FK Viktoria Plzen vs Sheriff Tiraspol Predictions

• Viktoria Plzen have won six of their last seven home games with three or more goals
• Sheriff have won just once in eight away European clashes
• Plzen are unbeaten in 36 home fixtures

Viktoria Plzen playing at fortress Doosan Arena

Czech champions Viktoria Plzen are looking to reach the Champions League group stages for a fourth time, and with a 2-1 lead from the first leg of this tie, they have a huge chance of progressing to the play-off.

Michal Bílek’s side are unbeaten in five competitive games this season, winning four and drawing one, while they are also unbeaten on home soil in 36 matches, stretching back to February 2021.

Six of their last seven at the Doosan Arena have ended in victory with three or more goals, while 16 of their 21 Champions League home fixtures have also contained in excess of two strikes.

Sheriff have a mountain to climb

That defeat in the first leg of this tie means Sheriff are really up against it going into the reverse fixture, and a record of just one win in their last eight European away matches provides little confidence.

True, that victory did come at the Bernabeu against Real Madrid (2-1), but it was an outlier in a Champions League campaign that saw them win just two of their six group matches.

They generally tend to get themselves a goal though, netting in 10 of their last 12 on the road, five of which have contained three or more goals.

I predict that Viktoria Plzen will win this tie with three or more goals in the game, selecting, once again, 2-1 as a correct score prediction.