LiontipsSabah Baku vs St Patrick's Athletic. Conference League match prediction and bets
Command Analysis
Current form
Sabah is in a long-term crisis. The team has not been able to win for four matches in a row (three defeats and one draw), and before that they had an unbeaten streak of six matches in a row.
The Azerbaijani team has already passed one round of qualification, leaving behind the powerful Israeli club Maccabi Haifa. Having won 3:0 away, the "owls" lost 2:5 at home. It came down to a penalty shootout, where fortune was on the side of Krunoslav Rendulovic's charges. In the first match against the upcoming opponent, Sabah lost in all respects, although they were the favorites. Now they need to make a huge effort at home to win at least by a minimal score and transfer the time to overtime.
Injuries and disqualifications
Vincent Thiel (knee injury), Ayaz Guliyev (shoulder injury)
Interesting trends for betting
Sabah does not like to sit in their penalty area and therefore takes a lot of corners. On average, 5.9 corners are taken per match.
Only in the last games has Sabah's performance left much to be desired, with an average of 2.1 goals per match.
Estimated composition
Imanov - Aliyev, Kamalov, Lepinchika, Letich - Saidiev, Aliskerov, Irazabal, Sekedika - Chakla, Shafranko
Current form
In the national championship, St. Patrick's is not doing well. In 15 rounds played, the team has lost seven times. This forced the management to change the head coach. Former coach of the Irish national team, Stephen Kenin, took over. Under his leadership, they managed to beat Vaduz in the Conference League and now have a chance to reach the qualification final.
In the match a week ago, St. Patrick's played a quality match and controlled the game from the first to the last minute. Yes, the only goal was scored from a penalty, but the Irish team outplayed the Azerbaijani team in every way. The chances of advancing will be very high if they manage to play like that away from home.
Interesting trends for betting
St Patrick's play tough football, as evidenced by the fact that they average 3.3 yellow cards in away games.
Corner deliveries are not a trademark of the Irish, with away teams averaging 2.3 corners per game.
Estimated composition
Anand - Bresley, Redmond, Givosti, Sewberg - Lenon, Forester, Palmer - Elbouzedi, Kiena, Mulraney
Trends
Bet Exact score 2:1
Two of the last three wins were by the smallest margins
7.20St Patrick's to score in the second half
In four of the last five matches the bet was successful
1.80Bet Sabah to score in the second half
In three of the last five matches, Sabah scored in the second 45 minutes
1.52Tip and bets
"Sabah" will definitely go forward in this match and "St. Patrick's" understands this perfectly, so they will catch the opponent on counterattacks. They do it well. Therefore, we come to the conclusion that both the hosts and the guests will be able to score in 90 minutes of game time.
Our prediction is both will score with odds of 1.95
Bet on the outcome
On August 11, Sabah lost 0:2 to Zira in the national championship at home. It is possible that such an instruction was given, since getting to the next round of the Conference League is much more important than performing well in one round of the Azerbaijan championship.
Our prediction is a victory for Sabah with odds of 1.52
Bet on corners
Sabah always try to press on their home field, so we'll bet on them being able to make more corner passes.
Our prediction is that Sabaha will take more corners with odds of 1.48
