Ace Football previews the Champions League Qualification round 1 match between TNS and Sabah FK and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Champions League Qualification title favourites TNS begin their title challenge on Tuesday in an opening day encounter with Sabah FK at Park Hall Stadium.
Team form: TNS vs Sabah FK
TNS Form
TNS only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Champions League Qualification matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored five and conceded six goals.
Sabah FK Form
Sabah FK look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against FK Neftchi, they were left empty-handed in a 1-2 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Turan Tovuz in a 1-2 win. They followed that up with a 2-0 win against TNS in their most recent outing.
Betting facts for TNS and Sabah FK
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between TNS and Sabah FK. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 TNS matches in the Champions League Qualification, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 TNS matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- TNS have won 6 of the last 8 home matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In the last 6 TNS home matches in the Champions League Qualification, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 8 TNS home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Sabah FK away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 8 Sabah FK matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Sabah FK have won 6 of the last 8 matches and the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Sabah FK have won 4 of the last 5 away matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Sabah FK have won 4 of the last 5 away matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
Players in form: TNS vs Sabah FK
Jordan Williams hit the target once in six Champions League Qualification, while Veljko Simic scored a similar amount in his last six games. Both’ll be hoping to double that at Park Hall Stadium.
Betting markets: TNS vs Sabah FK
Full-time result
Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments TNS won eight times and lost two as well. Sabah FK won nine times, drew one and lost zero of their last 10 games away from home. Sabah FK struck a rich vein of form some weeks back, as they are now without defeat in nothing less than 16 away matches in a row.
Both teams to score
TNS scored the first goal in seven out of their last ten games. Impressively, Sabah FK scored the first goal in eight out of previous ten games. TNS have been ready from the outset, scoring the opening goal no less than seven times in their previous 10 outings. Sabah FK scored the first goal of the game in eight of their last 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in six of TNS’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.1 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Sabah FK, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of two times goals per game themselves.
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