Ludogorets host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Play-offs game. Žalgiris will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Vilniaus LFF stadionas before the return leg in 10 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Žalgiris have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A Lyga game only four days ago. That game, against Trakai, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Žalgiris.
Ludogorets form and stats
Ludogorets was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.As mentioned below, Ludogorets are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Parva Liga games.
The followers hope that Ludogorets will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the Champions League fixture against Dinamo Zagreb.
Erik lost again Ludogorets are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 0 and lost 1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ludogorets at home in the league. 7 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Žalgiris form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Mura.The away performances of Žalgiris have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the A Lyga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
It's the second away game in a row for Žalgiris, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Trakai last time out. As mentioned above, Žalgiris was the only team on the pitch versus Trakai in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
It's not easy to score on Žalgiris as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings with these participants: Ludogorets won one, Žalgiris triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  R. de Oliveira 9 goals | F. Kyeremeh 6 goals | M. Milićković 4 goals |
Ludogorets missing players
Žalgiris missing players
| Ludogorets | Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 54 | 33 | Scored | S | 32 | 49 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 15.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 42% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | ||
| 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Cherno More | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Ludogorets | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Arda | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Levski Sofia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | Hebar 1918 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Beroe | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Septemvri Sofia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 15 | Botev Plovdiv | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -12 | 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 | Hegelmann Litauen | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 33 | 47 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Trakai | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Suduva | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | Kauno Zalgiris | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | FA Siauliai | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Banga | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 21 |
| 9 | Dziugas Telsiai | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -21 | 14 |
| 10 | Jonava | 23 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 39 | -66 | 2 |
