The Azerbaijani team will try to overturn the result of the first leg to win the next round. The last home defeat came in February
Everything is ready in Baku, the Qarabag will play the passage of the first elimination round in the Champions League. The club in front of its audience will try to overturn the 1-0 first leg against Ishak’s Lech Poznan. The Polish champions prevailed in the first challenge and now they will have to defend the advantage. They arrive at the second leg more tired than their opponents: on Saturday they played and lost the Super Cup against Rakow. It will be the third game in seven days for van den Brom’s team.
LATEST RESULTS
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Baku is a fort for the Qarabag. The last defeat of the Azerbaijani team at home came on February 24 against Marseille in the round of 32 of the Conference League: 0-3 the final result. The one against the French was also the last knockout for the club, before the misstep against Lech Poznan. Last season, Gurbanov’s team easily won the Premier League title and also won the Cup by beating Zira on penalties. In the Conference, Qarabag passed the group stage by finishing second behind Basel: then eliminated by the French. For Lech Poznan it is a return to Europe after two years: the most recent international match played by the Poles was against Benfica on 3 December 2020, valid for the groups of the Europa League. The team closed the group in last position with just three points scored. The club triumphed in the league ahead of Rakow, against whom the team also lost the Polish Cup in the final. Lech Poznan hadn’t won the title in seven years.
THE STATISTICS
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The first match between the two clubs was that of the first leg at the Stadion Miejski. Qarabag and Lech Poznan had never faced each other before. The Polish club has a positive balance against Azerbaijani teams: seven wins and one draw. Even the opponents had always scored points against the Polish teams: four wins and one draw. Whoever goes through will face Zurich. But before the playoffs there will be the third elimination round. The road to the groups of the next Champions League is still long.
11 July – 16:36
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