Slovan Bratislava vs Maccabi Haifa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th August 2023

Slovan Bratislava go up against Maccabi Haifa with kick off on Wednesday at National Football Stadium. This is the first leg in the third round of the Champions League qualifying stage

Slovan Bratislava secured a place in this tie by knocking out Zrinjski in the second round. Although only drawing the return leg, a win in the first was more than enough to see them through with an aggregate score of 3-1.

Maccabi Haifa pulled off a strong comeback to make it through the second round against FC Sheriff. After losing the first leg, Maccabi Haifa claimed a big enough win in the return leg to set the aggregate score at 4-2, but only after extra time, having scored late to make it 2-1 in regular time.

Slovan Bratislava scored 13 goals, conceded nine and fought their way to a clean sheet five time in their previous ten matches in this tournament.

Maccabi Haifa scored 17 in their previous ten matches in this tournament, an average of 1.7 per game. They also conceded 24 for an average of 2.4 a game, pulling off a clean sheet twice.

Having managed to defeat FC Sheriff in the previous round, Maccabi Haifa have been called out as favourites by the bookmakers for a win in this first leg match at National Football Stadium. Against Slovan Bratislava it does appear to be an even match-up on paper, though, and the home side could easily turn out to be too strong for Maccabi Haifa. At least with the crowd behind them this coming Wednesday.

Slovan Bratislava vs Maccabi Haifa Prediction

Slovan Bratislava Form

Slovan Bratislava look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last 3 matches saw them gain 7 points. They ran out 0-2 and 0-1 against Swift Hesperange and Zrinjski Mostar respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Zrinjski Mostar, who claimed a point in a 2-2 draw. Slovan Bratislava claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Champions League, which also saw them drawing four and losing one matches, in which they scored six and conceded seven goals.

Maccabi Haifa Form

Six points is Maccabi Haifa have to show from their past three matches, as they beat Hamrun Spartans by 2-1. This was followed by a 1-0 defeat against FC Sheriff, before winning 2-1 against FC Sheriff. Maccabi Haifa only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Champions League. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 15 goals to nine.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Maccabi Haifa get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Slovan Bratislava.

Slovan Bratislava vs Maccabi Haifa Team News

Slovan Bratislava are as close to an entire squad as they can with only one player unavailable for the side which faces Maccabi Haifa.

Juraj Kucka sit this one out for Slovan Bratislava due to an injury.

Maccabi Haifa face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Wednesday against Slovan Bratislava.

Maccabi Haifa need to do without Daniel Sundgren, Dolev Haziza, Suf Podgoreanu and Mahmoud Jaber, who are not fit enough to travel to National Football Stadium.

Slovan Bratislava vs Maccabi Haifa H2H

This is the first time that Slovan Bratislava and Maccabi Haifa face each other in the Champions League, having not been involved in this competition at the same time before.

Slovan Bratislava vs Maccabi Haifa Betting Tips

Slovan Bratislava against Maccabi Haifa is also a battle between Vladimir Weiss and Frantzdy Pierrot with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has three Champions League goals in their last six games respectively.

Slovan Bratislava claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They drew four of the games, whilst losing two. Maccabi Haifa won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two, and losing four. Slovan Bratislava managed twowins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches at National Football Stadium.

Slovan Bratislava witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.4 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals were scored in nine of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Maccabi Haifa. They performed an average of 2.7 goals in these.