[Football- Europa League] 21.9/ 18:45 Qarabag - Molde

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[Football- Europa League] 21.9/ 18:45 Qarabag - Molde

Qarabag has lost only one of the last 19 home matches in European competitions and is undefeated in twelve home matches (6-6-0). During this period, the Azerbaijanis won against strong teams such as French Nantes or Belgian Gent. They also drew with German Freiburg.
The Baku-based team has participated in the Europa League group stage in five of the last six seasons. The squad only has eleven players with Azerbaijani passports, and several of them have dual citizenship. The other players come from, among others: from Brazil, Portugal, France, Morocco and Serbia. French striker Adama Diakhaby is the team's best scorer, and in his career he has already played, among others, in AS Monaco, Huddersfield or Nottingham Forest. Montenegrin central midfielder Marko Jankovic is another interesting player who has a past with Olympiacos in Greece and several Italian clubs. Qarabag has dominated the domestic league, winning nine of the last ten seasons. The champions of Azerbaijan in the Champions League qualifiers, like Molde, were eliminated in the second round by our Raków Częstochowa. In the third qualifying round of the Europa League, they eliminated Finnish HJK Helsinki and won against Slovenian Olimpija Ljubljana in the Europa League play-off phase. Today, Qarabag manager Gurban Gurbanov has to cope without two defenders, Marko Vesovic and Abbas Huseynov (injuries).
Molde qualified for the Europa League group stage mainly thanks to their good play at home. Away from home, the team played much worse, losing to KI Klaksvik and HJK Helsinki. As you can see, playing away is not the strong point of the Norwegian team. Defender Martin Linnes, midfielders Erling Knudtzon and Martin Ellingsen complain of injuries and are unsure of how to play. Midfielder Magnus Wolff Eikrem (he started on the bench in the last two matches) may join the starting lineup.
Molde has already played against the Azerbaijani team at Arena Azersun once - it took place in the qualifications for the Champions League in 2020 (after 90 minutes and extra time it was 0-0, but Molde advanced to the next stage of this tournament after winning 6-5 in penalty shootouts). . They have won just one of their last six Europa League group stage matches and today they will face a strong host team. There is a big difference between playing at home and away in Europe. Therefore, Qarabag has a good chance of winning.

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