🇦🇿 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)
Outcome called ✓ (score off)
Final result: 5–2 · Tipped scorers hit: 1/2
Goals: Igor Zlatanović (Hapoel Beer-Sheva, 10') · Christian Nwachukwu (Sabah, 38') · Guy Mizrahi (Hapoel Beer-Sheva, 61') · Umarali Rakhmonaliev (Sabah, 74') · Tellur Mutallimov (Sabah, 90') · Patrick Orphe M'Bina (Sabah, 101') · Joy-Lance Mickels (Sabah, 115')
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.