Virtus vs Zrinjski Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Champions League Qualifying | First Qualifying Round
by Alex Lawes ·
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Virtus are back in the UEFA Champions League once again for the 2025/26 campaign, as they prepare to take on Bosnian champions Zrinjski Mostar this week.
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Virtus vs Zrinjski prediction
Sammarinese champions Virtus hadn’t ever won the league in San Marino, but they have now won back-to-back titles. Last season, their reward was an 11-1 aggregate loss to Romanian giants FCSB before losing to Flora Tallinn in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
They now face a Zrinjski side that, coached by Mario Ivankovic, are the record nine-time Bosnian champions but, after a season as runners’ up to Borac Banja Luka, they returned to the top-of-the-table last season. They have made it to the group stages of European competition in the past when they did so in he UECL in 2023/24.
Virtus have become the dominant side in San Marino but there remains a gulf to the rest of Europe and a comfortable Zrinjski victory is to be expected for this first-leg this week.
Virtus vs Zrinjski tip: Zrinjski to win -1 handicap
