Slovan Bratislava host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round game. Maccabi Haifa will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Sammy Ofer Stadium before the return leg in 9 days.
Maccabi Haifa have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The hosts Bratislava saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super Liga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Banska Bystrica, was also a home game here at Štadión Tehelné pole. The away team is better rested.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for Slovan Bratislava, as the manager Weiss led his troops to eliminate Zrinjski and Swift Hesperange, and reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Slovan Bratislava participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 2nd qualifying round and lost against Ferencvaros.Slovan Bratislava have collected 1 point from their Super Liga home games so far after 0-1-0. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Slovan Bratislava has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Bratislava, who played 2-2 against Banska Bystrica. That match was also played at this venue (Štadión Tehelné pole). A painful moment in the game against Banska Bystrica was the missed penalty kick from Weiss in the 45th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
A 2-2 scoreline against Zrinjski before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Champions League.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Slovan Bratislava as they are travelling to their away game against Skalica in the Super Liga. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Slovan Bratislava at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sheriff and Hamrun Spartans in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Maccabi's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
The club members enjoyed Maccabi Haifa's previous game versus Sheriff, a Champions League win (4-1) played at home. Defender Seck was the best team player with a rating of 8.44. Seck hit one key pass and won 16 of 21 duels.
A defeat, in the Champions League away at Sheriff, earlier.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Tolić 1 goals |
Slovan Bratislava missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Slovan Bratislava | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 54 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | ||
| 11 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Trencin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | DAC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Podbrezova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Zilina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Skalica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ruzomberok | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Slovan Bratislava | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Zemplin Michalovce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Banska Bystrica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 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 | Spartak Trnava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Zlate Moravce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
