Sutjeska Niksic vs Ludogorets – Sutjeska Niksic’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League this summer are dwindling after a poor domestic season and two losses in June friendlies.

Alex Santana and Matias Tissera scored second-half goals for Ludogorets in the first leg, and this week’s hosts must be perfect to win.

Milija Savovic’s men won Montenegro’s championship for the sixth time in 10 years in 2021-22, but they’ve never advanced past the second round of Champions League qualifying and scoring in Europe isn’t their forte.

Sutjeska have only scored once in eight matches in their last four Europa League eliminations, which doesn’t auger well against Ludogorets.

Ludogorets must avoid a meltdown away from home to reach the Champions League group stages.

Ante Simundza’s team has won 11 straight national titles, although their domination of the Parva Liga has only led to two Champions League group-stage participation in 2014-15 and 2016-17. They have subsequently dropped at one level of qualifying.

Ludogorets has only lost at the first hurdle once, to Ferencvaros in 2019-20, and they reached the playoffs last year before losing to Malmo.

Ludogorets began defending their Bulgarian top-flight title on Friday night and beat Septemvri Sofia 3-0. The hosts’ captain, Kristiyan Peshov, was sent off in the 22nd minute. The Eagles will face Shamrock Rovers or Hibernians if they win at the DG Arena.

Sutjeska Niksic vs Ludogorets – Betting Analysis

Although Simundza’s team has started the season as they want to go on, and momentum is solidly on their side, Sutjeska will have had a longer recovery period for this match than Ludogorets.

Simundza also has a multitude of attacking alternatives available to make the difference if weariness sets in. We are supporting the Eagles to easily advance to round two against their goal-averse hosts by keeping another clean sheet.

In more recent games, Sutjeska Niki’s attacking numbers haven’t exactly been stellar. In their last six games, they have only scored 3 goals against other teams. Sutjeska Niki have also had seven goals scored against them in those contests.

In that game, Ludogorets Razgrad had 62 percent of the possession and nine of their 18 shots on goal were successful. The goals were scored by Pieros Sotiriou (79′), Cauly Souza (55′), and Alex Santana (11′) for Ludogorets Razgrad. Two of Septemvri Sofia’s three goal attempts were successful.

Sutjeska Niksic vs Ludogorets – Head-to-Head

Sutjeska Niksic vs Ludogorets
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Our Prediction: Under 3.5 Goals

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