International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Ludogorets and Crvena Zvezda are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither Ludogorets nor Crvena Zvezda 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 form and stats
Last season, Ludogorets's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.The complete Parva Liga stats playing at home this season for Ludogorets are 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Lokomotiv Plovdiv game Ludogorets has been unbeatable here at Huvepharma Arena producing five straight wins.
A nice win for Ludogorets last time playing, versus Botev Vratsa. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Pieros Sotiriou (2) and Bernard Tekpetey scoring for the victors.
In the game before, an away victory in the Bulgarian Cup match versus Spartak Varna with a 1-0 scoreline.There will be little rest for Ludogorets after this match as they are travelling to Levski Sofia for a Parva Liga game in only three days.
Ludogorets always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Huvepharma Arena with 13 goals in 4 league games. As for guarding their own goal, Ludogorets have only let in 1 goal at home.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals, when Milan drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Liga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Total Europa League statistics for Crvena Zvezda: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for Crvena as they haven't lost any of their last 48 games.
Crvena play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Novi Pazar. As mentioned above, Crvena was the only team on the pitch versus Novi Pazar in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 1-1 draw at Partizan's stadium before that.A new game in only three days for Crvena, the Super Liga home match versus Metalac GM. Busy days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 10 goals in 4 league games away this season. Crvena are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous three meetings with these squads: Ludogorets won one, Crvena Zvezda triumphed in one and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Katai 6 goals |   E. Manu 3 goals |  P. Soteriou 3 goals |
Ludogorets missing players
Crvena Zvezda missing players
| Ludogorets | Crvena Zvezda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 50 | 36 | Scored | S | 21 | 61 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 16.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 7 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 | Ludogorets | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Botev Plovdiv | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Beroe | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Arda | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Botev Vratsa | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 10 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Levski Sofia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Tsarsko selo | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 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 | Partizan | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 30 | 28 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Backa Topola | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Cukaricki | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Napredak | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Vojvodina | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Radnički Kragujevac | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 8 | Vozdovac | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Radnicki Nis | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Spartak Subotica | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 11 | Metalac GM | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Proleter Novi Sad | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 13 | Radnik Surdulica | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Kolubara | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 15 | Novi Pazar | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 7 |
| 16 | Mladost Lucani | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 5 |