Qarabag and Viktoria Plzen will be fighting for a place in the Champions League when they face off at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium for the opening leg of their playoff round tie on Wednesday.
Qarabag started their Champions League qualification campaign in the first round, where they saw out Lech Poznan, before knocking out Zurich and Ferencvaros in the second and third rounds respectively.
With now just one step remaining to qualify, Qarabag will be determined to continue the impressive run in the qualification on Wednesday as seek a first leg advantage over Plzen. However, they will need to be on top of their game as Plzen have once eliminated them before in the Champions League, on away goals though.
Qarabag are a strong side at home and are unbeaten in their last 30 matches at Tofiq Bahramov a run they will be determined to extend on Wednesday. They are off a confidence-boosting 2-0away win over Sumgayit in the domestic league campaign.
Meanwhile Viktoria Plzen started their Champions League qualification run in the second round where they easily saw out HJK 7-1 on aggregate, before knocking out Sheriff Tiraspol 4-2 on aggregate in the third round.
Plzen have more experience in the Champions League than their hosts and will be looking to use the experience to better their opponents and enter one leg on the group stages.
They have been in a string form recently as they have gone unbeaten in their last eight matches across all competitions, picking up six victories in the run and are coming off a 2-1 away win over Hradec Kralove in their domestic league campaign.
The victory extend their unbeaten run on the road to 13 matches across all competitions an stretching back to last season, and they will be looking to extend the run on Wednesday, but they need to bring their A game considering what is at stake in this clash.
Qarabag vs Plzen head to head
Both sides have met in four encounters since 2014 with Qarabag claiming one victory and three draws.
- Qarabag 2-2 Plzen 02/07/19
- Qarabag 1-1 Plzen 02/08/16
- Plzen 0-0 Qarabag 26/07/16
- Plzen 1-3 Qarabag 04/07/14
Home
- Sumgayit 0-2 Qarabag
- Ferencvaros 1-3 Qarabag
- Qarabag 3-1 Sabayil
- Qarabag 1-1 Ferencvaros
- Zurich 2-2 Qarabag
Away
- Hradec Kralove 1-2 Plzen
- Plzen 2-1 Tiraspol
- Plzen 2-1 Pardubice
- Tiraspol 1-2 Plzen
- Teplice 2-2 Plzen
Qarabag team news
Qarabag has no fresh injury reports ahead of the clash.
Plzen team news
Plzen will be without Radim Reznik due to injury.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 1.5
