First matches from the second qualifying round

From tonight is starting the second preliminary round, leg one for the two European cup tournaments. And first competition to begin with is usually the Champions league.

- Zrinsjki - Legia. Zrinsjki is playing excellent football at home amid Polish side who are having troubles to find its good form. It will be no surprise if the Bosnian team ended victorious in this game but Legia will make sure that they will leave Mostar undefeated.
- Dinamo Tbilisi - Alashkert. In this Georgia - Armenia encounter the hosts are absolute favorites. Maybe we will not see the best game, Alashkert will try to stall the match, but minimal advantage will be enough for Dinamo Tbilisi.
- Qarabag - F91 Dudelange. Qarabag will sure have hard time to beat Dudelange. Even if they are favorites in the match it will not go smoothly for the Azerbaijanis. F91 Dudelange will definitely fight back but at the end Qarabag should take it.
- Hapoel Beer Sheva - Sheriff Tiraspol. Hapoel would want to have a decent advantage before the second leg in Moldavia. Both teams are playing good football, but the Israeli team seems to be slight favorite by winning the match.
- BATE Borisov - Seinajoki JK. In the Borisov Arena BATE should easily win over the Finnish champions. The debut Seinajoki JK team may be a mystery on how they will play on its first appearance in the competition but we are sure that they will pose no trouble for the hosts, who will be aiming for the highest win.
- Lincoln Red Imps - Celtic. The hosts pull one of the surprise in the previous stage by eliminating Estonian Flora team. But this time they oppose a much stronger rival - the famous Celtic. It will be interesting to see how Lincoln will play the Scottish side we are confident that Celtic will make a positive result for them before the second leg next week.
- TNS (The New Saints) - APOEL Nicosia. TNS in this stage are facing a much tougher opposition. But the Cypriot champions are recording only losses at the moment and if they want to salvage the season APOEL must do better in this match. They are absolute favorites to take this one but it might end in a draw.
- Valletta - Crvena Zvezda. Maltese champions are facing stronger opposition than in the previous stage. The famously team of Crvena Zvezda is back in the qualifiers and they should have no trouble by winning at the Hibernians stadium.
- Red Bull Salzburg - Liepaja Metalurgs. Clash between Austrian and Latvian champions It is too early to tell but despite having trouble winning at home, Red Bull Salzburg definitely have to win this game over Liepaja team, who are also have some difficulties. For salvaging the new season the hosts should kick off victorious in the first leg.