It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Crvena Zvezda and Pyunik

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 03.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Rajko Mitić (55538 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Crvena Zvezda will try to edge Pyunik in their own ballpark.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.

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Crvena Zvezda form and stats

Last season, Crvena Zvezda's Champions League journey ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Sheriff.

Perfect Super Liga season at home so far for Crvena Zvezda 3 wins from 3 appearances.

Crvena's last game was hosting Radnik Surdulica and winning 6-0. As mentioned above, Crvena Zvezda "killed" Radnik Surdulica in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Pavkov, having scored in four consecutive games.

Before that match, a Super Liga win away at Mladost Lucani.

Crvena Zvezda are traveling soon after this match as the Super Liga match at Vojvodina awaits in two days.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Crvena Zvezda is on fire here. A stunning 15 from 3 league matches.

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Pyunik form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated F91 Dudelange and CFR Cluj in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.

When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.

Pyunik failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Ararat that ended with defeat 0-1.

hometeam won

Pyunik have another game away in just four sleeps, a Premier League game versus Ararat-Armenia. A hard diary for them!

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Crvena ZvezdaM. Pavkov
M. Pavkov
5 goals
Crvena ZvezdaA. Katai
A. Katai
4 goals
Crvena ZvezdaG. Kanga Kaku
G. Kanga Kaku
2 goals

Crvena Zvezda missing players

Pyunik missing players

Crvena Zvezda Pyunik
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 16   Played P   10 25
20 13   Won W   6 15
2 2   Drew D   4 7
3 1   Lost L   0 3
72 52   Scored S   19 39
16 7   Conceded C   9 22
96% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 64%
80% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 36%
44% 56%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 20%
28% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 16%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   80% 52%
48% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 40%
12% 12%   Failed to Score F T   0% 12%
 
6.9 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.8
2.4 2.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.7
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.4 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 7.2
7 6.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 3.6
44% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   49% 46%
 
6 5.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.1 8
2.4 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 2.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crvena Zvezda 4 4 0 0 17 1 3 3 0 0 15 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16 12
2 Vojvodina 4 3 1 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 7 10
3 Spartak Subotica 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 5 8
4 Javor Ivanjica 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 -1 7
5 Cukaricki 3 2 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 6
6 Partizan 4 1 2 1 7 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 7 4 3 5
7 Backa Topola 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 5
8 Radnicki Kragujevac 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 5
9 Vozdovac 4 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 5
10 Mladost Novi Sad 3 1 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -3 4
11 Novi Pazar 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
12 Mladost Lucani 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
13 Radnicki Nis 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
14 Napredak 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 -4 1
15 Kolubara 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 1
16 Radnik Surdulica 4 0 1 3 1 10 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 8 -9 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alashkert 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
2 Ararat 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 Van 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Ararat-Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 BKMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Shirak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Banants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Artsakh 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 Lernayin Artsakh 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Pyunik 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

Read more about Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.