Ludogorets Razgrad
- Ludogorets Razgrad have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five matches in all competitions.
- Ludogorets are a very direct, high-tempo, pressing and counter-attacking side that deploy their talented players in a pragmatic 4-3-3 system designed to attack vertically as soon as they win the ball back.
- Ludogorets’ last three games have seen a 3-3 home draw against PAOK in the Europa League, a 4-0 away win against Beroe Stara Zagora in the Parva liga and a 1-0 away defeat to Rangers 5 days after the visit of the Greek side.
- The hosts are unbeaten in two at home, but having drawn both of those games, they will want to get on top of Nice in front of their own fans on Thursday.
OGC Nice
- OGC Nice have won three, drawn one and lost only one of their last five.
- Nice are in good form coming into this game with two straight wins, but they have only taken three points in the Europa League and remain winless away, losing their previous three.
- The visitors bounce back from their 5-1 Ligue 1 defeat at Toulouse with a 3-1 win at home to Go Ahead Eagles and then thrashed Nantes 4-1 away.
Key Players
Petar Stanic , the forward has six goals in seven Europa League appearances and Kevin Carlos has two in seven and will have to be closely marked.
Betting Insights
Both teams to Score is listed at a very low odds of 1.62 for this game and with both sides struggling at the back in Europe - each has conceded an average of 2.33 goals per match - it is easy to see why.
Prediction
Both teams are happy to get the ball in the net and like to play football, but the visitors are in better form at the moment, so we will take the home side to win this one at 1.9 , while Puel’s Nice are listed as outsiders at 3.7 .
