Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round between Olimpija and Ludogorets. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Ludogorets have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
These are busy days for the host team, as they played only three days ago in the 1. SNL. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rogaska, was also a home game here at Stadion Stožice. The away team is better rested.
Olimpija form and stats
Action has already taken place for Olimpija in Champions League as they have defeated Valmiera / BSS to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Olimpija have to build on here at Stadion Stožice in the 1. SNL. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Olimpija has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Olimpija's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Rogaska. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Olimpija played a great game against Rogaska and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Ludogorets (Champions League).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olimpija as they are travelling to their away game against Radomlje in the 1. SNL. That match is four days after this one.
Olimpija has scored {5 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Ludogorets form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated KF Ballkani in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Dinamo Zagreb.As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Ludogorets have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far. Total Champions League statistics for Ludogorets: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Ludogorets delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Olimpija in their previous match; a Champions League duel.
Before that, Ludogorets secured a home win against Etar with the score 5-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Parva Liga trip to Botev Vratsa.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ludogorets has managed {1 goals} and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Ludogorets - Olimpija 1-1 was the outcome when these sides previously did battle, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Fadida 3 goals |   B. Tekpetey 2 goals | D. Yankov 2 goals |
Olimpija missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| Olimpija | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 45 | 30 | Scored | S | 20 | 56 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.5 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 10 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Koper | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Olimpija | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Maribor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Bravo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Domzale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Celje | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Aluminij | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Radomlje | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| 10 | Rogaska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Beroe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Hebar 1918 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ludogorets | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Botev Vratsa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Levski Krumovgrad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Slavia Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Arda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | OFK Pirin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Etar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
