Prediction: Match to end in 1-1 draw
Best Odds: 29/5
Dinamo Batumi and Ludogorets Razgrad will lock horns with each other in the UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round this week. The second leg of the tie between the Erovnuli Liga club and the First League team will be held at the Adjarabet Arena and is scheduled to kick off at 6 pm UK time on Wednesday. The first leg of the tie was held at the Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad last week. It ended in a 3-1 win for Ludogorets.
Dinamo Batumi
FC Dinamo Batumi are a club based in Batumi, the second-largest city in Georgia. They were founded back in 1923, but it is only in recent years that they have started to get some success. Dinamo won the Erovnuli Liga in 2021 and 2023.
Dinamo won the 2023 Erovnuli Liga. They picked up 74 points from 36 matches, three more than second-placed and the well-known Dinamo Tbilisi. In the 2022 season, Dinamo ended up second in the Erovnuli Liga table, just three points behind winners Dinamo Tbilisi.
Andriy Demchenko’s side do not have any lofty expectations of getting far in Europe. They suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Ludogorets Razgrad away from home. It is going to be extremely hard for them to overhaul a two-goal deficit from the first leg.
Team News:
Dinamo Batumi are likely to line up in a 4-4-2 formation against Ludogorets Razgrad. Ricardo Manuel Rodrigues Vieira Silva will be in goal and will have Mamuka Kobakhidze, Wanderson Henrique do Nascimento Silva, Nikoloz Mali and Levan Kharabadze in front of him in defence. Vladimer Mamuchashvili, Paata Ghudushauri, Alef Santos de Araujo and Jean Victor Gonçalves will be the four midfielders. Honore Gomis and Jalen Aleix Miller Blesa are likely to be the two forwards for the Georgian club.
Ludogorets Razgrad
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad are a relatively modest club in Bulgaria. Although they were formed way back in 1945, it is only in recent years that they have started to play in the top flight of Bulgarian football. The Eagles got promoted to the First League for the first time in 2011.
Ludogorets have established themselves as a major force in Bulgarian football over the past decade or so. They have won the First League on every occasion since 2011 and have also clinched the Bulgarian Cup three times.
Georgi Dermendzhiev’s side will fancy their chances of progressing to the next round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying given that they won the first leg by a two-goal margin.
Team News:
Ludogorets Razgrad are likely to line up in a 4-3-3 formation. Sergio Padt will be in goal for the visiting team. Anton Nedyalkov, Dinis Costa Lima Almeida, Aslak Fonn Witry and Olivier Verdon will be the four defenders. Ivaylo Chochev, Todor Nedelev and Pedro Henrique Naressi Machado will play in midfield. Bernard Tekpetey, Rick Jhonatan Lima Morais and Rwan Philipe Rodrigues de Souza Cruz are likely to be the three forwards.
Key Factors to Consider
- Ludogorets Razgrad have won the Bulgarian First League as many 13 times.
- Ludogorets Razgrad have played in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League twice.
- Ludogorets Razgrad have reached the Round of 16 in the UEFA Europa League once.
- Flamarion scored 17 goals in all competitions for FC Dinamo Batumi in 2023.
- Flamarion scored 19 goals in all competitions for FC Dinamo Batumi in 2022.
Conclusion
Although Dinamo Batumi will give their all in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round tie in front of their own fans, it is hard to see Ludogorets Razgrad slip up and concede a two-goal lead from the first leg. It is very likely that the match will end in a 1-1 draw.
Prediction: Match to end in 1-1 draw
Best Odds: 29/5
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