Lincoln Red Imps vs Qarabag Prediction & Betting Tips (23 July)

Champion of Gibraltar for the 4th time in a row, Lincoln is back in the race for European qualification but fails each time, and rightly so as their football is still well below average. In the first round, Lincoln was even able to consider himself lucky to take the very average Macedonian team of Hamrun, and it was necessary to fight until the penalty shootout stage to go to the end, despite its narrow victory in the first leg. -0, 0-1 defeat on the return leg. We will still note that the locals participated in the group stage of the Conference League during the 2021-22 season but for a cataclysmic record of six defeats - POAK Salonika, Slovan Bratislava, Copenhagen. Opposite, we find a formation of Qarabag, well known since it regularly participates in European qualifiers and even plays in the group stages.

Crowned champion of Azerbaijan for the 9th time in a row, FK enters these qualifications without having needed to pass the first round. Last season, he reached the stage of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, beaten by the unbeatable Leverkusen team coached by Xabi Alonso but without being shabby either despite the class of difference in terms in squad and overall level defeat 4-5 in the two matches. During the summer, the Cavaliers participated in four preseason games. It started badly against the Germans of Kaiserlautern 1-3 before going on to three victories against the very serious team of Plzen 1-2, against the Croats of Slaven Belupo 0-1 and lastly against the Saudi team of Al Shabab 2-5.

Excluded from the first leg against Hamrun, striker Gomez (4 goals last season in the league) should again be eligible while in the cross-match, Bent was excluded from the return and will be missing this evening. Exited prematurely in the same match, international Casciaro could be forced to give up his place (injury). Spanish striker Juanfri (7 goals in the league last season) decided to leave the ship during the off-season, the same goes for Liam Walker (5 pawns). Tjay De Barr (starter in the 2 matches of the first round) could be aligned in the eleven. On the Qarabag side, Juninho (20 goals in the league last season) is still at the club but he did not participate in the last friendly match (preserved or probable alert).

Ditto for Benzia (12 goals), for Leandro Andrade (11 goals), for Bayramov (10 pawns) and for Tricolore Zoubir (8 goals). A priori, the four players mentioned will probably be on the match sheet. Local U21 international Akhundzade (12 league goals last year) should be more certain.