⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2023/24 | Prelim Qualifiers

[morvillz7z]

I watched the first 5 minutes of TNS/Decic and Santa Coloma/Ballkani, kinda wanted to get a feel before finalizing my ticket. I missed out on better odds on TNS o1.5 goals by mere seconds, heavy rain pouring on that artificial turf, it was bound to have goals in that one.

Lots of folks got rekt on HJK ML, glad i didn't touch it. Panevezys' having a shit season wasn't enough to turn me against them.

Steaua conceding a late goal in San Marino is a bit suspicious, need to check what happened. Both teams to score No...was somewhat of a popular bet.

Anyway, glad i started with a win, low odds but i will take it...better matches to choose from tomorrow.

[CLS63]

The pre-qualifiers for the Champions League is going to start early and to be honest this is ruining the plans of all teams for the season. For example let's take Fenerbahçe players as an example. Ferdi Kadıoğlu joined national team camp for Euro 2024 right after finishing the season. Now he is going to join Fenerbahçe camp shortly. Because Fenerbahçe are going to play in the Champions League pre-qualifiers this season. I think these players need to rest.

When it comes to Fenerbahçe, I guess we have never joined the groups by getting past pre-qualifiers. I hope we can do this with Mourinho who is a winner manager. I think we have a very good squad.

[morvillz7z]

Decic +0.5 @1.72  🤑

Scorching hot in Montenegro with temperatures reaching into 40° throughout the day, and around 30° expected during the match, which is far from ideal for football. Regardless of the result of the first match, i think both teams are fairly evenly matched. The home factor and the extreme weather conditions are what i'm banking on here, i can't see Decic lose.

Vikingur Reykjavik to Qualify @1.73  ❌

Vikingur has far more quality than its opponent, honestly unlucky not to lead by at least two or three goals after the first game. I believe oddsmakers have grossly mispriced Vikingur, as evidenced by the opening odds, odds which have since dropped/corrected from 3.20 to 2.20 for the Icelandic squad.


My favorite bet, which i have not locked in yet, is BTTS on Pyunik/Din. Minsk. Of all the match highlights i've seen, this was the most open, end-to-end, with countless chances and final third entries from both sides, that 0-0 doesn't do justice. The two things that concern me are the weather (it's forecasted to be around 30°) and the pitch quality.  It's a wait and see...

[LTU_btc]

My favorite bet, which i have not locked in yet, is BTTS on Pyunik/Din. Minsk. Of all the match highlights i've seen, this was the most open, end-to-end, with countless chances and final third entries from both sides, that 0-0 doesn't do justice. The two things that concern me are the weather (it's forecasted to be around 30°) and the pitch quality.  It's a wait and see...

Not sure about it, for me it's difficultto count on Belarus teams when I see their performance in UEFA cups. Here I went for Pyunik to qualify @1.67. Another my bet is Celje total goals over 2.5 @1.60. Considering that they won first game away 5:0, it shouldn't be difficult for them at home to score some goals,
Struggling a bit to find interesting bets...

[morvillz7z]

My favorite bet, which i have not locked in yet, is BTTS on Pyunik/Din. Minsk. Of all the match highlights i've seen, this was the most open, end-to-end, with countless chances and final third entries from both sides, that 0-0 doesn't do justice. The two things that concern me are the weather (it's forecasted to be around 30°) and the pitch quality.  It's a wait and see...

Not sure about it, for me it's difficultto count on Belarus teams when I see their performance in UEFA cups. Here I went for Pyunik to qualify @1.67. Another my bet is Celje total goals over 2.5 @1.60. Considering that they won first game away 5:0, it shouldn't be difficult for them at home to score some goals,
Struggling a bit to find interesting bets...

Celje had 4-5 starters from the first match sitting on the bench. I picked them live at the start of the second half, with reasonable odds for o1.5



I can't believe Vikingur are out! They missed a penalty in the 98th minute (struck the left post), with Shamrock down a man. Sparta Prague will ship those lucky leprechauns at least ten goals next round, mark my words.

[boltz]

My favorite bet, which i have not locked in yet, is BTTS on Pyunik/Din. Minsk. Of all the match highlights i've seen, this was the most open, end-to-end, with countless chances and final third entries from both sides, that 0-0 doesn't do justice. The two things that concern me are the weather (it's forecasted to be around 30°) and the pitch quality.  It's a wait and see...

