Basel - Ludogorets
Basel - Ludogorets
Basel is ruthless in the championship of Switzerland!
Basel presents stunning championship in Switzerland since the beginning of the season. On Saturday, in a match of the 7th round of the championship team won 3: 1 at home against Grasshoppers and convincingly leads the standings with a total asset of 21 points. The victory was the seventh in a row in the league and total 8th row for the team in all competitions this season with goal difference 25: 6.
Indeed, Basel knows the taste of loss in an official match since May 25, when slid 0: 1 Grasshoppers of "St. Jakob".
In this campaign the Swiss won and its 4 households with goal difference 13: 2. From 2013 and onwards again in the Champions League red and blue are allowed only 3 losses in their own stadium 19 meetings.
This will be the fifth clash between these two teams in the race for the last three years. Swiss prevail until 3 to 1 win against Ludogorets, winning both households.
Goalkeeper Tomasz Vatslik said: "The match against Ludogorets is the most important for us because if we want to play in Europe and in the spring, must beat the Bulgarians."
The coach Urs Fischer has a sweet dilemma to solve - which of his two top players to lead the attack. The members are Seydou Doumbia and Austrian goalscorers Marc Janko. Since the beginning of the season both have an equal number of games as a starter. Doumbia has 5 goals so far and Janko 4.
Luke Zufi Manuel Akangeli, Ondra Sporar and Kevin Bois are out due to injuries.
This match Ludogorets began his second campaign in the Champions League. They Razgrad will set a new record for the Bulgarian team in the group stage of the tournament. So far they Levski had 6 meetings.
Eagles prevented loss in the two qualifying rounds and a jump-off in the Champions League. Georgi Dermendzhiev and company, however, are not very convincing in his native League, accumulating just 10 points from 5 games.
This time Ludogorets not let slip in new Bulgarian championship before the match with Basel. Once in the previous round Eagles failed to beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv on "Lauta" and earlier in the season fell by Levski "Gerena" before the first play-off match against Viktoria Plzen, now they showed that they learned their lesson. And heating for the upcoming visit with a twist on the Black Sea.
Razgrad, however, again started poorly and fell behind in the match result. Something that is happening for the first time this season. This happened and at home to Botev (4: 1) and in visits of Levski (0: 1) and Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2: 2). Thus, in 4 of their 5 matches in the championship Ludogorets allowed opponent to score the first goal.
Coach Georgi Dermendzhiev commented: "We watched Basel in a few games and I think now they are a better team than before 2-3 years. But we have our strengths. In Ludogorets have growth. It is true that allow goals, but scored a lot. "
Only Brazilian cicinho is out due to injury. Claudiu Kesheru and Abel Anicet are questionable.