Ferencvaros vs Qarabag Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Champions League | Playoffs

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Both of these sides will believe that it is a massive overperformance to reach the league phase of the UEFA Champions League as they face off in the playoffs this weekend.

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Key Stats

• The only previous UEFA matches between these teams were in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round when Qarabağ progressed to the play-off round with a 4-2 aggregate victory (1-1 h, 3-1 a). Ferencváros have never faced another team from Azerbaijan and those are Qarabağ’s only previous fixtures against a Hungarian opponent.
• Ferencváros are aiming for a third appearance in the UEFA Champions League proper. They previously participated in the group stage in 1995/96, and most recently, in 2020/21 when they progressed through the play-off round with a victory on away goals against Molde (3-3 a, 0-0 h).
• Ferencváros last featured in the UEFA Champions League play-off round in 2021/22 when they lost out 4-6 on aggregate against Young Boys (2-3 a, 2-3 h).
• Ferencváros won a seventh successive Hungarian league title last season
• The Ferencváros coach is Robbie Keane – the Republic of Ireland’s national team most capped player and top scorer with 68 goals in 146 appearances
• Ferencváros are unbeaten in four UEFA Champions League qualifying matches this season (W3 D1).
• Ferencváros have won their last six UEFA competition home matches.
• Ferencváros forward Barnabás Varga has scored four goals in four appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifying this season.
• Qarabağ are aiming to reach the UEFA Champions League proper for the second time, with their previous appearance being in the 2017/18 campaign. They are the only Azerbaijani team to have participated in the group stage/league phase of the competition.
• Qarabağ have lost their last two UEFA Champions League play-off ties since they reached the 2017/18 group stage with a victory on away goals against Copenhagen (1-0 h, 1-2 a). Their most recent appearance at this stage of the competition was last season when they lost 0-5 on aggregate against GNK Dinamo (0-3 a, 0-2 h).
• Qarabağ have won all their four UEFA Champions League qualifying matches this season, with only one goal conceded (F10 A1).
• Qarabağ have scored in the first half in all their four UEFA Champions League qualifying matches this season.

Ferencvaros vs Qarabag prediction

Under the management of former Maccabi Tel-Aviv boss Robbie Keane, Ferencvaros come into this one on the back of a 2-1 defeat at home to Puskas Akademia in their most recent outing at the weekend. The Hungarian champions hammered Ludogorets Razgrad in the previous round to reach this stage of the competition.

They now face a Qarabag side that hammered North Macedonian champions Shkendija by six goals to one on aggregate in the third qualifying round. The Azeri champions had previously hammered Irish champions Shelbourne by four goals to nil. They have been very impressive against fairly poor opposition thus far.

With their home advantage, siding with Ferencvaros against what is a fun Qarabag side would appear a good bet for this one, albeit it should be quite entertaining.

Ferencvaros vs Qarabag tip: Ferencvaros to win & both teams to score