Predictions & Livescore Champions League Qualifying - Flora vs Celje

Champions League - Flora vs Celje
Match Time: 10-07-2024 23:59 Wednesday (GMT+8)
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Flora are set to make a second consecutive appearance in Champions League qualifying after retaining their Meistriliiga title last season.

Jurgen Henn left his position as manager following the end of last season, paving the way for Norbert Hurt to begin his second spell as Flora manager.

Hurt will be disappointed with Flora's league campaign, with his side currently sitting in third place and 15 points adrift of runaway leaders Levadia with 16 games left to play.

Incidentally, Hurt's charges lost 1-0 to Levadia in their most recent outing, bringing an end to a seven-game unbeaten run.

They will now turn their focus to European competition, and they will be hoping for a better outcome than last season's 4-0 aggregate defeat to Rakow in the first round of Champions League qualifying.

While Flora are in the middle of their season, Celje will officially begin the 2024-25 campaign when they take to the pitch at the Lillekula Stadium in Tallinn.

They will have fond memories of the 2023-24 season after they collected 79 points from 36 matches to win the Slovenian PrvaLiga title for just the second time in their history.

As a result of their league performance, Celje can look forward to participating in Champions League qualifying for the first time since 2020-21.

On that occasion, they got the better of Dundalk before losing to Norwegian side Molde in the second qualifying round.

They are still waiting to make their first main draw appearance in a major UEFA competition after falling just short in last season's Europa Conference League.

Prediction: Flora 1-2 Celje