Zalgiris vs KF Ballkani – Zalgiris secured a spot in the first qualifying round of the Champions League after winning the Lithuanian league for the ninth time last season. They are now attempting to advance to the group stage for the first time in their history.
The Green Whites team fell to Bodo/Glimt in the Europa Conference League playoff round after also losing by a score of 1-0 in the third qualifying round of the Europa League, and they were ousted from the Champions League in the second qualifying round of previous season.
The match is in a precarious position because Zalgiris are the favourites to beat Ballkani, but the first leg was a close contest in which the visitors needed to rally from a goal behind to get a 1-1 draw.
Vladimir Cheburin’s team is 18 games into their most recent domestic campaign and now leads the league with 41 points, but they have not played since the first leg last week.
Prior to their meeting against Ballkani last week, Zalgiris had won four straight league games. They will play in their 20th Champions League game on Tuesday, and thus far in the campaign, they have a record of five victories, three draws, and eleven losses.
Ballkani, on the other hand, is the current champion of the Kosovo Football Superleague, which gave them the opportunity to secure their place in the Champions League first qualifying round for the first time.
It would not be surprising to see the visitors go to the second qualifying round as they have not played since the first leg and provided a strong performance in the first game.
Ilir Daja’s team performed admirably in their local league past season, collecting 76 points from their 36 games to finish first, 12 points ahead of Drita in second place.
Ballkani may struggle under pressure since they lack experience at this level of football, and they will be facing a Zalgiris team that is accustomed to competing in European competition.
Zalgiris vs KF Ballkani – Betting Analysis
Although the first leg was much closer than anticipated, we are having a hard time picking Ballkani to win on Tuesday night. We anticipate Zalgiris to win the match 3-1 on the road and move on to the next round of the competition because they undoubtedly have the better team.
Algiris Vilnius’ recent offensive numbers haven’t exactly been stellar. Over their last six games, they have scored just 4 goals against other teams. In those contests, Algiris Vilnius have also had eight goals scored against them.
Ballkani will undoubtedly be able to score against this Algiris Vilnius club, but that goal isn’t anticipated to be sufficient to avert a loss.
We predict that it will be a close game, with Algiris Vilnius winning 2-1 in the end. It ought to be a good one.
Zalgiris vs KF Ballkani – Head-to-Head
Our Prediction: Home Win or Draw
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