Sheriff Tiraspol vs Zira Prediction 11.07.2024 | Europa League

• Competition: Europa League Qualification
• Date: 11.07.2024
• Kickoff: 18:00 UK +1 / 19:00 CEST
• Venue: Sheriff Arena (Tiraspol)

Sheriff failed to win the national title after a long time and from the 2nd place in the championship of Moldova they will try to reach the group stage of the Europa League. Since May 18, this team has not played a single official match, and at the beginning of July they had one test against Floresti, which they easily solved in their favor 5-0. Sheriff's ambition is certainly the group stage of a European competition, the Europa League or the Conference League.

Zira also finished 2nd in the Azerbaijan National Championship. Much harder than their rival in this 1st round of EL qualifications. They finished with the same number of points as Sabah Baku but had a 1 goal better goal difference than their rivals and it was a final tiebreaker. Qarabag had even 25 points more than them at the end of the season. The last matches were played in June in the cup final against Qarabag (2-1 defeat) and a friendly match against Hermannstadt (2-1 victory).

Sheriff Tiraspol vs Zira pick: SHERIFF TO WIN

Moldavian side has always been a team in which a lot of investment was made and players from South America and Africa were involved. This season, they will be favorites to win the title in the national league, but without the European competitions, the season will be considered unsuccessful. Zira has quality but not enough experience for such matches. We expect Sheriff to impose a rhythm after correctly performed physical preparations and achieve a routine victory that would ensure a rematch regarding the overall result. Our prediction is a victory for the home team