Whether Sheriff can make lightning strike twice to reach the Champions League proper remains to be seen, but Tomas's side will expect to get off to a bright start in the qualification rounds here.
Even without Vernydub in charge and the ever-impressive Thill dictating play from the middle, the Moldovan champions should break Zrinjski's resistance with relative ease.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sheriff Tiraspol win with a probability of 39.48%. A win for Zrinjski Mostar had a probability of 34.74% and a draw had a probability of 25.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sheriff Tiraspol win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.42%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.57%) and 0-2 (6.6%). The likeliest Zrinjski Mostar win was 1-0 (8.72%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.22%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 6.7% likelihood.
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