The first leg ended Ludogorets-Žalgiris 1-0. All is set for the decider in this Europa League Play-offs fixture!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 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.
Žalgiris form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Mura.Žalgiris are steadily winning A Lyga games and points here at Vilniaus LFF stadionas. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
A nice win for Žalgiris last time playing, versus Jonava. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Tadic (2) and Oliveira scoring for the victors.
There will be little rest for Žalgiris after this match as they are travelling to Hegelmann Litauen for a A Lyga game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Žalgiris in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Žalgiris have conceded only 7 goals.
Ludogorets form and stats
Ludogorets was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.Ludogorets are happy with their away performances in the Parva Liga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
The Ludogorets goalkeeper Simon Sluga is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Ludogorets, whose coach Šimundža could celebrate last time after the win against OFK Pirin. As mentioned above, Ludogorets was the only team on the pitch versus OFK Pirin in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ludogorets manager Šimundža as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cherno More.
Ludogorets are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Žalgiris and Ludogorets have faced off earlier this season: Ludogorets - Žalgiris 1-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Žalgiris victory, zero draws and two Ludogorets wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 2 red cards from the last three encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. de Oliveira 10 goals | F. Kyeremeh 6 goals |  J. Tadic 6 goals |
Žalgiris missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| Žalgiris | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 52 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.9 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | ||
| 7.8 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Žalgiris | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Hegelmann Litauen | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 33 | 48 |
| 3 | Panevezys | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Suduva | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Trakai | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Kauno Zalgiris | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 7 | FA Siauliai | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 34 |
| 8 | Banga | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -18 | 21 |
| 9 | Dziugas Telsiai | 25 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -21 | 15 |
| 10 | Jonava | 24 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 42 | -68 | 2 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Cherno More | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Ludogorets | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Arda | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Botev Vratsa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Septemvri Sofia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Hebar 1918 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 13 | Beroe | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 15 | Botev Plovdiv | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | -15 | 1 |
