Ludogorets take on the visitors Sutjeska in the first leg of round of 16 in UEFA Champions League qualification. The match will be played on Tuesday, July 5th at Huvepharma Arena (Razgrad).
Ludogorets only gain a foothold in the status of a symbol of Bulgarian football. Orlite is a relatively young project. In 2010, this team was acquired by a local oligarch, Domuschiev. And after 2 years they took the first champion title. No one else was allowed to get close to the “gold”, and in the spring it was already the 11th such trophy in a row. And again, without much struggle, because CSKA fell behind in the end by 12 points. For a long time already, the result of performances in European competitions in Razgrad has become a measure of the success of the season. In 2014 and 2016, the Bulgarians made their way to the main round of the Champions League. But basically it was not possible to win the qualification ever since, and Ludogorets moved to the Europa League.
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Sutjeska was able to regain her status as the best in Montenegro. "White-blue" recorded the 5th league title. Victory in 2022 interrupted a 3-year streak of no major success. And only in the spring it turned out to bypass Budućnost in this dispute. An excellent result from a little-known mentor, Milia Savovic, allowed to return to the Champions League. There, the team, however, is not particularly successful, and, as a rule, gets kicked out after the first round. In 2018, they were knocked out by Astana, a year later - by Slovan from Bratislava, however, they already reached a penalty shoot-out after a couple of 1-1 draws. Sutjeska only played in the Conference League last year. And at least there was success at the 1st stage, having passed Gagra. But after the Georgians, there was a more experienced Maccabi, and, drawing a home meeting, Sutjeska lost in Tel Aviv 1-3.
Over the past decade, Ludogorets has turned into a team that can claim the status of a regular in European cups, at least in the autumn part. But with Sutjeska there were no matches before the Bulgarians. Sutjeska is not hopeless, but frankly they were unlucky with the draw - the opponent is very strong. We bet on the victory of Ludogorets with a handicap of "-2 goals"
Prediction for the match: Ludogorets to win with -1.0 handicap.
