Two 1-0 victories across both legs against Neftçi PFK secured Olympiacos’ progression into this UEFA Champions League (UCL) third qualifying match up. Those two wins have contributed to the Greek champions conceding just one goal across their last five UCL qualifying fixtures (W5), so confidence should be high as they aim to reach the competition proper for a third consecutive season.

Having had to play two qualifying ties (W3, D1) to reach this stage, Ludogorets are bidding to advance to the UCL group stage for the first time since the 2016/17 campaign. A benefit of this, and an early start to their domestic campaign, is that they’ve already played seven competitive matches this season and are yet to lose (W6, D1). Impressively, they netted 3+ goals in each of the last four victories during that sequence.