Qarabag FK vs Ferencvaros – On Wednesday night, Ferencvaros will travel to Qarabag FK for the opening leg of their Champions League third qualifying round matchup, hoping to gain an advantage.
In order to reach this stage of the competition, the visitors have dispatched Tobol and Slovan Bratislava, while Qarabag has overcome Lech Poznan and FC Zurich.
Qarabag won their seventh straight Azerbaijan Premier League title in 2021-22, earning them a berth in the Champions League’s first qualifying round for 2022-23.
The team captained by Gurban Gurbanov opened the season with a 5-2 aggregate win over Lech Poznan, and they finished it with a 5-4 triumph over Zurich.
Qarabag advanced to the Europa Conference League knockout round last season after finishing second in Group H, although they were eliminated by Marseille by a score of 6-1 on aggregate.
In the 2017–18 season, the Azerbaijani club last competed in the Champions League group stage, where they finished fourth in a group that also included Roma, Atletico Madrid, and Chelsea.
Qarabag have been idle since the second leg of their Champions League encounter against Zurich, which should give them a boost. They have won 18, drawn 15, and lost 10 of their previous 43 matches in the tournament.
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Meanwhile, Ferencvaros are 33-time Hungarian champions, having won the title with an 11-point margin of victory last season, thereby securing a ticket in the first qualifying round of the European Cup this year.
The Green Eagles advanced to this round despite having to rally from a first-leg deficit against Slovan Bratislava. After losing 2-1 at home, the Green Eagles won 4-1 away to advance.
In the Champions League group stage in 2020-21, Stanislav Cherchesov’s team faced off against Juventus, Barcelona, and Dynamo Kiev, ultimately coming in last place.
The Hungarian powerhouses were knocked out of the Champions League in the knockout stage, but they did compete in the Europa League and finished fourth in their group.
Ferencvaros will play Puskas on Sunday night to kick off the Hungarian domestic season for 2022-23, and they will want to do well in that game so that they can focus on this one.
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