Sabah FA vs Slavia Praha preview: two domestic pace-setters chase their first league-phase points
Sabah FA host Slavia Praha at the Baku Olympic Stadium looking for their first points of the Champions League league phase. Both lost on matchday one – Sabah 4-0 and Slavia 3-2 – leaving Slavia 23rd and Sabah 34th of 36.
At home, both have been almost flawless. Sabah are 2nd in the Azerbaijani Premyer Liqa with 16 points from six games and are unbeaten, having conceded once. Slavia top the Czech Liga with 26 points from ten, are unbeaten and have won their last five.
Slavia arrive with a stretched squad. I. Ogbu (Achilles tendon), P. Kacor (shoulder), S. Chaloupek (muscle) and A. Ouanda are injured, M. Konecny is suspended after a red card and O. Kolar is off the roster. D. Jurasek (thigh) and D. Moses are doubts, as are E. Pitak, I. Schranz and O. Kubiak with health problems. W. Nowak, with five goals and an assist, and M. Chytil, with four goals, lead their scoring.
Sabah are missing K. Aliyev with a hamstring injury. J. Mickels and V. Simić have three goals each this season, and A. Isaev has provided three assists.
2 : 4
1 : 4
2 : 3
3 : 6
0 : 2
0 : 1
3 : 4
1 : 1
3 : 2
0 : 0
2 : 1
1 : 3
2 : 2
0 : 1
3 : 0
