Zalgiris will take on Malmo in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The game will be played at Stadion Maksimir (Zagreb) and will kick off at 18:00 CET on Tuesday, July 19th. Check out team news, predicted lineups, and our Zalgiris vs Malmo prediction for the same.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – X2 And total goals under 3.5 – 1.53.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Both to score – Yes – 2.03.
In their previous 5 home games, Zalgiris earned 4 wins; however, they managed to keep clean sheet only once. Meanwhile, Malmo returned to winning ways in their last four games, scoring a total of 11 goals.
Zalgiris and Malmo met 7 years ago in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Both games were close; the first leg ended in a goalless draw, while Malmo secured a narrow win in the reverse fixture to reach the next round.
The hosts have scored in each of their previous 14 matches in all competitions, while Malmo netted 12 goals in the last 5 games.
We expect that both teams will exchange goals.
It has been a very good year for Zalgiris. They have won the A Lyga for the second time in a row and have qualified for the Champions League.
In the first qualifying round, Zalgiris eliminated Ballkani from Kosovo. The first leg had finished in a draw 1-1. In the second leg, the Lithuanians needed extra time to score the winner in the 97th minute. Vladimir Cheburin’s team have to work on their conversions as they missed huge number of goal chances in recent games.
Zalgiris are in good form, as they are unbeaten in the previous 6 matches in all competitions.
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On the other hand, Malmo edged past Vikingur Reykjavik, winning 6-5 in a thrilling knockout tie. After earning a 3-2 victory in the first leg on home turf, the Allsvenskan champions played out a 3-3 draw in the reverse match.
Meanwhile, Malmo are unbeaten in their last four games in all competitions (W3 D1 L0).
Zalgiris: Gertromonas; Mikoliunas, Pavelic, Ljubisavljevic, Mamic, Kyeremeh, Gorobsov, Buff, Ourega, Oliveira, Milickovic
Malmo: Dahlin; Berget, Nielsen, Hadzikadunic, Moisander, Olsson, Rakip, Christiansen, Pena, Toivonen, Birmancevic
The visitors have scored before half-time in their previous 7 fixtures. If you are looking for safe bets, you can try “Malmo total goals in the first half over 0.5” outcome. This bet has odds of 1.84 at Helabet.
The last match between these teams ended in a 1:0 win for Malmo in July 2015.
This fixture will be played at Vilniaus LFF stadionas (Vilnius)
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