19:55

The starting lineups have been announced for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first-leg match between Azerbaijan's Qarabag and Iceland's Vestri in Baku.

Axar.az reports, citing UEFA's official website, that the match will kick off at 20:00 at the Tofig Bahramov Republic Stadium.

Qarabag:
99. Mateusz Kochalski, 2. Mateus Silva, 4. Varkonyi, 5. Bruno Langa, 8. Marko Jankovic, 10. Abdellah Zoubir, 11. Zakaria Sawo, 20. Kady Borges, 21. Oleksii Kashchuk, 35. Pedro Bicalho, 55. Badavi Huseynov.

Head coach: Gurban Gurbanov

Vestri:

1. Marvin Steinarsson, 3. Edson, 6. Ibrahima Balde, 10. Tordur Gunnar Hafthorsson, 12. Thibang Phete, 15. Arnar Svavarsson, 17. Gunnar Jonas Hauksson, 22. Elmar Gardarsson, 23. Breki Hermannsson, 29. Konstantin Cheshmedzhiev.

Head coach: Daniel Osafo-Badu

It should be noted that the second leg will be played in Iceland on July 16.

***

The match kicked off at 20:00 Baku time.

***

The scoring has been opened in the match between Qarabag and Iceland's Vestri.

The Azerbaijani side took the lead.

Zakaria Sawo scored in the 30th minute.

***

The first half of the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round match between Qarabag and Iceland's Vestri has ended.

The Azerbaijani side went into the break with a 2-0 lead.

Zakaria Sawo scored in the 30th minute, while Abdellah Zoubir added the second goal in stoppage time (45+2).

***

The Azerbaijani side extended its lead to 3-0.

Renaldo Cephas scored in the 86th minute.

***

Qarabag defeated Vestri 3-0.

The second leg will be played on July 17. The winner of the tie will face the winner of the Glentoran (Northern Ireland) vs. RFS (Latvia) matchup in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.