Hamrun vs Red Imps Prediction and Betting Tips | July 9th 2024

Hamrun Spartans and Lincoln Red Imps will square off in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League first-round qualification tie on Tuesday. The home side are coming into the game on the back of a 3-1 victory over Sliema in a friendly last week.

Their last competitive game came in a 1-1 draw at home to Hibernians in the Maltese Premier League. They qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers having won a 10th Maltese Premier League title last season.

Lincoln Red Imps, meanwhile, have not been in action since sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw away to St. Josephs in the Gibraltar Football League. They went behind to Pablo Moreno's 28th-minute strike and were reduced to 10 men following Mandi's 83rd-minute strike. Juanfri drew the game level in the 90th minute.

Javi Muñoz's side will turn their attention to the continent, with Hamrun lying in their path. The winner of this tie will face Qarabag in the second round of the qualifiers.

Hamrun vs Red Imps Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
Lincoln Red Imps ended their domestic campaign with a 17-game unbeaten run across the league and cup.
Hamrun ended their league campaign with a five-game unbeaten run (four wins).
Hamrun have never advanced beyond the first round of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.
Six of Lincoln Red Imps' last eight games in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers have produced three goals or more.
Seven of Hamrun's last eight games in European competition have produced over 2.5 goals, with six games in this sequence witnessing goals at both ends.

Hamrun vs Red Imps Prediction

Hamrun are competing in the UEFA Champions League for only the second time in their history. They were soundly defeated by Maccabi Haifa with a 6-1 aggregate loss on their sole appearance at this stage in 2002.

Lincoln Red Imps, for their part, made history by becoming the first club from Gibraltar to qualify for the group stage of a European competition when they competed in the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage.

We are backing the home side to claim a narrow victory with goals to be scored at both ends.

Prediction: Hamrun 2-1 Red Imps

Hamrun vs Red Imps Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Hamrun to win

Tip 2 - Both teams to score

Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 4 - Hamrun to score over 1.5 goals