Ferencvaros and Slavia Prague will face off in the first leg of the Champions League third qualifying round at the Groupama Arena on Wednesday. The kick-off is at 20:00 CEST.

Preview

Even though Ferencvaros kicked off their 2021/22 campaign with four consecutive victories over Prishtina (6-1) and Zalgiris (5-1) in the CL qualifying rounds, Peter Stoger's men were unable to claim a win against Kisvarda in the Hungarian top flight opener on Saturday. In turn, the Hungarian champions started off their title defence with a 2-1 loss and will be desperate to bounce back from that disappointment on Wednesday.

Slavia, for their part, were victorious in each of their two opening matchdays in the Czech top flight against Zlin and Teplice. In contrast to their forthcoming opponents, Jindrich Trpisovsky's side enter the Champions League campaign at this stage after their triumph in the Czech First League last term.

Team news

While the hosts have no confirmed absentees ahead of the clash, Slavia's Ondrej Kudela continues to serve his UEFA 10-game ban handed for racially abusing Rangers' Glen Kamara in the 2020/21 Europa League last-16 round. Lukas Provod and David Hovorka will not feature on Wednesday too as they remain on the sidelines with knee injuries.

Prediction

In fact, Ferencvaros' loss to Kisvarda over the weekend put an end to their 19-game unbeaten streak across all competitions, including 12 wins on the bounce most recently. Slavia, for their part, remain unbeaten in 14 consecutive matches since losing to Arsenal in the EL quarter-final second leg in April. Even though the visiting side are placed as the favourites ahead of this two-legged tie, we'd say that the Hungarian champions are more than capable of making it to the 2021/22 CL group stage at the expense of their Czech counterparts. Let's stick with BTTS in this one.

Tip

Both teams to score at 2 with 1XBET.