Sabah FA of Azerbaijan beat Slavia Praha 2-0 in UEFA Champions League

Sabah FA of Azerbaijan secured an important 2-0 win over visitors Slavia Praha in a match played as part of the second round of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League, broadcast on the beIN SPORTS network, kicking off at 19:45 Damascus time.

Kaheem Anthony Parris opened the scoring for Sabah FA in the 49th minute, before Joy-Lance Mickels added the second goal in the 88th minute to settle the result in favour of the host team.

The match saw no red cards, while Sabah FA received 3 yellow cards compared to two yellow cards for Slavia Praha. The match was officiated by referee Sebastian Gishamer.

In terms of statistics, Slavia Praha dominated possession with 55 percent compared to 45 percent for Sabah FA, while the Czech side recorded 18 shots compared to 12 for their hosts, including 8 shots on target for the visitors against 6 for the hosts. The expected goals rate stood at 1.74 for Slavia Praha compared to 1.24 for Sabah FA.

Kaheem Anthony Parris won the man of the match award after playing 73 minutes and scoring a goal, achieving a rating of 8.2.

According to the standings table after this round, Slavia Praha sit in 23rd place with 0 points from one match, having lost it after scoring two goals and conceding 3 goals, while Sabah FA sit in 34th place with 0 points from one match, also having lost it after scoring 0 goals and conceding 4 goals.