Ludogorets host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs game. Anderlecht will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stade Constant Vanden Stock before the return leg in 8 days.
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.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Pro League game only four days ago.
Ludogorets form and stats
21 points is a decent return from 9 Parva Liga games here at Huvepharma Arena for Ludogorets. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Ludogorets enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Spartak Varna's place. The match ended 2-1 with Despodov and Rodrigues scoring.
Preceding that fixture, a home victory against Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Ludogorets as they have a new game in only three days, a Parva Liga match thankfully also at home. Slavia Sofia are visiting.
Ludogorets can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. Defensively Ludogorets have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Anderlecht form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Silkeborg, West Ham United, FCSB, Paide and Young Boys in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa Conference League. Anderlecht's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the play-offs against Vitesse.Playing away, Anderlecht have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Anderlecht: 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Anderlecht are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the match against Sint-Truiden. The attacker Amuzu got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Amuzu served one assist, hit five key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at KV Oostende.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Anderlecht in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Anderlecht, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Pro League trip to Kortrijk.
Anderlecht have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Anderlecht have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Tissera 10 goals | B. Tekpetey 8 goals |  K. Despodov 6 goals |
Ludogorets missing players
Anderlecht missing players
| Ludogorets | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 31 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 32% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 15.4 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | ||
| 10 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 47 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 35 | 46 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 39 |
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Cherno More | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Levski Sofia | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 8 | Arda | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Beroe | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -19 | 16 |
| 13 | Septemvri Sofia | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 15 | Hebar 1918 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -26 | 12 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -25 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 37 | 62 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 26 | 56 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Gent | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 39 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 31 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -17 | 25 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 25 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 21 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -28 | 19 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -25 | 18 |
