Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round between Maccabi Haifa and Slovan Bratislava. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super Liga game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Skalica. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Action has already taken place for Maccabi Haifa in Champions League as they have defeated Sheriff and Hamrun Spartans to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Maccabi Haifa participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
Maccabi Haifa are returning here after guesting Slovan Bratislava in a Champions League match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. The striker Saba outperformed all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 8.12 out of 10. Saba scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
A victory at home before that one, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Sheriff (after extra-time) and won 4-1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Maccabi Petah Tikva are coming to town in three days.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Zrinjski and Swift Hesperange in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Bratislava's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round against Ferencvaros.Slovan Bratislava are still undefeated on their travels in the Super Liga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other. Total Champions League statistics for Slovan Bratislava: 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Slovan Bratislava play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Skalica.
The match before was the Champions League-duel against Maccabi Haifa, a home loss (1-2).
After this away game Slovan Bratislava return home for a Super Liga game against Zemplin Michalovce. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Slovan Bratislava have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Slovan Bratislava - Maccabi Haifa 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Barseghyan 1 goals | A. Abubakari 1 goals | M. Tolić 1 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Slovan Bratislava missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Slovan Bratislava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 55 | 33 | Scored | S | 20 | 48 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.5 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| 8.6 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Podbrezova | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Zilina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Trencin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | DAC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Banska Bystrica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ruzomberok | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Skalica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Spartak Trnava | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | FK Kosice | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Zemplin Michalovce | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
