Topic: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2022/23 | Qualifying - page 46. (Read 12018 times)

Sheriff managed to surprise everyone last season, but so far can't do anything in the qualifying round. I thought that after last year's triumph they would have no problem getting into this season's Champions League. Also from today's matches, I consider Dinamo Zagreb to be a good contender to win. I think they will beat Shkupi.

@morvillz7z, I completely agree Midtjylland, they are much better team and it's unbeleavable how they didn't even managed to win first game. But Ihave different opinion about games where you picked BTTS. I think it's more likely that we will see low scoring games where only one team will score.
I rather pick parlay on Plzen and Dinamo Zagreb wins @2.10. Ludogorets win @2.20 also looks very attractive.

I watched the final 20-25 minutes of that game and can say it was much closer than expected. Shkupi did not play bad at all, they looked well-organized in defense and midfield, and somewhat dangerous on counter-attacks. 2/3 of the N. Macedonian team is made up of international players from Africa and Central/South America, therefore plenty of creativity, speed, and athleticism, they almost never play local players. I'm not predicting they'll advance, i'm just saying it won't be an easy match for Dinamo, at least that's how i see it.

PS. If Dinamo is once again forced to play Kevin Theophile-Catherine in the back, i might pull the trigger and put a bigger stake on BTTS, this guy is pure trash, he was responsible for the second goal of Shkupi, and from what i heard it was his fault for the opening goal as well.


∆ Midtjylland DNB + Shamrock/Ludogorets O1.5 @1.84 ^1.34 ∆  won


There is big difference in classes between the Danes and the team from Cyprus. It's truly unbelievable how Midtjylland does not have at least 2-3 goals lead after the first leg. They hit the crossbar/post twice in the first half, had a goal disallowed, 100% pen not given and a bunch of other chances missed. Only to get surprised by a random cross that went all the way in. I know the early start of the match and the expected 30+ Celsius won't be ideal, but Midtjylland are so much better, can't see them flop twice against AEK.

As for Shamrock/Ludogorets, i could see an open match and goals. Despite the convincing win in the first leg, Ludogorets will be looking to get another three points here. These wins against bed teams help with their association/club coefficient so that they are seeded and draw easier future opponents.

I'm also adding these two btts pairs, i watched extended highlights from both matches, and feel confident there will be goals with more than decent odds:

∆ Dudelange - Pyunik BTTS @2.06 ∆  won

∆ Viktoria Plzen - HJK BTTS @2.04 ∆  X

qualifications are already under way, and Dinamo is playing tonight against Shkuppi, seems as a no-brainer that Dinamo is going to win, after 2:2 in first match in Zagreb
odds are not that attractive, @1.45, but should work out

there is also Dudelange from Luxembourg, winning first match aside, but should win at home as well, they are playing some solid football in last few seasons, considering being from Luxembourg

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I was taking a look on the odds here and I didn't understand Ludogorets one. They won with 3 goals to 0 in the first leg vs Shamrock Rovers then I find odds for the second leg SR 2.9 vs 2.4 Ludogorets.. I understand that SR will try to score and win but the odds are quite worrying.
Bodo odds in the other hand are quite funny @1.09. Imagine winning x30 if Linfield won as in the first leg, or x9.4 if the game ends with a draw!
Zalgiris odds @14 are quite interesting vs Malmo. Too many traps planted here imo!

This year's favorites in the Champions League, Manchester City, PSG, Liverpool and Real Madrid are the teams that stand out the most in my eyes. It was the same for last season, but Real Madrid seemed to me one step behind. They've done an unexpectedly good job for me as champions. I don't want to remove them from the favourites, because of their experience. For Manchester City and PSG, this is another chance for their first title. But of course, it's too early to talk about who will win the trophy this season. Anything can happen during the season, and there's also the World Cup this time around. I don't see any clear favorites other than Manchester City that can go straight to the final. On a lower level, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and other Britons can be counted. I don't think the Germans have a chance this year. There is no team in Italy that is strong enough to go to the cup. Again, at least one, maybe two English teams will see the final. Considering the gap between the leagues, this is quite natural.

In the return leg they most probably will take the game much more seriously than they did in the first leg in Croatia.We know that Dinamo is a much bigger name compared to Shkupi and we know that betting on Dinamo on the return leg can be a really wise and good choice because the odd will be bigger for Dinamo.

This game was so far the biggest surprise I remember in the Champions League preliminary stages,a team with an odd of 1.08 to not be able to win their game while they play at home,shocking result for real this one.

It proved once again how difficult it is to predict football results, isn't it?
When comparing the qualities of both teams, reputation and experience, then it seemed that Dinamo would have a very easy job with Shkupi, but a big surprise happened at the end.
Dinamo definitely did not enter this season well, they struggled also in the first match of the Croatian championship against Lokomotiva and obviously they have not yet reached the desired level of play.
This is probably normal considering the large number of new players and few games played.
In the return match in Macedonia, I think that Dinamo expects a very difficult match, but Dinamo is a big favorite because of the team's quality and experience.

