It's game one of two in the Europa League as Astana host Ludogorets. This is a 3rd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This looks to be an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Astana form and stats
Astana have performed here at Astana Arena this season with 6 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
Astana haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 193 minutes ago. Darboe scored that one.
Astana's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 0-2 versus Dinamo Zagreb (in Champions League).
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Kyzyl-Zhar.A decent goal production from Astana in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Ludogorets form and stats
Ludogorets was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.Things could have gone better for Ludogorets in their Parva Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ludogorets goalkeeper Sergio Padt is eager to challenge this, with his 202 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two trips in a row for Ludogorets, whose manager Bogdanov could celebrate last time after the win against Botev Vratsa. As you can tell from the results above, Ludogorets was very dominant against Botev Vratsa, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Son, Naressi, Cruz, Despodov and Witry providing the goals.
A loss, in the Champions League away at Olimpija, before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting CSKA Sofia in just three days.
It's early days yet, but Ludogorets has scored 6 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Aymbetov 6 goals | D. Darboe 3 goals |  M. Tomasov 3 goals |
Astana missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| Astana | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 23 | 56 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 24% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ordabasy | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 42 |
| 2 | Astana | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Kairat | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Tobol | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Atyrau | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | Kaisar | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Maqtaaral | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Okzhetpes | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Kaspiy | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 14 |
| 14 | Aksu | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 11 |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Ludogorets | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Beroe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 8 | Arda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Hebar 1918 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Levski Krumovgrad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 Vratsa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 14 | Botev Plovdiv | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
| 15 | OFK Pirin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 16 | Etar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
