Spurs Favourites to Triumph in Bulgaria
Ludogorets vs Tottenham - 05/11/2020
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The 2020/21 UEFA Europa League continues this week and in Group J, Tottenham Hotspur travel to Bulgaria to take on Ludogorets Razgrad.
The match will be played at the Ludogorets Arena, with the hosts bottom of the group, yet to get off the mark and the visitors in second place on 3 points.
Ludogorets come into the game having tasted a 4-3 defeated at LASK last time out in the Europa League. It was an exciting game and Ludogorets found themselves 4-1 down after 56 minutes of the match.
However, the Bulgarians came back strongly with goals in the 67th and 74th minute but could not force an equaliser in the final 15 minutes.
That was their second successive defeat in the group following the 2-1 loss at home against Antwerp, who are currently top of the group. Ludogorets opened the scoring just after half time but could not hold on and conceded two goals to lose the game.
Ludogorets remained top of the Bulgarian First League table on the weekend by defeating Levski Sofia 1-0 away from home.
Trends show Ludogorets have been struggling in the Europa League and they have won just 1 of their 9 most recent games in the competition.
They have been defeated in 4 of their last 5 matches in the Europa League and have lost 3 of their last 4 at home.
Tottenham Hotspur suffered a disappointing 1-0 defeat away from home at Antwerp last week. They fell behind in the 29th minute of the match and could not find the equaliser despite the introduction of their best players from the bench. However, Spurs had little trouble in defeating LASK at home in their opening game of the group, beating the Austrians 3-0.
Spurs moved up to second place in the Premier League on the weekend as they defeated Brighton 2-1 at home. With the score at 1-1, substitute Gareth Bale make the difference by coming off the bench to score the winning goal with his head.
Trends show Spurs have won 4 of their last 5 Europa League games and have managed to win 3 of those matches by 2 or more goals. However, they have won only 2 of their last 5 away Europa League matches and have conceded in each of their last 6 on the road.
Team news and Ludogorets will be counting on attacking wide player Elvis Manu for their attacking threat. The Dutch-born Ghanaian scored a hattrick at LASK last time out.
Tottenham Hotspur have just one player unavailable due to injury and Japhet Tanganga will miss out. It will be interesting to see who Jose Mourinho selects in his team following the defeat at Antwerp last week.
Ludogorets could make things tough for Spurs In this game, especially if the visitors decide to rest some of their key players. However, Mourinho will not accept another performance like last week and Spurs could come out on top with a narrow one goal victory.
Home team
Away team
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Correct score
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coef.
UEL
322939
2
0 - 1
2.33
9° 1.23
13.00
7.00
1.23
1
1
-1
1 - 3(0 - 2)