Maccabi Haifa FC vs Hamrun Spartans Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 16/07/2023, 14:37  by Daniel Ngulu in Champions League Predictions

Maccabi Haifa will host Hamrun Spartans on Tuesday in the return leg of their first qualifying round Champions League encounter. The first leg ended 4-0 in favour of Maccabi. Maccabi Haifa made it to the group stages of the Champions League last season. This ended a 12-year wait of playing at the highest level of European club football. The reigning Israeli champions are all but assured of advancing to the second round as they have to avoid losing by five clear goals here. Messay Dego’s charges were playing their first match of the season when they won the first leg. The win extended their unbeaten run following a strong end to last season to four matches. They have won all four games, scoring at least three goals in each.

Hamrun Spartans are playing in the Champions League for the first time. It went horribly wrong for them in the first leg at home. If not to overturn the tie, the Maltese champions will seek to put up a better account of themselves here. Luciano Zauri’s men were also playing their first match of the season against Maccabi. The loss ended a six-match unbeaten run registered at the end of last season. That six-match unbeaten run had seen them win five times. Before playing Maccabi, Spartans had defeated Birkirkara in a test match 2-0. Spartans are a strong attacking team as they showed through last season and will hope to tap into that form here.