It's game one of two in the Champions League as Malmö FF host Ludogorets. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Little time to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a Allsvenskan fixture only four days earlier. This match was also played here at Eleda Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Ludogorets have had more rest.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Riga, HJK and Rangers. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Malmö FF have performed here at Eleda Stadion this season with 5 wins from 7 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. 4W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Malmö FF.
The Malmö FF crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to IFK Göteborg here at Eleda Stadion in a Allsvenskan match. Midfielder Anders Christiansen was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Christiansen hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times. Heartbreak for Malmö in their last match as IFK Göteborg's T. Sana scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
In the game before, an away victory in the Champions League match versus Rangers with a 2-1 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Malmö handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and one defeat.
Goals are plentiful at Eleda Stadion in the league this season as Malmö has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. Malmö have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Ludogorets form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mura, Olympiakos Piraeus and Shakhtyor in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. Ludogorets's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Ludogorets playing as the away team in the Parva Liga this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-3D-0L. This is both home and away.
There were no winners in Ludogorets's previous match, a Champions League home game that ended 2-2 vs Olympiakos Piraeus (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties).
Before that, Ludogorets travelled to Olympiakos Piraeus and returned home with a draw after the Champions League game finished 1-1.We have checked recent matches where Ludogorets have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, one draw and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in just three days.
Ludogorets have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 8 goals |  V. Birmančević 6 goals |  S. Krukow Rieks 4 goals |
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| Malmö FF | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 50 | 30 | Scored | S | 20 | 49 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 72% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 15.8 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Djurgården | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | AIK | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Häcken | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Degerfors | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Varberg | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Sirius | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | Örebro | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 12 |
| 15 | Mjallby | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cherno More | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Botev Vratsa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Ludogorets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Beroe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Arda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | CSKA Sofia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | OFK Pirin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Levski Sofia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Tsarsko selo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
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