Ludogorets have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against LASK Linz. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's no vacation for neither LASK nor Ludogorets as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ludogorets have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
LASK Linz form and stats
LASK Linz was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Europa League. Manchester United was too strong.Perfect Tipico Bundesliga season at home so far for LASK Linz 3 wins from 3 appearances. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for LASK Linz. LASK Linz are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
LASK's last game was hosting St. Polten and winning 4-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tottenham Hotspur (0-3).
As mentioned above, LASK "killed" St. Polten in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does LASK handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and one defeat.
There will be little rest for LASK after this match as they are travelling to Sturm Graz for a Tipico Bundesliga game in only three days.
LASK are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Linzer Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, LASK have only let in 1 goal at home.
Ludogorets form and stats
Ludogorets's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals.Playing away, Ludogorets have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Parva Liga this season.
Two travels in a row for Ludogorets, whose manager P. Vrba could celebrate last time after the Parva Liga win against Montana. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Antwerp.
Ludogorets are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ludogorets are hosting Levski Sofia in the Parva Liga only three days away.
The Ludogorets manager P. Vrba has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Ludogorets in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Marín Escavy 4 goals | A. Menezes Santana 3 goals |  C. Keșerü 3 goals |
LASK Linz missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| LASK Linz | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 46 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 60 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 366 | 198 | Total Shots | T S | 117 | 272 | ||
| 140 | 80 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 125 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ludogorets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | LASK Linz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Salzburg | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Rapid Vienna | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | St. Polten | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Wattens | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 9 | Admira | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 | Wolfsberger AC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Ried | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Beroe | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Arda | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Tsarsko selo | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Botev Vratsa | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Levski Sofia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Montana | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 7 |
| 14 | Etar | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -17 | 2 |