Maribor vs Sheriff Tiraspol prediction for Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League showdown at Ljudski vrt in Maribor. This match is played in the UCL qualification quarter-final. Follow on for our free prediction betting tips and preview on this page.
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Bookmaker Ratings prediction one: Maribor win or Sheriff win and under 4.5 goals – 1.50
Bookmaker Ratings prediction two: Sheriff 0 goal handicap – 1.83
Bookmaker Ratings prediction three: Correct score group bet: 0-0. 0-1, 1-0 – 2.42
Maribor Win or Sheriff Win and Under 4.5 Goals
Both teams have a high percentage of winning this game. To illustrate, Maribor’s chances of winning is 50% while Sheriff’s is 70%. In addition, there is a 95% probability that this game will produce under 4.5 goals.
Sheriff 0 Goal Handicap
While playing on the road, Sheriff won six and drew three of their last nine games covering the suggested handicap in all nine matches. On the other hand, Maribor lost their first home game in the Slovenian League last weekend.
Correct Score Group Bet: 0-0. 0-1, 1-0
If we examine the last six fixtures of both Maribor and Sheriff, we can see that these results occurred the most. In detail, Maribor’s four of their last five home games and Sheriff’s last two games ended by one of these scores.
Maribor kicked off the Slovenian Prva Liga in the worst possible fashion losing at home to Radomlje 0-3. However, the Violets did well in the previous round of the UCL qualification when they overcame Shakhtyor Soligorsk by 2-0 on aggregate.
Playing for the 16th time in the Champions League, Maribor last reached the group stage in the 2017/18 season together with Liverpool Sevilla, and Spartak Moscow and picked up three points from six games. Coach Radovan Karanovic knows his team has to be in top form to at least get a positive result in the first leg on Wednesday.
Sheriff Tiraspol on the other hand will be proud to have beaten last season’s Champions League winners Real Madrid in the group stages. The Yellow Blacks went on to win their 20th Moldovan league title and seventh consecutive one.
Stjepan Tomas will do his best to repeat the last campaign’s success that made Sheriff one of the most talked about teams in the UCL after winning their group. And they are certainly in the form to do that as they are unbeaten since March in 13 matches in all competitions.
This will be one of the ties to look for in this round to see whether Sheriff manage to reach the group stage phase again. For this game, our pick will be a double chance of a home or away win combined with under 4.5 total goals.
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Maribor have won just 20% of their home games in their last ten fixtures. Sheriff meanwhile in the same number of games won 56 %. Hence, with odds of 3.36 at Helabet, we will back Sheriff to win the first half of this match.
For Maribor, there are no reported injuries ahead of Wednesday’s UCL clash. Nonetheless, coach Karanovic might do some changes to the lineup that lost on Saturday.
Left winger Iyayi Atiemwen is doubtful with a knock for Sheriff.
Maribor: Bergsen, Antolin, Brnic, Karic, Koderman, Kronaveter, Watson, Mutavcic, Sturm, Baturina.
Sheriff Tiraspol: Abalora, Kpozo, Radeljic, Kiki, Badolo, Renan Guedes, Kyabou, Lushkja, Ouattara, Akanbi, Yansane.
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Who won the last meeting between these clubs?
This is the first match between these teams.
Where will this match be played?
Wednesday’s game will be played at Ljudski vrt in Maribor.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this fixture?
We recommend checking out the odds at Helanet for Maribor vs Sheriff Tiraspol.