Maccabi Tel Aviv - Aris

For the first match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Conference League, Maccabi Tel Aviv welcomes Aris Thessaloniki to Bloomfield Stadium. Double matches, followed by a replay next Thursday in Thessaloniki. The away goal rule does not apply.

As expected, Maccabi didn't encounter any particular problems to qualify for the 2nd qualifier against Zira. In the first match in Azerbaijan, they prevailed 3-0 and essentially gave formal importance to the replay at home where, with a poor performance, they were limited to a goalless draw.
The result of the rematch, however, gave rise to the complaints of the fans towards the management of the team, which they accuse of making moves to strengthen it in order to increase its chances of entering a European competition group.
It is indeed typical that a portion of the organizers will abstain from today's match, the stadium is expected to be full.
In relation to last year's team, which finished 3rd in the domestic championship, we had the return of international players Nir Biton and Eran Zhanavi, while Vladan Ivić returned to Maccabi's bench, who had led it to win 2 championships in the period 2018-2020, which was again in her bench.

Easy qualification for Aris as well, in the previous round they prevailed in both matches of Gomel and solemnly got the ticket to the next qualifier. Both games were played at "Vikelidis" after an agreement between the two teams to declare Ari's stadium as the home ground for the replay of the Belarusian Cup Winners (due to UEFA's ban on holding games in the country), in the first they prevailed 5-1 while in the replay with a goal in stoppage time, he won 2-1.
Thus, he continues to dream of entering the groups of the tournament, with the degree of difficulty of course increasing, but the appearance, especially in the first match, brought the corresponding optimism, especially since he looks quite strengthened in the transfer market of the summer.

Maccabi imagines the favorite of the match having the advantage of its hot home in which it scores with ease. However, Aris, for his part, showed great quality from the middle and up front against Gomel and will hardly stay at zero tonight.

Prediction: Maccabi – Aris GG with an odds of 2.00