Well, the comparison of the player from the bench with one from Dinamo is a bit exaggerated, but if it transmits in a certain way what is wanted to be transmitted, and it really has been something important, but the reality is, if the number of quotas for the UCL will not cause more pain in some countries? many want to go up to the first division of their countries because they dream of playing in the UCL, I know that only the best qualify in the UCL, but it would be entering into a non-inclusion issue and for what reason? I don't think that for now UEFA is going to get into a big problem in FIFA just for saying that other teams are not up to the task.


Many are embracing that, they say that they will easily beat Dynamo kyiv, although I did not trust myself very much, Dynamo kyiv can do things differently and make a difference, I think that one of their tactics and that it can work for them is look for the early goal and then all get on defense, to precisely defend the score, and play counterattack, many times a ball from defense can be taken by a striker and score a goal, it's something like the Italian style, and play with desperation of the opposing team.

Sparta Prague with more experience failing to win against Viking and Motherwell losing at home pretty much summed up my bet slip for today, the other slip on which I had some teams Over 1.5 goals was another 5 dollar bill thrown in to the trash can, Sparta Prague and Young Boys are pretty much the last teams I couldn't have expected loads of goals from today, but neither was able to come through

Fenerbahce was better in the match and should have won,but i still think they are missing a really good striker. They got a good coach and i think they will win at home against Dinamo Kiev. But still a rough match for both teams and a lot is at stake

Fener having a good game there still didn't mean much, why? Because they attacked with absolutely no frustration. I mean they had a few chances where they could have scored, but they had the ball so many times where they just didn't know what to do and that is a big problem. Just ignore any team that doesn't know how to attack to a team that is laying back and waiting to be attacked.

Dynamo ended up doing that tactic a lot, let Fener attack a ton, and then when they got the ball they counter attacked and it worked like a charm. Maybe no team won the first game, but I feel like Dynamo could end up winning the second game if they score least once because I doubt Fener could.

Of course I did And strangely enough not even on one of my regular bookies but on a fiat one, was out on a different device when I plomped it down.

Told you guys, these games simply not worth betting on 2/1 or thereabouts markets, even to get wins + BTTS get you maybe 4/1? And we know teams prefer drawing these games now.

I've got money on all 3 underdogs in Conference today as well, but that's for another topic

@buwaytress, I really hope that you took Slovan win after you posted about it.
Dynamo Kyiv - Fenerbhche game ended without goals. Fener had way more chances, but Dynamo goalkeeper Buschan was MOTM. Dynamo should be happy that they didn't conceded, but on 2nd leg in Istanbul life will be difficult for them.
Maccabi Haifa managed to make score 1:1 against Olympiacos in final minutes. And the way they did it, goal was really beautiful, check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhatlmv095Y

It's never easy to predict at this stage, but it's getting closer. I mean right now is better than the previous ones. In the end we are talking about Fenerbahce and Dynamo type of situations, much better than the last one, you could actually have a clue on how these teams play because we see them in the UCL groups time to time, whereas they end up with teams that never or rarely ever played in UCL in the previous stages.

Still, it's not easy, it's never easy, anyone who tells me they predicted all Real Madrid games correctly and saw them winning then they would be lying, they were expected to lose 4 times in a row and won all of them, and that's literally the end, hence why it's always hard.

It's hard to predict first official game of Fenerbahçe because they are pretty unstable and friendlies don't shed much light. There are a lot of factors that can change the result. It's been playing in Poland, would it be an advantage for Dynamo or Fenerbahçe?
Historically Turkish teams are having hard times against Dynamo Kiev. Lucescu knows Türkiye very well, maybe he's the most knowledgeable foreign manager about Turkish football. That's definitely a negative side for Fenerbahçe.
Squad qualities don't have much difference. Fenerbahçe have a new squad, they had a busy transfer season. We better watch first game and analyse Fenerbahçe so we can have a better predictions in second leg.

Today almost all games looks difficult to predict. So, I avoid going with ML todey. I pick under 2.5 @1.67 in HJK - Plzen game. MMaribor - Sheriff - over 1.5 @1.60
@3meek, bookmakers are giving 1.50 for Dynamo not to lose. It doesn't sounds sexy, but realtively save, I'm going with it.
Yeah, considering yesterdy's results, why not. Though, Ferencvaros is very good team at home, thjey lose rarely there.

An interesting game is expected between Dynamo Kyiv and Fenerbahce... Statistically, the Turkish club have never managed to beat Dynamo... But this game will take place not in Ukraine but in Poland because of the war... Bookmakers are not giving preference to anyone and bets on the win are about the same - 2.5... I think today will be a win or a draw for the Ukrainians...

Took a look but odds don't make me interested, bookies made it finely balanced, as they should be given the unknowns in both sides. Ukraine did seem to show a lot of spirit during internationals, so if the club's core is left and that's mainly locals, they should probably be playing a highly spirited game. 35/10 for a HT lead seems the best choice for me =D

@LTU_btc you know, based on last night's results, time to go for all the long shots yeah? I'd take Slovan Bratislava, with regular boost is almost 8/1 but in a couple of hours today there's a Super Boost on Sportsbet -- should easily get to 85/10.