Flora vs Celje Prediction and Betting Tips | July 10th 2024

Flora welcome Cejle to A. Le Coq Arena for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League first-round qualification tie on Wednesday. The hosts are coming into the game on the back of a 1-0 defeat away to Levadia in the Estonian Meistriliiga last week.

Ioan Yakovlev's 23rd-minute strike proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Cejle, meanwhile, saw off FC Rapid Bucuresti with a 1-0 victory in a friendly a fortnight ago. Damjan Vuklisevic scored the match-winner midway through the second half.

The Yellow and Blues have not been in competitive action since sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw away to Radomlje in the Slovenian Prva Liga in May. They ended the season as league winners to book their spot at this stage of the Champions League qualifiers. Flora are here as defending champions of the Meistriliiga.

The winner of this tie will face either Slovan Bratislava or Struga in the second round of the qualifiers.

Flora vs Celje Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
Flora's defeat to Levadia ended their seven-game unbeaten run (five wins).
Fourteen of Celje's last 15 competitive games have witnessed goals at both ends.
Five of Flora's last six qualification games in UEFA club competitions have seen one side fail to find the back of the net.
Celje are competing in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers for only the second time in their history.
Four of Celje's last six qualification games in UEFA competitions have seen both sides find the back of the net.

Flora vs Celje Prediction

The Estonian league runs a football calendar different to most of mainstream Europe. This means that Flora have been in competitive action for the last few months while their visitors were on a break.

Celje have never made it to the group stage of a major UEFA club competition. They were close to doing so last season but fell at the final hurdle in the playoff round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Nevertheless, they enter this game as firm favorites but their lack of competitive action could count against them. We are backing the Slovenians to claim a narrow win with goals at both ends.

Prediction: Flora 1-2 Celje

Flora vs Celje Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Celje to win

Tip 2 - Both teams to score

Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals