In my opinion Sheriff have bigger chances in this game than bookies wants to suggest for us in their odds. Sheriff have all required tools to make positive result front of home crowd.

This is very close match up and I don’t see huge difference between both teams in terms of quality, potential and ambitions. Even if You look on the value of both squads – there is only 5mln euro difference. Really small margins.

I believe home ground will play huge role in this tie. Sheriff already proved in previous season their class – just to remind – in 2021 Sheriff won 2:1 on Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid! They also won front of home crowd against Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar Donetsk. They are really dangerous team. In first round they showed big mental strength – they lost opening match on away against Farul (they had higher expected goals scored number than opponents in that game), but they bounced back in great style at home (3:0 after extra time).

Maccabi is team on good level and same as Sheriff looks like team with potential to make group stage of Champions League, but I don’t trust them on the road. Front of energetic home crowd they are extra hard to beat, but on away they are not that good. They won only 5 of last 13 away matches in all competitions. Since 2009 Maccabi played 14 away matches in Champions League and recorded only 2 wins.. In addition to that before start of current campaign they lost 2 key players: midfielder Abu Fani and top striker Atzili (42 goals in last two seasons for the club..). In first round they won twice against Hamrun Spartans, but I’m not impressed at all. They just twon against semi amateur club from Malta. Now real test coming.

All in all, Sheriff shouldn’t be underdog at home. For sure they are not worse team on the paper and they are also not in worse form. They have enough quality to stop Maccabi today, no doubt about that.

在我看来，警长在这场比赛中的胜算比赌徒给我们的赔率要大。警长拥有所有必要的工具来在主场观众面前取得积极的结果。

这是一场势均力敌的比赛，我看不出两支球队在实力、潜力和雄心方面有多大的不同。即使你看两支球队的价值，也只有500万欧元的差距。利润非常小。

我相信主场将在这场比赛中发挥重要作用。警长已经在上个赛季证明了他们的水平——只是提醒一下——2021年，警长在圣地亚哥伯纳乌2:1战胜了皇家马德里!他们还在主场战胜了萨格勒布迪纳摩和顿涅茨克矿工。他们是一支非常危险的球队。在第一轮比赛中，他们表现出了强大的精神力量——他们在客场输给了法鲁尔(他们在那场比赛中的预期进球数比对手高)，但他们在主场以出色的风格反弹(加时赛后3:0)。

马卡比是一支水平不错的球队，和谢里夫一样，看起来有潜力进入欧冠小组赛，但我不相信他们在客场的表现。在充满活力的主场球迷面前，他们很难被击败，但在客场他们就没那么好了。在过去的13场客场比赛中，他们只赢了5场。自2009年以来，马卡比在欧冠联赛打了14场客场比赛，只取得了2场胜利。除此之外，在本赛季开始之前，他们失去了两名关键球员:中场阿布·法尼和顶级前锋阿齐利(过去两个赛季为俱乐部打进42球)。在第一轮他们两次赢了哈姆伦斯巴达，但我一点也不印象深刻。他们刚刚对阵来自马耳他的半业余俱乐部。现在真正的考验来了。

总而言之，警长不应该在家里处于劣势。可以肯定的是，他们不是纸面上更差的球队，他们的状态也不差。毫无疑问，他们今天有足够的实力去阻止马卡比。