A thrilling Champions League qualifying tie between Borac Banja Luka and PAOK reaches its conclusion at the Gradski Stadion on Wednesday. The hosts have a narrow deficit to make up from the first leg, but their visitors will know that there is still all to play for in this one.

PAOK fended off the threat of Borac Banja Luka to claim a 3-2 victory in Wednesday's contest at the Toumba Stadium. A first-half double from Konstantinos Koulierakis put Razvan Lucescu's men 1-0 and 2-1 up, but they were pegged back on either occasion by Sebastian Herrera and Enver Kulasin before William Troost-Ekong decided the game five minutes into the second period.

That snapped a four-game losing streak for the Greek champions since they kicked off their pre-season campaign with a 2-1 win over AEK Laranca. Coming up next is a crucial clash for Dikefalos tou Vorra in their quest to make it through to Europe's premier club competition for the first time ever.

Having managed just one win from seven away outings leading up to this one, Wednesday's visitors have work to do ahead of a tough assignment on the road.

Borac Banja Luka gave a good account of themselves on their trip to Thessaloniki last time out, despite ultimately being unable to avoid defeat. Mladen Zizovic's men had their backs against the wall for large spells of the contest and could have easily been blown away but for a combination of defensive solidity and superb counter-attacking play.

Nonetheless, Crveno-plavi will be in good spirits with 90 minutes still left to play in what remains a finely-poised continental tie. Unbeaten in eight of their last nine matches on home turf, Wednesday's hosts now go in search of a much-needed win in front of their fans four days before domestic action gets underway this weekend.

Off the back of his double in the first leg, PAOK's Konstantinos Koulierakis is definitely one to keep an eye on. Tarik Tissoudali could be handed his first appearance for the home side here having recently completed a switch from Belgian side Gent. Borac Banja Luka's Enver Kulasin will be keen to pick up where he left off after finally opening his account for the season last time out. Latest arrival Dino Skorup was thrown into the thick of things in next to no time as he made his full debut against PAOK and the Croatian is expected to retain his starting berth. Based on the evidence of last week's meeting, Borac Banja Luka and PAOK are on course to serve up another exciting matchup and backing the visitors to come out on top and complete the job.

周三，巴尼亚卢卡和PAOK在格拉斯基球场展开了一场惊心动魄的欧冠预选赛。主队在首回合的比赛中有一个很小的差距需要弥补，但他们的客队将知道，在这场比赛中还有很多事情要做。

周三在通巴球场举行的比赛中，PAOK抵挡住了巴尼亚卢卡的威胁，以3-2获胜。上半场，库利拉基斯的梅开二度让卢塞斯库的球队以1比0和2比1领先，但他们两次都被埃雷拉和库拉辛反击，直到下半场开始5分钟，威廉姆·特罗斯特-埃孔决定了比赛。

这结束了希腊冠军在季前赛以2-1战胜拉兰卡AEK后的四连败。接下来对迪克法洛斯和沃拉来说是一场关键的比赛，他们将寻求首次进入欧洲顶级俱乐部的比赛。

在这场比赛之前的七场客场比赛中只取得了一场胜利，周三的客队在客场的艰难任务之前还有很多工作要做。

巴尼亚卢卡队在上次的塞萨洛尼基之旅中表现出色，尽管最终未能避免失败。在比赛的大部分时间里，齐佐维奇的队员们都是背靠着墙，如果不是防守稳固和出色的反击配合，他们很容易就会被吹走。

尽管如此，克拉维诺-普拉维在剩下90分钟的比赛中仍将保持良好的精神状态。在最近的9场主场比赛中，他们保持了8场不败，周三的东道主现在要在他们的球迷面前寻求一场急需的胜利，而四天之后，本周末的国内比赛就要开始了。

在首回合梅开二度后，PAOK的库利拉基斯绝对是一个值得关注的人。塔里克·蒂苏达利最近刚刚从比利时根特转会过来，他可能会在主场首次出场。巴尼亚卢卡的库拉辛将会在上个赛季打开自己的账户后，继续他的工作。新加盟的斯科鲁普在对阵PAOK的比赛中完成了处子秀，很快就被投入到比赛中，克罗地亚人有望保住他的首发位置。根据上周会面的证据，巴尼亚卢卡和PAOK将会上演另一场激动人心的比赛，并支持客队取得胜利并完成任务。