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Peter Green - August 15, 2023
Ludogorets vs FC Astana Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Europa League Qualification on Thursday, 17 August 2023.
Ludogorets recent displays looked much better than that of FC Astana. Their first leg meeting at FC Astana’s home turf was expected to end as a win for Ludogorets, but reality was different as the hosts sealed a 2-1 win ft.
It was Ludogorets who have opened the account with a 34th minute goal by Sundberg. However, the lead didn’t remain for long as Tomasevic’s equalizer came at 40th changed the game. Marochkin made the lead for Astana at 53rd , surprising the bookies who have priced Ludogotrets to win at 2.30 odds.
Going on, Ludogorets still have a good chance to bounce back. With the home aid advantage in the second leg and a one goal lead target to chase, we can expect a tight encounter at Huvepharma Arena on Thursday.
This will be marked as the second head to head meeting between these two teams. Their only meeting was in the first leg and the match ended in a 2-1 win for Astana.
Ludogorets have a stunning form at home for the past several matches. They are on an unbeaten run across all competitions at home since March. Their recent outings include a couple of Champions League qualification match-ups too.
Meanwhile, FC Astana is having an unimpressive form on the road of late. They lost three of their last four road trips and have played UCL qualifiers in the stretch.
Since Ludogorets owns the home advantage and are trailing just a goal behind, we expect a win for them against this Astana side on Thursday.
The first leg clash between these two recorded over 2.5 goals. Their stats didn’t suggest a high-scoring display in that match. Here, both teams have been recording high-scoring clashes at respective patches of late. Thus, we expect over 2.5 goals in this match.
We are quite not sure about the possibility of a both teams scoring display as FC Astana failed to score in three of the last four road trips and Ludogorets bagged a clean sheet in five of the last six home outings. The first leg score makes it a tough call.
The home form of Ludogorets looks exceptional and we are expecting a win for them on Thursday. While placing it as the main tip, we like to back the over 2.5 goals bet as the second tip for this match.
