions League, having won just two of their last seven matches on the road.
Forebet predicts that Qarabag will record a victory in a tight, low-scoring affair to book their place in the Champions League play-offs.