It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are KF Ballkani and Ludogorets

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 11.Jul
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri (16200 seats)

It's game one of two in the Champions League as KF Ballkani host Ludogorets. This is a 1st Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

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KF Ballkani form and stats

Last season, KF Ballkani's Champions League journey ended in the 1st qualifying round against Zalgiris.

KF Ballkani are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri. 11 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 18 games.

Ballkani drew their last game, 0-0 away at Gjilani.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ferizaj.

The KF Ballkani fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 18 league matches. From these home matches, KF Ballkani have conceded only 16 goals.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets was sent out of Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Dinamo Zagreb turned out to be too strong.

It's the second away game in a row for Ludogorets, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Cherno More last time out.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Levski Sofia in the Parva Liga.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ludogorets manager Bogdanov as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Levski Krumovgrad.

Head 2 Head

KF Ballkani missing players

Ludogorets missing players

KF Ballkani Ludogorets
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
12 6   Won W   8 19
11 5   Drew D   2 3
2 0   Lost L   1 3
44 22   Scored S   20 49
23 9   Conceded C   8 21
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
80% 91%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 68%
40% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 60%
24% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 28%
12% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
56% 64%   BTTS BTTS   55% 56%
40% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 40%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   9% 8%
 
2.6 2.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 6
2.1 1.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.2
0.4 0.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.5 2.6
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
7.3 8.6   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 13.5
2.8 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 5.3
61% 68%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 37%
 
4.4 3.6   Shots against (avg) S A   8.6 6.7
2 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.6 2.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KF Ballkani 36 20 13 3 62 32 18 11 5 2 31 16 18 9 8 1 31 16 30 73
2 Drita 36 20 10 6 63 31 18 13 2 3 38 13 18 7 8 3 25 18 32 70
3 Gjilani 36 13 15 8 34 34 18 7 8 3 19 16 18 6 7 5 15 18 0 54
4 Dukagjini 36 14 8 14 41 37 18 8 4 6 24 14 18 6 4 8 17 23 4 50
5 Prishtina 36 12 12 12 46 36 18 6 6 6 27 20 18 6 6 6 19 16 10 48
6 Malisheva 36 12 10 14 52 52 18 6 5 7 27 26 18 6 5 7 25 26 0 46
7 KF Llapi 36 11 10 15 44 50 18 6 5 7 25 25 18 5 5 8 19 25 -6 43
8 Ferizaj 36 10 11 15 31 50 18 8 6 4 20 21 18 2 5 11 11 29 -19 41
9 Trepca'89 36 10 10 16 46 62 18 7 7 4 24 20 18 3 3 12 22 42 -16 40
10 Drenica 36 6 5 25 27 62 18 2 4 12 12 28 18 4 1 13 15 34 -35 23

Read more about Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.