Neftchi Baku vs Rapid Wien Prediction: Even a draw would be a great achievement for the Baku side

Neftchi Baku faces a formidable opponent in the third round of Conference League qualifying - Rapid. Will the Azerbaijani club manage not to concede in their first game on home soil? There are several options for betting at once.

The Baku side finished second in the Azerbaijan championship last season, losing to Karabakh, and so will only play in the Conference League in the new season. The team's European Championship journey could already end in the first leg of the encounter. In the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Conference League, Neftchi lost away to Aris (0:2), and it seemed they would never get back into the game. However, in their home game, Baku not only took the game to extra time but also clinched a win within 90 minutes (3:0).

If for Neftchi, the new season program is still limited to European league games, the Rapid, apart from the Conference League qualifiers, have already started in the new Austrian championship with two games. And so far, Ferdinand Feldhofer's side has not lost a single game. In the international arena, the Rapid beat the Polish Lechia Gdansk (0:0 at home, 2:1 away); in the Austrian league, the Viennese beat Ried and Austria Klagenfurt with the same score of 1:0.

Rapid made an excellent impression at the start of the season. The team plays well-balanced football, conceding only one goal in four games and winning three. There are significant doubts that Neftchi will be able to achieve an acceptable result against such a powerful opponent. Even a draw for the Baku side in the upcoming game would be an outstanding achievement.

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