Maribor host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 1st Qualifying Round game. Shakhtyor will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stadyen Budaŭnik before the return leg in 13 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's go!
Maribor form and stats
Maribor participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 1st qualifying round.Maribor have performed here at Ljudski vrt this season with 11 wins from 18 1. SNL matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 2.
Maribor enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Mura's place. The match ended 3-1 with Milec, Mudrinski and Kronaveter scoring.
Before that match, a 1. SNL win away at Mura.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Maribor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.
Maribor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 18 games. From these home matches, Maribor have conceded only 9 goals.
Shakhtyor form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round, when Ludogorets drew the shortest straw.2-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shakhtyor in their Vysshaya Liga matches away.
Shakhtyor might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Torpedo BelAZ proved too strong as Shakhtyor slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadyen Budaŭnik .
hometeam won
It's not easy to score on Shakhtyor as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Darboe 5 goals |  S. Politsevich 2 goals | I. Ivanovic 2 goals |
Maribor missing players
Shakhtyor missing players
| Maribor | Shakhtyor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 22 | 39 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.4 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 86% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maribor | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 70 |
| 2 | Koper | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 67 |
| 3 | Olimpija | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 62 |
| 4 | Mura | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 57 | 50 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 57 |
| 5 | Bravo | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 49 |
| 6 | Radomlje | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 52 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | -5 | 46 |
| 7 | Domzale | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 45 |
| 8 | Celje | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 29 | -4 | 42 |
| 9 | Tabor Sezana | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 19 | -11 | 30 |
| 10 | Aluminij | 36 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 72 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 41 | -39 | 24 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BATE | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 27 |
| 2 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 26 |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Shakhtyor | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Isloch | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Minsk | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Neman Grodno | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Gomel | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Slavia | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Slutsk | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Belshina | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Torpedo BelAZ | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Vitebsk | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Arsenal | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 15 | Dnepr Mogilev | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 16 | Dinamo Brest | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -14 | 4 |
