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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - London Thursday 26 November 2020 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Tottenham Hotspur Group J - Matchday 4 PFC Ludogorets 1945 Last updated 19/03/2021 11:45CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Tottenham Hotspur - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 26 November 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Keșerü 50; Kane 13, PFC Ludogorets 1945 - 05/11/2020 GS 1-3 Razgrad Moura 33, Lo Celso Tottenham Hotspur 62 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 PFC Ludogorets 1945 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 Tottenham Hotspur - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1926 - Minchev 71; Kane 80 17/09/2020 2QR 1-2 Plovdiv Tottenham Hotspur (P), Ndombélé 85 PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jonathan Cafú 12, PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Arsenal 01/11/2016 GS 2-3 Sofia Keșerü 15; Xhaka 20, FC Giroud 42, Özil 88 Alexis Sánchez 13, Arsenal FC - PFC Ludogorets Walcott 42, Oxlade- 19/10/2016 GS 6-0 London 1945 Chamberlain 47, Özil 56, 83, 87 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dani Abalo 3, Terziev PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Liverpool 26/11/2014 GS 2-2 Sofia 88; Lambert 8, FC Henderson 37 Balotelli 82, Gerrard Liverpool FC - PFC Ludogorets 16/09/2014 GS 2-1 Liverpool 90+3 (P); Dani Abalo 1945 90+1 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 PFC Ludogorets 1945 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 6 16 2 Tottenham Hotspur - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 26 November 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Match background Tottenham return to their home stadium after two games on the road and will fancy their chances of completing the Group J double over a Ludogorets side that have yet to record a point. • Spurs made amends for a surprise 1-0 defeat in Antwerp by overcoming the Bulgarian champions 3-1 in Razgrad last time out, Harry Kane opening the scoring with his 200th goal for Tottenham in his 300th match for the club. Lucas Moura and Giovani Lo Celso added further goals either side of Claudiu Keşerü's reply from the home side. • Tottenham, who won their opening home fixture 3-0 against LASK, are level on six points with both the Austrian side and Royal Antwerp. Previous meetings • Tottenham had never faced a Bulgarian side in Europe before this season, but this is their third such fixture in 2020/21. The first yielded a 2-1 comeback win away to Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the second qualifying round on 17 September, Kane equalising with an 80th-minute penalty before Tanguy Ndombélé scored the winner five minutes later. • Ludogorets have yet to win in five matches against English opposition and have lost both previous matches in England, most recently 6-0 to Spurs' north London rivals Arsenal in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League. Form guide Tottenham • Tottenham finished outside the top four of the Premier League for the first time in five seasons in 2019/20, their final position of sixth ending a four-season run in the UEFA Champions League that had taken them into the final in 2018/19 and to the round of 16 last season, where they were eliminated by RB Leipzig (0-1 h, 0-3 a). • Spurs' 2020/21 European campaign began at an earlier stage than in any previous season, but José Mourinho's side came through qualifying ties away to Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Shkëndija (3-1) before beating Maccabi Haifa 7-2 at home in the play-offs to take the club into the UEFA Europa League group stage for the sixth time. Having failed to make further progress in 2011/12, the two-time UEFA Cup winners have qualified for the round of 32 in each of their last four group participations, most recently in 2015/16 when they reached the last 16. • Tottenham have lost three of their eight European games at their new stadium, including a record 7-2 defeat by Bayern München last season. In the UEFA Europa League group stage, however, their home record is W13 D2 L1, with no defeats in the last 13 and wins in all of the last six. Ludogorets • Ludogorets won a ninth consecutive Bulgarian league title in 2019/20 to earn a place in this season's UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, where they beat Budućnost of Montenegro (3-1 a) before falling in the next round to Danish champions Midtjylland (0-1 h). Awarded a bye into the UEFA Europa League play-offs, they then beat Dinamo Brest 2-0 away to reach the group stage for the fourth year in a row and fifth time in all. • Last season was Ludogorets' longest in this competition, incorporating 16 matches as they progressed from the second qualifying round to the round of 32, where they were knocked out by Internazionale (0-2 h, 1-2 a). It was the third time out of four that they had qualified from their group, finishing runners-up to Espanyol and ahead of Ferencváros – their conquerors in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round – and CSKA Moskva. • Having won their first four away fixtures on their debut UEFA Europa League participation in 2013/14, Ludogorets have been victorious in only two of the subsequent 14 (D6 L6) in the competition proper, losing three of the last four including this season's 4-3 defeat at LASK. On Matchday 4 last season they lost 6-0 at Espanyol – their heaviest defeat in this competition. Links and trivia • Kane scored four goals past Ludogorets goalkeeper Plamen Iliev in England's two UEFA EURO 2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria (4-0 h, 6-0 a). • Tottenham's Lucas Moura and Serge Aurier featured in both games for Paris Saint-Germain against Ludogorets in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage, winning 3-1 away and drawing 2-2 at home. • Ludogorets' new interim coach Stanislav Genchev, who replaced Pavel Vrba after the 1-2 home defeat against Antwerp on Matchday 1, played in England for Litex Lovech against Middlesbrough in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, his team losing 2-0 in the final group game. • Spurs manager Mourinho's only experience of the UEFA Europa League prior to this season was in 2016/17, when his Manchester United side lifted the trophy. His one season managing in the UEFA Cup also ended in glory as he steered Porto to victory in 2002/03. 3 Tottenham Hotspur - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 26 November 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London • Kane's goal against Ludogorets on Matchday 3 was not just a personal landmark. It was also the 500th scored by an English club in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final. • Tottenham's sixth appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage is a record for an English club. They became the first Premier League side to chalk up 50 matches in the competition proper on Matchday 2. • Spurs are one of six former UEFA Cup winners in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage – along with Bayer Leverkusen (Group C), PSV Eindhoven (E), Napoli (F), CSKA Moskva and Feyenoord (both K). 4 Tottenham Hotspur - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 26 November 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Team facts Tottenham Hotspur FC Formed: 1882 Nickname: Spurs UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Champions League: (2019) • UEFA Cup (2): 1972, (1974), 1984 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1963 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1961) FA Cup: 8 (1991) League Cup: 4 (2008) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2018/19: UEFA Champions League runners-up 2017/18: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2016/17: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2015/16: round of 16 2014/15: round of 32 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: quarter-finals 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Tottenham v Keflavík 28/09/71, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Drogheda United v Tottenham 14/09/83, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-7: Tottenham v Bayern München 01/10/19, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Köln v Tottenham 22/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 9-0: Tottenham v Keflavík (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: Drogheda United v Tottenham (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Tottenham v Benfica 13/03/14, round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Internazionale v Tottenham (aet) 14/03/13, round of 16 second leg 3-0: Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham 10/03/16, round of 16 first leg FC Ludogorets Razgrad Formed: 1945 Nickname: The Eagles 5 Tottenham Hotspur - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 26 November 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 9 (2020) Bulgarian Cup: 2 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: round of