UE St. Coloma vs Ballkani Prediction and Betting Tips | July 9th 2024

UE St. Coloma welcome Ballkani to Estadi Nacional for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League first qualifying round tie on Tuesday. The home side are coming off a 2-0 defeat to QPR in a friendly on Friday.

Ilias Chair and Michael Frey scored in either half to help the Londoners claim the victory.

Santa Coloma's last competitive game came in the final of the Andorran Cup when they claimed a 1-0 victory over Pas de la Casa.

Ballkani, meanwhile, suffered a 2-0 defeat to Tikves in a friendly. Robertinho and Aleksandar Varelovski scored late second-half goals to inspire the victory. Xhebrailat's last competitive game came in a 2-1 home win over Prishtina in the Kosovo Super League.

Ilir Daja's side will turn their focus to the continent where they will battle with St. Coloma to advance and face Midtjylland in the second round of the qualifiers.

UE St. Coloma vs Ballkani Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
Five of St. Coloma's last six games in all competitions have produced less than three goals.
Ballkani are unbeaten in their last 14 games in all competitions (10 wins).
Santa Coloma are unbeaten in their last 23 competitive games (17 wins).
Ballkani have never advanced beyond the first round of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.
St. Coloma have never won a game in a European club competition.
Ballkani's last four competitive games have witnessed more goals scored in the second half than the first.
Four of St. Coloma's last six games in Europe have produced three goals or more.

UE St. Coloma vs Ballkani Prediction

UE St. Coloma have lost all 16 games they have played in UEFA Club competition qualifiers and are the underdogs here. Ramón Calderé's side have nothing to lose but home advantage could give them an extra boost.

Ballkani ended last season by winning their final seven games on the bounce and will be looking to build on this. They are competing in the UEFA Champions League for the third time and have a high chance of progressing from this stage for the first time in their history.

We are backing the visitors to claim a narrow victory in addition to a clean sheet.

Prediction: UE St. Coloma 0-1 Ballkani

UE St. Coloma vs Ballkani Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Ballkani to win

Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No

Tip 3 - Under 2.5 goals

Tip 4 - Highest scoring half: Second half