On Tuesday, August 15, at 20:00 at the Alfamega stadium in Kolossi, the second leg of the third preliminary round of the Champions League between Aris Limassol and Rakov Czestochowa will be counted, which will be broadcast live on the website. – ul superbet.ro (live broadcast).

Aris Limassol tries to impress the competition in the “double” with Rakov Czestochowa, a team that, after winning the round, starts as a favorite at home with a score of 2-1 (Kochergin 7, Piasetskyi 73p respectively, Mayambela 88).

Aris Limassol won the Cypriot league for the first time at the end of last season after finishing 1st in the play-off final, although they finished the regular season in 3rd place, six points behind leaders Apoel Nicosia and behind AEL Larnaca by four points.

Actually, this is only the second participation in the history of European Cups after last season in the previous matches of the Conference League (2:0 at home and 0:3 away from Neftchi Baku).

This season, Aris Limassol edged past Bate in the preliminary round after a 16-goal double (!), 6-2 home and 5-3 away, after managing to win the Cyprus Super Cup, 2-0 from the cup holders Omonia Nicosia.

The team is coached by Oleksiy Shpilevskyi (35), a former defensive midfielder who ended his career at the age of 18 due to a serious injury, only to be able to play for VfB Stuttgrat II and represent the Belarus national under-17 team at the 2006 European Championship.

Rakiv Czestochowa, for its part, is the first title won in Poland after two seasons in which they finished in second place (finishing nine points above second-placed Legia Warsaw).

Rakiv Częstochowa is playing in Europe for the third time, after failing in the Europa League play-offs in each of the first two, being knocked out by Gent and Slavia Prague respectively.

In the previous rounds of the Champions League, the Polish champion beat Flora Tallinn (1:0 at home and 3:0 away) and Qarabag (3:2 at home and 1:1 away).

In the domestic championship, “Rakiv Czestochowa” is in 10th place with four points after four stages, but has played only three matches (a win, a draw and a loss).

Since this summer, the team has been coached by David Schwarga (32 years old), its former “secondary” for the past two years, who as a football player played only in regional leagues in Poland.

Raku Czestochowa has two Romanians, Dejan Sorescu and Bohdan Rakovican, both on the field in the tour match, the former from the 73rd minute, the latter a main player.

The winner of the Aris Limassol – Rakov Czestochowa tie will play Sparta Prague or FC Copenhagen in the play-offs (0:0 in the first leg, in Denmark, second leg also on Tuesday, 20:00, in the Czech Republic).

Superbet offers odds of 1.38 on the 1X prediction: home win or draw in regular time 90 minutes of Aris Limassol – Rakiv Czestochowa.

* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article