🇦🇿 Sabah vs Hapoel Beer-Sheva 🇮🇱 — Prediction
Champions League · Play-off Round, Second Leg · Tue, 25 Aug 2026, 18:45 CEST · Bank Respublika Arena, Baku
Our AI call, published before kickoff
2–1
Tipped scorers: Veljko Simic (Sabah) · Igor Zlatanovic (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)
Why we called it
Sabah trail 1-2 from Beer-Sheva but have turned Bank Respublika Arena into a fortress: three wins from three UCL qualifiers there with seven goals and three clean sheets, plus a 4-0 comeback demolition of AGF in the previous round and a 2-0 league opener against Kapaz. Veljko Simic (five goals in six European outings, scorer in the first leg) leads a 4-2-3-1 behind Mikkels, with Khayal Aliyev out injured; Hapoel are missing Joao Victor and rely on the East–Zlatanovic front line. Home form plus the deficit they must chase makes Sabah a clear but not overwhelming favourite on the night, so a one-goal margin: 2-1, which levels the tie.