Malmo have a mountain to climb if they are to reach the league phase of the UEFA Champions League this season as they prepare to face Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic on Tuesday.
An own goal from Jens Stryger Larsen and an effort from Matej Rynes saw Sparta win 2-0 at Eleda Stadion in their play-off first leg.
Sparta Prague v Malmo is available to watch on TNT Sports 1 for UK viewers.
Sparta Prague v Malmo will kick-off at 20:00 BST on Tuesday 26th August at the epet ARENA in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sparta’s 2-0 win in the first leg was their second victory in three previous meetings with Swedish giants Malmo.
Malmo have only managed one win in their last seven away games in the UEFA Champions League.
Prague are unbeaten in their last 11 competitive home games, with their last defeat at epet ARENA coming back in March 2024, when they lost 5-1 to Liverpool.
Sparta Prague wins | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
Malmo wins | 1 |
*H2H stats refer to all competitions.
Imanol Garcia, Roman Mokrovics and David Pavelka are all set to miss Tuesday's game due to injury.
After making several changes for Saturday's league game, Sparta boss Lars Friis is likely to revert back to the same XV that started the first leg in Malmo.
Niklas Moisander, Anton Tinnerholm and Stefano Vecchia remain sidelined for Malmo due to injury.
Nils Zatterstrom, Sebastian Nanasi, Sergio Pena and Isaac Kiese Thelin were dropped to the bench on Saturday but are set to return to the starting line-up.