Red Star Belgrade vs Maccabi Haifa Match Analysis and Prediction

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With a spot in the Champions League at stake, Red Star Belgrade will have an encounter with Maccabi Haifa at the Stadion Rajko Mitic on Tuesday.

The visitors head into the contest holding a narrow lead from the first leg of the qualifying tie and it is now up to the hosts to try and turn the tie around in front of their fans.

Ahead of the start of their domestic campaign four days later, Red Star Belgrade will be looking to secure a huge feather in their cap on a continental scale.

After their defeat at the hands of Maccabi Haifa last Wednesday, Belgrade saw their seven-game winning run come to an end and put their Champions League aspirations in grave danger.

Red Star Belgrade, whose last defeat in a competitive game came back in March, must now bounce back from a rare defeat last time out.

Following two successive campaigns in the Europa League, Dejan Stankovic’s side are now have the last chance to avoid missing out on the Champions League for the third consecutive year.

Maccabi Haifa secured a 3-2 victory over The Red-Whites in the teams’ Champions League qualifier at the Sammy Ofer Stadium on Wednesday.

The Greens opened the scoring through Frantzdy Pierrot before they were pegged back by Aleksander Pesic and Guelor Kanga, after which second-half goals from Pierrot and Tjarron Cherry turned the game around.

Barak Bakhar’s side have taken a huge step towards securing a return to Europe’s premier club competition for the first time in 12 years.

However, there is still one final assignment for The Greens from the Carmel to navigate on away territory, where they have only won one of their most recent five matches. However, Bakhar will expect his side to avoid a defeat that will take away their first-leg lead.

Red Star Belgrade vs Maccabi Haifa head to head

The two teams have previously met on just one occasion in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying playoff-round tie, where Maccabi Haifa claimed a 3-2 home victory. They meet for the second leg of the same competition.

Maccabi Haifa 3-2 Red Star Belgrade 17/08/22

Red Star Belgrade latest home form

Red Star Belgrade have recently been on a good run of form at home, having won each of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Vozdovac 4-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 24 goals and kept clean sheets.

Red Star Belgrade 4-0 Radnicki Nis 10/07/22

Red Star Belgrade 5-0 Kolubara 16/07/22

Red Star Belgrade 6-0 Radnik Surdulica 29/07/22

Red Star Belgrade 5-0 Pyunik 03/08/22

Red Star Belgrade 4-0 Vozdovac 13/08/22

Red Star Belgrade latest away form

Red Star Belgrade have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having lost two of their four most recent matches. They lost 3-2 to Maccabi Haifa in their last away game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded seven.

Bravo 1-2 Red Star Belgrade 24/06/22

Zenit 2-1 Red Star Belgrade 03/07/22

Mladost Lucani 1-2 Red Star Belgrade 24/07/22

Pyunik 0-2 Red Star Belgrade 09/08/22

Maccabi Haifa 3-2 Red Star Belgrade 17/08/22

Maccabi Haifa latest home form

Maccabi Haifa have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They defeated Red Star Belgrade 3-2 in their last home game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored 13 goals and conceded four.

Maccabi Haifa 4-0 Maccabi Netanya 21/05/22

Maccabi Haifa 1-1(P) Hapoel Be’er Sheva 16/07/22

Maccabi Haifa 1-1 Olympiakos 20/07/22

Maccabi Haifa 4-0 Apollon 03/08/22

Maccabi Haifa 3-2 Red Star Belgrade 17/08/22

Macacbi Haifa latest away form

Maccabi Haifa have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Apollon in their last away game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded seven.

Hapoel Be’er Sheva (P)2-2 Maccabi Haifa 24/05/22

Mechelen 1-0 Maccabi Haifa 09/07/22

Vitesse 1-0 Maccabi Haifa 12/07/22

Olympiakos 0-4 Maccabi Haifa 27/07/22

Apollon 2-0 Maccabi Haifa 09/08/22

Red Star Belgrade news

With goals in both of his last two game since returning to acton for Red Star Belgrade, Aleksandar Pesic will be looking to add onto his tally on Tuesday.

Ibrahim Mustapha has missed the last two games with a muscle problem, which is set to rule him out of this contest as well.

Maccabi Haifa news

Off the back of a two-goal haul in the first leg, Maccabi Haifa forward Frantzdy Pierrot is definitely one to keep a close eye on in this contest.

Midfielder Neta Lavi shook off an injury scare to last the full 90 minutes last Wednesday, and he is set to retain his spot in the XI.

Prediction and Odds

The pressure lies more on the shoulders of the hosts to try and turn around the tie on their favour as they currently trail following last week’s first leg result.

We are expecting Red Star Belgrade to meet up to expectations and overturn the tie with a victory in front of their supporters.

Odds: 1 2.22 X 2.05 2 2.30