Zalgiris take on the visitors Ludogorets at "LFF stadionas" in the first-leg clash of the 1/4 stage of the Qualification to the UEFA Champions League 2017/2018. The game will be played in Vilnius on Wednesday, July 12th.
In 2016 Zalgiris became the Lithuanian A Lyga champion. A new season in the elite division is in midstream at the moment and after 16 rounds the side is leading in the standings with 38 points earned and 29-10 goal difference being 10 points ahead of the closest chaser. In 2017 the Lithuanians conducted nine encounters in front of their supporters resulting in seven triumphs, one draw and one defeat.
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Last season Ludogorets got another champion's title of the Bulgarian Parva Liga: the team picked up 83 points with 87 goals for and 28 goals against in 36 clashes. At the moment there is a summer break between football seasons in Bulgaria, thus, "Орлите" participated only in friendly matches recording four victories, one draw and one loss in six games. None in Bulgaria is capable to play on equal with Ludogorets, consequently, their unbeaten run at away turfs counts for 17 encounters covering 12 triumphs with five draws and has been lasting since the 25th of October.
The opponents have never met before. Despite the away character of the fight, the Bulgarian champion demonstrates more solid performance and is quite able to solve a destiny of the two-leg battle in Lithuania by getting a runaway victory.
Prediction for the match: Ludogorets to win with -1.0 Asian handicap.
