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Ludogorets vs CSKA Moscow Prediction & Betting tips
In the first round in Group H of the Europa League, Bulgarian Ludogorets will play in-house against the Russian CSKA Moscow. Both teams seem risky again.
Ludogorets:
The Bulgarian Ludogorets is a bit like Shakhtar Donetsk in miniature: buy a handful of young Brazilians, win prizes, and make a profit by reselling them for a lot of money. In this way, De Adelaars already crowned Bulgarian national champions eight times in a row.
However, lately it has been rather uneasy within the club. The Brazilian coach Paulo Autori stepped against Maribor just before the Europa League playoffs, after the sporting director who had appointed him was dismissed for unclear reasons. Subsequently, Stoycho Stoev was given the reins by Ludogorets, but he too has been set aside in favor of former Bulgarian international Stanislav Genchev. Chairman Kiril Domuschiev, a wealthy businessman who already invested in the club when it was still in the squads of Bulgarian professional football, clearly has little patience with his trainers. Despite all the unrest outside the lines, Ludogorets still performs well within the lines. The green and white are in the group stage of a major European tournament for the fourth year in a row, and are once again in the lead in their own country. The Romanian veteran Claudiu Keseru, in particular, started the new season with six goals in seven league matches.
CSKA Moscow:
This match could not have come at a worse time for CSKA Moscow. With three wins in a row the Russians are in good shape, but the team of coach Viktor Goncharenko is currently struggling with an injury wave. The rearguard in particular has been hit hard, as the Belarusian coach probably has only two worthy center defenders on Thursday night. Yet he seems to want to stick to his usual system of three center defenders. Midfielder Jaka Bijol is therefore likely to pull a line back, although youth players like Nayair Tiknizyan and Vadim Karpov can also hope for playing time.
In addition, it remains to be seen to what extent CSKA Moscow on Bulgarian soil is prepared to sweat itself. This weekend, in the Russian Premier League with the home game against Krasnodar, a key duel in the battle for Champions League qualification awaits. So it would not be strange if the Muscovites were to rotate a bit on Thursday evening or not to go all the way.