Peter Green - July 12, 2023
Maribor vs Birkirkara Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Europa Conference League Qualification on Thursday, 13 July 2023.
Maribor has been recording impressive displays of late. They are on a six-match unbeaten streak. This includes a set of Premier League fixtures with which they claimed a spot in the ECL qualifications.
On the other side, Birkirkara was having a decent Premier League run the last season and have comfortably claimed the third spot and advanced it to the ECL qualifications.
Thus, we expect a tight encounter between these two since both teams have a strong form at their respective leagues, and will enter following the form.
They have met four times in the past. Maribor was unbeaten in all those four head to head clashes.
Do also note that Maribor won three of those four meetings. Two of those four meetings had goals over 2.5 ft.
The home form Maribor looks stunning. They follows a 19-match unbeaten streak at home across all competitions. Do also note that they won 16 of those.
On the other side, Birkirkara follows an unimpressive form on the road. The team lost their past two road trips in a row.
Since Maribor have a better form at the moment, we expect a win for them against this Birkirkara side on Thursday.
Maribor have been scoring goals at a good rate on the road for the past many matches. They have scored 22 goals in the past 8 home matches. Since the past three road trips of Birkirkara had goals over 2.5 ft, we expect this match to have plenty of goals.
Birkirkara have scored a total of 8 goals in the past six away matches. Since Maribor have allowed a total of 6 goals in the past six home matches, we expect this match to have goals from both ends.
Maribor is likely to seal a win considering all the above mentioned observations. The goals numbers of both assure a high-scoring match.
Thus, we like to start with Maribor to seal a 2-1 win as the main tip. For the second tip, we like to place the over 2.5 goals.