Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between Lech Poznań and Qarabağ

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 05.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

It's game one of two in the Champions League as Lech Poznań host Qarabağ. This is a 1st Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

These teams have little in common geographically as Qarabağ have to travel 3300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Lech Poznań form and stats

Lech Poznań participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the group stage.

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Lech Poznań have scored 40 goals to get 42 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Ekstraklasa are 13-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Poznań's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Zagebie Lubin. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Kvekveskiri was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.93 (out of ten) in that game. Kvekveskiri hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 53 total).

Before that match, a Ekstraklasa win away at Warta Poznan.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lech Poznań handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Lech Poznań as they have a new game in only four days, a Super Cup match thankfully also at home. Rakow Czestochowa are visiting.

Goals decide football matches and Poznań are scoring many of them at home; 40 on target from 17 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Lech Poznań have only let in 7 goals at home.

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Qarabağ form and stats

Qarabağ was sent out of Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round last season.

Qarabağ's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Qarabağ collect 31 points from their 14 away matches in the Premier League. 9 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Qarabağ delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Zira in their previous game; a Azerbaidjan Cup duel.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Neftci in the Premier League.

Qarabağ are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 14 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

QarabağK. Borges Malinowski
K. Borges Malinowski
12 goals
QarabağF. Ozobić
F. Ozobić
11 goals
QarabağI. Wadji
I. Wadji
10 goals

Lech Poznań missing players

Qarabağ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lech Poznań Qarabağ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
15 8   Won W   8 17
4 1   Drew D   2 5
6 4   Lost L   2 3
46 27   Scored S   24 66
22 13   Conceded C   8 17
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 88%
76% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 80%
64% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 64%
20% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 40%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 32%
52% 62%   BTTS BTTS   25% 36%
36% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   67% 56%
16% 15%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
7 8   Corners for (avg) C F   6 7.1
3.6 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.2
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
15.8 19.1   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 14.1
5.9 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.8
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 45%
 
7.1 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   7.5 6.3
3 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 2.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lech Poznań 34 22 8 4 67 24 17 13 3 1 40 7 17 9 5 3 27 17 43 74
2 Rakow Czestochowa 34 20 9 5 60 30 17 10 6 1 35 13 17 10 3 4 25 17 30 69
3 Pogon Szczecin 34 18 11 5 63 31 17 11 3 3 41 19 17 7 8 2 22 12 32 65
4 Lechia Gdansk 34 16 9 9 52 39 17 12 4 1 30 11 17 4 5 8 22 28 13 57
5 Piast Gliwice 34 15 9 10 45 37 17 7 4 6 23 22 17 8 5 4 22 15 8 54
6 Radomiak Radom 34 11 15 8 42 40 17 7 7 3 26 22 17 4 8 5 16 18 2 48
7 Wisla Plock 34 15 3 16 48 51 17 11 2 4 27 14 17 4 1 12 21 37 -3 48
8 Gornik Zabrze 34 13 8 13 55 55 17 7 5 5 26 21 17 6 3 8 29 34 0 47
9 Cracovia Krakow 34 12 10 12 40 42 17 7 5 5 24 19 17 5 5 7 16 23 -2 46
10 Legia Warszawa 34 13 4 17 46 48 17 10 0 7 29 21 17 3 4 10 17 27 -2 43
11 Warta Poznan 34 11 9 14 35 38 17 4 6 7 16 22 17 7 3 7 19 16 -3 42
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 34 9 13 12 39 50 17 5 8 4 23 20 17 4 5 8 16 30 -11 40
13 Zagebie Lubin 34 11 5 18 43 59 17 7 3 7 25 28 17 4 2 11 18 31 -16 38
14 Stal Mielec 34 9 10 15 39 52 17 7 4 6 21 21 17 2 6 9 18 31 -13 37
15 Slask Wrocaw 34 7 14 13 42 52 17 3 8 6 18 25 17 4 6 7 24 27 -10 35
16 Nieciecza 34 7 11 16 36 56 17 5 5 7 19 26 17 2 6 9 17 30 -20 32
17 Wisa Krakow 34 7 10 17 37 54 17 5 5 7 21 21 17 2 5 10 16 33 -17 31
18 Gornik eczna 34 6 10 18 29 60 17 4 6 7 15 27 17 2 4 11 14 33 -31 28
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Qarabağ 28 21 6 1 72 13 14 12 2 0 47 5 14 9 4 1 25 8 59 69
2 Neftci 28 15 5 8 42 31 14 8 3 3 24 12 14 7 2 5 18 19 11 50
3 Zira 28 13 8 7 33 27 14 7 3 4 16 14 14 6 5 3 17 13 6 47
4 Qabala 28 12 9 7 38 34 14 5 7 2 18 12 14 7 2 5 20 22 4 45
5 Sabah 28 12 5 11 42 34 14 6 2 6 24 17 14 6 3 5 18 17 8 41
6 Kesl FK 28 5 7 16 25 49 14 2 5 7 12 18 14 3 2 9 13 31 -24 22
7 Sumqayt 28 5 7 16 22 46 14 4 2 8 13 24 14 1 5 8 9 22 -24 22
8 Sebail 28 4 3 21 17 57 14 3 1 10 11 24 14 1 2 11 6 33 -40 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Qarabağ 28 21 6 1 72 13 14 12 2 0 47 5 14 9 4 1 25 8 59 69
2 Neftci 28 15 5 8 42 31 14 8 3 3 24 12 14 7 2 5 18 19 11 50
3 Zira 28 13 8 7 33 27 14 7 3 4 16 14 14 6 5 3 17 13 6 47
4 Qabala 28 12 9 7 38 34 14 5 7 2 18 12 14 7 2 5 20 22 4 45
5 Sabah 28 12 5 11 42 34 14 6 2 6 24 17 14 6 3 5 18 17 8 41
6 Kesl FK 28 5 7 16 25 49 14 2 5 7 12 18 14 3 2 9 13 31 -24 22
7 Sumqayt 28 5 7 16 22 46 14 4 2 8 13 24 14 1 5 8 9 22 -24 22
8 Sebail 28 4 3 21 17 57 14 3 1 10 11 24 14 1 2 11 6 33 -40 15

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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.