Not sure about it, for me it's difficultto count on Belarus teams when I see their performance in UEFA cups. Here I went for Pyunik to qualify @1.67. Another my bet is Celje total goals over 2.5 @1.60. Considering that they won first game away 5:0, it shouldn't be difficult for them at home to score some goals,
Struggling a bit to find interesting bets...

Celje had 4-5 starters from the first match sitting on the bench. I picked them live at the start of the second half, with reasonable odds for o1.5



I can't believe Vikingur are out! They missed a penalty in the 98th minute (struck the left post), with Shamrock down a man. Sparta Prague will ship those lucky leprechauns at least ten goals next round, mark my words.

That is a nice catch on that ticket!

Ohhh last night was crazy with Vikingur and that missed penalty because Shamrock like you said above had 1 man eliminated after a red card and momentum shifted towards Vikingur but unfortunately they missed that penalty. I can also say that it wasn't a clean penalty so maybe a bit of justice was made when he missed. For sure Sparta Prague will demolish them because you cannot qualify further with that quality of football that Shamrock is playing ... .

[LTU_btc]

Celje had 4-5 starters from the first match sitting on the bench. I picked them live at the start of the second half, with reasonable odds for o1.5

Yeah, I didn't had in my mind that they will rest some main players after everything was decided in first game. Today I continue burning my money. Won't share bets that I lost, but shortly, these low scoring or goaless games isn't something what I needed. Fortunately, it was little bets. Now my only hope is RFS, put some money on their win.

[morvillz7z]

<...> Now my only hope is RFS, put some money on their win.

RFS delivering in both fixtures, freaking love that team.



source: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/fixtures-results/#/d/2024-07-23

Ludogorets - Din. Minsk
APOEL - Petrocub
Ferencvaros - TNS
PAOK - Egnatia/Borac Banja Luka
Bodo/Glimt - RFS
Malmo FF - Klaksvik
Shamrock - Sparta Prague
UE Santa Coloma - Midtjylland
Celje - Slovan Bratislava
Panevezys - Jagiellonia
Lincoln Red Imps - Qarabag
FCSB - Maccabi Tel Aviv
Lugano - Fenerbahce
Dyn. Kyiv - Partizan

Some familiar names enter the next qualifying round, most notably Mourihno who makes his Fenerbahce debut against Lugano.

Having watched Klaksvik twice already, they are not the same team that eliminated Ferencvaros and Hacken last year. My plan is to go heavy on Malmo, if the odds are right, of course. Might have to go early as i expect odds to crash come next week, -1AH is what i'm interested in.

[LTU_btc]

Many Champions league games today, including some bigger names already. Probably biggest game is Dynamo Kyiv - Partizan. Though, it's a bit strange that Dynamo is so clearly favoured, I though it's more or less similar level teams. So, went with Dynamo ML. Lugano - Fenerbahche is another interesting, going with Fener ML @1.70
FCSB - Maccabi Tel Aviv - BTTS @1.70, Lincoln Red Imps - Qarabag over 2.5 @1.62

[MK-74]

Tonight is Fenerbahce's first qualifying match. Lugano is an easy opponent for Fenerbahce. Fenerbahçe will play its first official match with Mourinho. I think Fenerbahce will win differently in this match. I wish Fenerbahçe the best of luck.

[3meek]

Tonight is Fenerbahce's first qualifying match. Lugano is an easy opponent for Fenerbahce. Fenerbahçe will play its first official match with Mourinho. I think Fenerbahce will win differently in this match. I wish Fenerbahçe the best of luck.

The qualifying matches are now in progress... Some are more lucky, some less... I also think that Fenerbahce are favourites in this game, but bookmakers give good odds on them winning... I think we can take advantage of that... I will risk betting that Fenerbahce will win and Dinamo Kiev vs Partizan both teams will score...

[LTU_btc]

There is plenty of big results today. Teams like Bodo/Glimt, Jagiellonia, Malmo, Dynamo, Ferencvaros and Midtjylland are 99% in next round already. Fenerbahche were leading quite confident on away game, but conceded on very end of game and result 4:3 makes 2nd leg more interesting. From all bets that I made today only Qarabag burned my money by winning just 0:2.
I think even biggest Dynamo Kyiv fans didn't expected 6:2 win against Partizan, what a dominace! And these 2 Partizan goals doesn't reflects game at all.

