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Maccabi tel aviv v tirana
*Maccabi finished 2nd
*very strong at home

*Tirana relegated with just one away win.

Maccabi tel aviv easy win

Mladost Lucani v Inter Baku
*Mladost finished 4th in Serbia, never played in europe.

*Inter baku finished 3rd, bad end to season. Done well in 1st round, progressing last 4 times. Good friendly win against Vitorul.

Tight game expected.

Shirak v Gorica
*Shirak finished 3rd with +7gd in a 6 team league.

*Gorica 2nd placed finish on h2h over Olimpia.

Slovenian team should have too much over the 2 legs, tight game 1st leg in Armenia.

Shkendija v Dacia Chisnau
*Shkendija drew over the 2 legs with Aberdeen in 15/16. Reached the playoff last year, impressive wins against Polish, czech and azerbaijani opposition.
*Lost to Moldovan team Zimbru Chisnau in 14/15 3-2 on aggregate. Even game in Macedonia.

*Dacia battered Macedonian team Renova last season 5-1 on aggregate.

Tough game to call, Shkendija>Renova so should be much closer.

Trencin v Torpedo Kutaisi
*Trencin impressive results in Europe last season away from home.
*Finished 4th with +5gd, terrible defence.

*Torpedo only finished the Georgian league on Wednesday finishing 2nd behind Tblisi.
*Good defence.
*Lost to Slovakian team Zlina 6-3 on aggregate 4 years ago.

Fairly even.

Kairat Almaty v Atlantas
*Kairat very strong at home in Europe.
*Great form just 2 pts behind Astana (albeit with a game extra played).

*Beaten 3-0 by Karagandy in 14/15
*Winless in 8 in Lithuania.

Easy win for Kairat.

Chikura Sachkere v Altach
*The Georgians finished their league season on Wednesday in 5th place in a league of 10 with a negative goal difference.
*Poor home record in Europe.

*Altach also ended season with a negative gd of -3. Poor end to the season, considerably behind top 3.

Altach to make hard work of it.

Zira v Differdange
*Zira's first time in Europe and finished 4th in Azerbaijan in an 8 team league.

*Differdange lost out on league title to Dudelange on gd
*Been knocked out by Cliftonville and Atlantas in recent years.

Zira should have too much, expect BTTS.

Levski Sofia v Sutjeska Niksic
*Levski finished 3rd and only qualified for Europe via penalties.
*Knocked out in their last 4 european ties.

*Sutjeska finished 4th just 2pts off the title.
*Lost 3-2 to Debrecen on aggregate last year.

Close tie.

Lech Poznan v Pelister
*Finished 2 pts off Legia Warsaw.
*Reached the group stage as recently as 2016.
*Good friendly win against Beer Sheva 3-0.

*Pelister finished 4th long way behind the top 2.
*Not been in Europe for 9 years.

Easy Poznan win.

Beitar Jerusalem v Vasas
*Strong end to the season finishing 3rd.
*Narrowly got through 1st round last season, all the Hungarian teams also progressed.

*Vasas no recent European history.
*Finished 3rd and lost the cup final on pens.

Beitar slight favs.

Fola Esch v Milsami
*Fola finished 3rd 9 pts behind top 2.
*Never progressed in a European tie, however run Aberdeen close last year.

*Milsami lost out on title by a point finishing 3rd.
*Ran Saint Etienne close in 15/16, knocked out Ludogorets in 15/16 also.
*Beat Luxembourg side Dudelange 1-0 on aggregate in 13/14.

Milsami should be favs.

Vojvodina v Ruzemberok
*Finished 3rd last season, good gd.
*Reached the playoff round of the Europa last 2 seasons.

*Ruzemberok no recent European history.
*Finished 3rd in league.

Vojvodina should have too much.

Irtysh Pavlodar v Dunav Ruse
*Irtysh currently 4th in Kazakh league, 7 pts from top 3.
*Knocked out Bulgarian side Levski Sofia in 13/14 2-0 on agg.

*Dunav have no recent European history.
*Finished 4th last season. Impressive results against Ludogorets but miles behind in points tally.

Irtysh slight favs.

Mladost Podgorica v Gandzasar
*Mladost finished 3rd in a way tie.
*Reached 3rd round in 13/14 and 2nd round in 15/16.

*Gandzasar finished 2nd in a 6 team league.
*Only just knocked out team from faroes in 12/13 3-3 on away goals.
*Beaten 4-2 by Aktobe in 13/14 on agg.

Should see goals, Mladost the favs.

Siroki Brijeg v Ordabasy
*Siroki finished in the relegation round but won the cup on pens.
*Knocked out Kazakh side Irtysh 4-3 in 13/14. Impressive 5-0 on agg against Gabala in 14/15.

*Ordabasy currently 3rd, only 2 points behind Kairat and 4 behind Astana.
*Knocked out in 1st round last 2 seasons.

Too close to call.

Siroki also beaten by Maltese side last season, Birkirkara.

Partizani Tirana v Botev Plovdiv
*Partizani finished 2nd just 3 pts behind the winners. Only 2 defeats in 36 and 17 goals conceded.
*Knocked out Ferencvaros on pens in last seasons champs league.

*Botev finished 7th in regular season, won europa playoffs and the cup.
*Strong performance in 13/14 beating astana 6-0 on agg and only losing to stuttgart in the 3rd round on away goals.
*Knocked out 3-2 by St Polten in 14/15.

Tight game to call.

Pyunik v Slovan Bratislava
*Pyunik finished 4th in a 6 team league.
*Knocked out by team from Gibraltar last season.
*4-2 on aggregate against a team from San Marino season before that.

*Slovan finished 2nd, but 16 pts behind Zlina.
*Beat the same team Pyunik lost to from Gibraltar the season before 9-0 on agg.
*Lost to Latvians 3-0 on agg last year.

Slovan big favs to win.

Dinamo Batumi v Jagiellonia Bialystok
*Dinamo finished 8th in a 10 team league -10gd.
*knocked out 2-1 by omonia in 15/16.

*Beaten 1-0 by omonia in 15/16.
*finished 2nd lost out on title by 2 pts.

*Jag big favs.

Videoton v Balzan
*Videoton lost out on title on final day of season.
*Strong pre season 4/4 wins decent opposition.

*Balzan finished 2nd, 7 pts behind champions.
*Knocked out last 2 years first round.

Videoton big favs

Red Star Belgrade v Floriana
*Lost out on title to Partizan in the Championship round.
*Beat Maltese side Valletta 4-2 in last seasons champs league.

*Floriana finished 5th but won cup final 2-0.
*in 11/12 battered 9-0 on agg by Larnaca.
*In 12/13 battered 12-0 on agg by Elfsborg.

Easy Red star win

UE Santa Coloma v Osijek
*UE finished 3rd.
*Got battered 7-2 to Croatian opposition last season.

*Osijek finished 4th 3 points behind Hajduk.
*Beat FC Santa Coloma 4-1 on agg in 12/13.

Osijek massive favs.