Ludogorets v Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir background
Ludogorets and Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir both have sights resolutely set on feat as they accommodate in Razgrad for a pivotal UEFA Europa League Group C encounter.
• The Bulgarian hosts, now commanding a organisation with 8 points, need a win to secure their berth in a spin of 32 – nonetheless a pull would also sufficient should Hoffenheim destroy to get 3 points divided to Braga in a other organisation fixture. For a Turkish side, during a feet of a list on usually dual points, it is a candid box of win or bust.
Previous meetings
• There was zero to select between a dual sides when they went conduct to conduct for a initial time on matchday one, drawing 0-0 in Istanbul.
• Turkish clubs are dominant in 11 UEFA matches with Bulgarian opponents given a spin of a millennium: W7 D4 (W2 D3 away).
Form guide
• Ludogorets are undefeated in 7 European outings (W4 D3) and have not mislaid any of their 5 home UEFA encounters this tenure (W4 D1).
• The Razgrad outfit have never mislaid a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre match, winning 7 of their 10 fixtures and sketch a other three.
• Last term’s Turkish Süper Lig runners-up, Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir are nonetheless to overcome in a UEFA divided tie (D3 L4) and have won usually one of their 14 matches in total, 2-0 during home to Club Brugge in this season’s UEFA Champions League third subordinate round.
• Bulgarian champions for a past 6 seasons, Ludogorets reached a spin of 16 in their usually prior UEFA Europa League organisation theatre debate (2013/14); they also played in final season’s spin of 32 after transferring from a UEFA Champions League.
• Beaten by Sevilla in a UEFA Champions League play-offs, İstanbul Başakşehir are creation their UEFA organisation theatre entrance this season.
Links and trivia
• The tour from Istanbul to Razgrad is around 350km.
• Basakşehir full-back Júnior Caiçara played for Ludogorets from 2012–15, winning 3 Bulgarian titles and a Bulgarian Cup.
• Suspended for subsequent compare if booked: Natanael (Ludogorets); Júnior Caiçara, Mevlüt Erdinç and Gökhan Inler (İstanbul Başakşehir).
The coaches
• Hired in a summer of 2017, Ludogorets trainer Dimitar Dimitrov determined his coaching certification during home-town bar Neftochimik Burgas and landed Bulgarian titles with Litex Lovech and Levski Sofia, after coaching in Russia and Kazakhstan.
• Abdullah Avcı led Turkey to success in a 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship before holding a Başakşehir reins for a initial time from 2006–11. He returned to a bar in 2014 following an catastrophic army as Turkey boss.