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Sabah and Slavia Prague have announced their starting lineups for today’s UEFA Champions League stage-phase match.

Axar.az reports that the second-round fixture is scheduled to kick off at 20:45.

Sabah: Stas Pokatilov (captain), Steve Solvet, Aiden McCarthy, Akim Zedadka, Timoteusz Puchacz, Umarali Rakhmonaliyev, Ivan Lepinica, Du Queiroz, Kahim Parris, Veljko Simic and Joy-Lance Mickels.

Substitutes: Amin Ramazanov, Ravan Mirzammadov, Rahman Dashdamirov, Abdullah Khaibulaev, Christian Nwachukwu, Aleksey Isayev, Rauf Rustamli, Tellur Mutallimov, Erivaldo Almeida, Xander Severina, Rodrigo Fernandes and Patrick Mbina.

Slavia Prague: Markovic, N’Guessan, Holes (captain), Zima, Sadilek, Moses, Vichek, Sturm, Chory, Ayaosi and Provod.

Substitutes: Domkach, Rezek, Kubiak, Chytil, Isife, Suleyman, Diakite, Novak, Barcot, Kotrba and Potmesil.

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The match kicked off at 20:45 Baku time.

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In the 17th minute, Sabah player Kahim Parris found the back of the net, but the goal was disallowed.

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Parris opened the scoring in the 49th minute: 1-0.

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Mikels scored his second goal in the 87th minute to make it 2-0.

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The Azerbaijani champions secured a 2-0 victory over Czech side Slavia Prague at Baku Olympic Stadium.

The win made Sabah the first Azerbaijani team to defeat a Czech club in the Champions League league phase and marked the first such victory for an Azerbaijani representative overall.

Sabah lost 4-0 to Manchester United in England in their opening match. Valdas Dambrauskas' side will face Borussia Dortmund of Germany on October 20.