Legia come into this game following an awful start to their 2016-17 campaign. They were hammered 4-1 by Lech Poznan in the Polish Super Cup match last Thursday, which was hardly the best way for the Polish champions to prepare for this tie, which they are strong favourites to win. They are stepping up a level from having played in the Europa League last term. They won all their 6 qualifying matches in that competition but struggled in the group stage. They haven’t played in Europe’s premier competition since their hugely impressive 6-1 aggregate victory over Celtic in 2014 was over-turned after they fielded an ineligible player.
Their opponents became the champions of Bosnia for the 4th time last season. Zrinjski have fallen at the first hurdle in all of their 3 previous Champions League participations although they have improved considerably since their first Champions League campaign a decade ago where they were beaten 4-0 at home by opposition from Luxembourg. They’ve not lost a competitive game since November of last year so they are a side that is used to getting results and they’ll believe they have a chance here especially at home.
They haven’t lost any of their last 8 European home games and held Maribor to a 0-0 draw in their last Champions League home game. The bookies have Legia as odds on favourites but this is by no means a foregone conclusion. Zrinjski’s long unbeaten run and solid home record in Europe coupled with Legia’s poor showing last week gives the hosts hope as does the fact the Poles failed to score in any of their final 4 away games in the league last season.
Therefore backing Double Chance – Zrinjski or Draw at 6/5 looks to offer real value here.
6 players in contention for their debuts here including Radeljić and Jakovljević. However the bulk of the side that won the Bosnian title is still together and should form the core of this side.
Besnik Hasi may make some changes following their 4-1 Super Cup loss last week. Bereszyński and Vranješ are contenders to come in to the side. Watch Live stream free Click Here | Link 2#
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