Maccabi Tel Aviv vs LASK Linz Predictions

• Both sides boast identical six-game form across all competitions.
• Maccabi failed to keep clean sheets in five of their last seven home games.
• Both sides have an identical return in this group stage and drew 1-1 in the reverse.
• Both teams scored in four of LASK’s last five away games.

Maccabi to edge out a tight affair with home advantage

As far as examples of games that look tough to call come, this ranks right up there with the best of them! Not only have both teams recorded identical results in the group but they also come into this with identical form in all competitions. The only thing I could possibly split these sides on is the fact that Austria have a much higher UEFA coefficient ranking (#8) than Israel (#22), though I feel that does not make up for the thousands of miles (approximately 3,550) they have to travel to play this fixture.

Considering the above, I predict both teams to score as the main selection for this game. Whatever extra quality Linz may possess from playing in a tougher league is more than offset by the challenge of playing in a foreign country. Moreover, Maccabi Tel Aviv have won all five of their European home games this season while scoring 13 goals in the process, suggesting they may get one or two against LASK here as they try to assert their dominance in this group.