HJK have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Ludogorets. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
This football field has grass, which is not HJK's everyday surface at their own ground. When playing on grass HJK have performed like this: Played 28 matches yielding 15 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 44-34 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ludogorets form and stats
Ludogorets participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the group stage.The Parva Liga results at home this season for Ludogorets are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Ludogorets has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Ludogorets's last game was hosting CSKA Sofia and winning 2-1.
In the game before, 1-1 away to HJK (Europa League).
Ludogorets are traveling soon after this match as the Parva Liga match at Beroe awaits in four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ludogorets is on fire here. A stunning 16 from 5 league matches. Ludogorets have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
HJK form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Fenerbahce drew the shortest straw.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
HJK play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Haka.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home hosting Ludogorets in the Europa League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting KuPS in just three days.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other already this season, with the final score HJK - Ludogorets 1-1 registered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Tekpetey 5 goals | M. Tissera 5 goals |  C. Oliveira Souza 4 goals |
Ludogorets missing players
HJK missing players
| Ludogorets | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 56 | 30 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 28 | 7 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.9 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Betis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Roma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | HJK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 1948 Sofia | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 26 |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 6 | Cherno More | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Arda | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Beroe | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | Botev Vratsa | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Hebar 1918 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -18 | 10 |
| 14 | Septemvri Sofia | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | OFK Pirin | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -20 | 5 |
