On “Ljudski vrt”, Maribor will receive a visit from Ludogorets Razgarad on Thursday in the return leg of the Europa League play-off.
The duel in Slovenia resumes from the score of 0-0, but a lying result considering the reality in the field. The last party one week from Razgrad ran in one direction, towards the Slovenian gate, but they managed to escape without a goal, despite the Bulgarians’ attempt to try Piric’s gate from any position, with the goal scoring opportunity being 28-6, the one of the shots on the gate of 7-0 and the one of the shots near the gate of 17-4.
In Bulgaria, the Slovenes defended themselves and resisted heroically in front of the Ludogorets jure, considering that they also played in numerical inferiority more than 30 minutes after Hotic was eliminated in the 57th minute for the yellow card.
We recall that after the unexpected elimination of the Champions League following the double sustained with Ferencvaros, Keșeru, Moți & co performed in the Europa League until the confrontation on their own ground from the Europa League play-off tour with Maribor. The champion of Bulgaria had fun with the Welsh from TNS winning the general score of 9-0 (5-0 / 4-0) the match that counted for the third leg of the Europa League.
On the other side like Maribor, Ludogorets continues in the Europa League after being eliminated from the Champions League. Compared to Ludogorets, Maribor left the Champions League after the third round following a double with Rosenborg after a symmetrical 1-3.
The team that will win this doubles match will be in the ballot box at the draw for the Europa League groups.
It is hard to believe that we will again see a scoreless match in Slovenia between Maribor and Ludogorets just as it was a week ago in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian champion is clearly favored in qualifying and it would be a huge surprise not to get her.
PREDICTION: Ludogorets to win @ 2,10
