Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Play-offs between Ajax and Ludogorets. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Parva Liga.
Ajax form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the knockout round play-offs against Union Berlin.When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Ajax have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
Ajax are returning here after guesting Ludogorets in a Europa League fixture and winning with a 4-1 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Excelsior that finished 2-2.The manager Steijn will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fortuna Sittard in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ajax at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Ludogorets form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Astana in order to reach play-offs of Europa League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.Ludogorets are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Parva Liga, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 1W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.
Ludogorets had fun at their own home (Johan Cruijff Arena) last time out, beating Beroe 5-0. Delev, Vidal, Piotrowski, Tekpetey and Russo scored. As you can tell from the results above, Ludogorets was very dominant against Beroe, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Delev, Vidal, Piotrowski, Tekpetey and Russo providing the goals.
The fixture earlier was the Europa League-battle against Ajax, a home loss (1-4).
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 three days, this time against CSKA 1948 Sofia.
4 goals have been conceded by Ludogorets in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged meeting featuring both these sides is the Ludogorets - Ajax 1-4 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Tekpetey 3 goals |   S. Bergwijn 2 goals |  F. Russo Panos 2 goals |
Ajax missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| Ajax | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 19 | 55 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 7.5 | 8.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 15.7 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 14.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | NEC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Almere City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 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 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Cherno More | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Beroe | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Ludogorets | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
| 5 | Levski Krumovgrad | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Hebar 1918 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Arda | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 6 |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 14 | Slavia Sofia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | OFK Pirin | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
| 16 | Etar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 1 |
