Partizan vs AEK Larnaca Tips & Preview - Thrilling second leg to produce goals

By Tolu Shotade

15 Jul 2025

Tolu Shotade 15 Jul 2025

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AEK Larnaca lead 1-0 against Partizan in UEFA qualifier.
Partizan eager to overturn deficit but have struggled recently.
Expected open contest with over 2.5 goals based on past encounters.

Partizan vs AEK Larnaca

AEK Larnaca will be looking to build on a 1-0 lead when they travel to Partizan for the second leg of their UEFA Europa League qualifier.

The visitors will come into the clash aiming to improve their advantage, while the hosts will be desperate to overturn the deficit. This could make for an open contest on Thursday, and goals can be expected here.

Partizan News

Despite suffering a defeat, Partizan will take a few positives from the performance in the first leg. They held their own for much of the contest and created a number of chances, but could not find the breakthrough.

While the performance showed promise, the result maintains Partizan's recent struggles in preseason, having now suffered three straight defeats. Home form has also not been particularly solid for Srdjan Blagojevic’s team, who are winless in five of their last seven matches across all competitions.

Partizan suffered a shutout in the first leg but usually show attacking quality, having scored in nine of their last 10 matches across all competitions. All nine fixtures in that run have also produced over 2.5 goals.

AEK Larnaca News

While there were a few nervy moments, AEK Larnaca were the slightly better side in the first leg. They saw more of the ball and had more chances to score, but had to settle for Enzo Cabrera's second-half effort.

That result is part of a solid run of form for Larnaca, who are unbeaten in nine of their last 10 matches across all competitions. However, Imanol Idiakez’s team have been a bit unconvincing on their travels and are winless in five of their last six away matches.

AEK Larnaca will go into Thursday's clash looking to improve their advantage and have scored first in three of their last four matches. Three of those four fixtures have also produced over 2.5 goals.

Head to Head

AEK Larnaca remain unbeaten in this fixture, with two wins and a draw from three previous matches against Partizan. Before last week's first leg, both teams met during the Europa League qualifiers in 2022, with the visitors earning a 2-1 home win in the first leg before playing out a 2-2 away draw in the second meeting.

Verdict

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With Partizan desperate to overturn the deficit and AEK Larnaca looking to build on their lead, an open contest is on the cards. Both teams have scored in two of their last three meetings, which produced over 2.5 goals, and a similar outcome is expected here.

AEK Larnaca will be targeting a fast start to set the tone for the match, and having scored first in three of their last four matches, could be backed to open the scoring here.

AEK Larnaca

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