[MK-74]

Fenerbahce played worse than I expected tonight. Dzeko scored a hattrick tonight with 3 goals. The match ended 4-3 and I think this is a very bad score for Fenerbahce.
I expect them to play better in the second game and win with more goals.

[CLS63]

There is plenty of big results today. Teams like Bodo/Glimt, Jagiellonia, Malmo, Dynamo, Ferencvaros and Midtjylland are 99% in next round already. Fenerbahche were leading quite confident on away game, but conceded on very end of game and result 4:3 makes 2nd leg more interesting. From all bets that I made today only Qarabag burned my money by winning just 0:2.
I think even biggest Dynamo Kyiv fans didn't expected 6:2 win against Partizan, what a dominace! And these 2 Partizan goals doesn't reflects game at all.

I actually saw really good things there. Mourinho quality started to show itself already in his first match. He was really good against answering strongly against Lugano's tactical changes. This makes me hopeful for the rest of the season as well.    We didn't start the match well but later we adapted. We didn't have problems on scoring goals which was nice to see. We only need to solve our problems in defense. But it could be because the season has just started for us compared to our opponent.

[morvillz7z]

You rarely see it anymore: a full slate with no upsets, all the favorites got theirs, and more. It was an excellent opportunity to go heavy against the dogs.

RFS delivering in both fixtures, freaking love that team.

One week you love them, the next you despise them.  I was one RFS goal away from hitting $2.4k off a $10 wager. Bodo/Glimt -1AH or the regular o2.5 was the right play here...so close yet so far away. I had to settle for my other cheesy, super low-odds parlay...breadcrumbs.

Thursday's Europa/Conference League has the same vibe, with some better teams entering the competitions. I might fire a few more of those long-shot multis, you never know...

[3meek]

Yesterday I got lucky and my multi bet worked... But I didn't expect Fenerbahce under Mourinho to beat Lugano with difficulty... If it wasn't for Dzeko, they would have lost for sure...

Today I will bet on Slovan to win the match against Celje... I don't know why bookmakers consider the home team as favourites... It seems to me that the odds of 2.95 for Slovan to win are very juicy...

[MK-74]

PAOK will play tonight against Banja Luka, champions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I think PAOK will win this match, their opponent is a weak team compared to them.

Ludogorest will play Dinamo Minsk, both teams play at the same level. Ludogorest is the favorite because they have home advantage.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I struggle to get excited about the qualifiers, there are some really low quality teams involved in it. Odds will be a bit strange too because it’s near impossible to know how good some of these teams are due to the leagues they play in.

I’m looking forward to the competition for real though, hopefully Liverpool do well in it after missing out last season. This is a good competition for us.

[Adiljutt156]

Fenerbahce played worse than I expected tonight. Dzeko scored a hattrick tonight with 3 goals. The match ended 4-3 and I think this is a very bad score for Fenerbahce.
I expect them to play better in the second game and win with more goals.

Yes ,you are right. That match was fighting match  and both teams played well and we saw interesting match . You are supporting Fenerbahçe team only. But being a football lover , I like that kind of performance because if we see one sided match one team plays good and other team played bad, that is low resistance match . But I appreciate Lugano because they tried their best to win this match. They proved that they can give tough time to any big team,they are good team and they deserve respect from audience. El Wafi did first  goal at the start of match but after that Džeko did excellent three goals for team and now Lugano team was under pressure but after that two more players did goal for the team but they could not win due to bad defenders.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Fenerbahce played worse than I expected tonight. Dzeko scored a hattrick tonight with 3 goals. The match ended 4-3 and I think this is a very bad score for Fenerbahce.
I expect them to play better in the second game and win with more goals.

I can say that Fenerbahçe played both badly and well. The times he played well were fewer, of course, compared to my expectations. Tadic was very successful in midfield and played a very important role in determining the direction of the game. Ferdi was the person who saved the match for Fenerbahçe.

It's still over, my next match will be in Kadıköy, I think Fenerbahçe will be more comfortable. Lugano also had the advantage that their league had started.