Astana accepts Apoel Nicosia at the "Astana Arena" in a meeting of the first round of the playoffs to qualify in the Champions League. The match is on Tuesday - 18th August and chief judge will be Viktor Kassai from Hungary. The hosts write their history in the tournament led by the Bulgarian coach Stanimir Stoilov. The guests are a lot more experienced of the two teams, but in Kazakhstan will be quite difficult. The odds for the game predicted by topsoccerpredictions offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 2.38 for a home win, with a draw at 3.00 and 3.75 for the victory of the guests.
Astana dealt with the champion of Finland HJK in the previous round after a great drama and winning goal fallen in the stoppage time of the second leg for 4:3. The team of Stanimir Stoilov came out on top in the local championship at the weekend after winning with 1:0 in his visit to Aktobe. The former coach of the Bulgarian Levski does a great job and now is close to fall again in the Champions League. For the household with APOEL, Stoilov will not be able to rely on his leading striker - Patrick Twumasi, who has been sent off against HJK and now is suspended. On his place we will see Tanat Nusserbayev, who has six goals in 10 games. The midfielder Roger Canas is also a key player in the formation of Stanimir Stoilov, as he has 6 goals this season.
APOEL Nicosia defeated the Danish champion Midtjylland and previously cope with the champion of Macedonia - Vardar on the way to the playoffs of the tournament. Cypriots were not convincing in these duels, and in both cases qualified thanks to their goals scored away from home. The big problem for the coach Domingos Paciencia is the departure of Rafik Djebbour during the summer. He was the main striker of APOEL last season, with 14 goals scored. Without him, the yellow-blues face a serious difficulties with the hits. The defensive midfielder Vinicius is suspended and dropped from the group for the visit to Kazakhstan. Now, Domingos Paciencia will be forced to change his formation from 4-1-4-1 to 4-2-3-1.
We expect a tactical duel between two experienced professionals in the face of Stanimir Stoilov and Domingos Paciencia. The bet is huge and Astana and APOEL will fall in an unending attacks. Our advice is to look for a low-scoring first match in Kazakhstan.
Recommended bets: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.47 at bet365
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