This is the first of two legs for both sides to try and make it into the prestigious UEFA Champions League. Both Sparta Prague and FC FCSB have made it past the previous rounds but will face each other in this important Round 3 match.

Sparta Prague

Sparta Prague are currently top of the league with a two point gap after three games as they are the only team in the Chance Liga to have won all three matches. Winning both home and away, they knocked out Shamrock Rovers to see themselves into the next round of qualifying. 6-2 overall on aggregate will worry their opponents who were not as convincing in their progression efforts.

The Czech side have played 46 games in the Champions League, massively outweighing FC FCSB’s inexperience in the competition. They also featured in the Europa League last season but were ultimately sent home in the Round of 16 by European competitions giants Liverpool through a 2-11 hammering aggregate score.

FC FCSB

After a shaky two legs, FC FCSB were 2-1 aggregate victors over Maccabi Tel Aviv, getting it done in the second leg. Domestically and it is not going as well. They have played three games in Liga 1 and are positioned in 14th place out of 16 having drawn two games and losing the other.

Steaua București, as they are also known, have actually won this competition before way back in the 1985/86 season when it was called the European Cup but the reigning Romanian league champions have not seen nearly the same amount of success since.

What’s the tip?

Our prediction for this match is for Slavia Prague to Win. They come into this game with the much greater form and with them not having lost in their last six games, it is hard not tot root against them when they face a team that struggled to make it to Round 3 in comparison.

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