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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion der Stadt Linz - Linz Thursday 29 October 2020 18.55CET (18.55 local time) LASK Group J - Matchday 2 PFC Ludogorets 1945 Last updated 11/12/2020 15:08CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1 LASK - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion der Stadt Linz, Linz Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams LASK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country LASK have not played against a club from their opponents' country PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country PFC Ludogorets 1945 have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 LASK - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion der Stadt Linz, Linz Match background LASK and Ludogorets are both without a point in UEFA Europa League Group J as they cross paths for the first time in European competition. • LASK were second best to Tottenham Hotspur as they lost 3-0 in north London on Matchday 1, but Ludogorets took the lead at home to Antwerp, through Spanish striker Higinio Marín, before conceding twice and falling to a 2-1 defeat. Previous meetings • This is LASK's first UEFA encounter with Bulgarian opposition and Ludogorets' first against a team from Austria. Form guide LASK • Fourth in the 2019/20 Austrian Bundesliga, LASK enjoyed the longest and most successful European run in their history last term, stretching from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League to the UEFA Europa League round of 16. • LASK made their debut in the UEFA Europa League group stage last term, topping a group containing three European stalwarts in Sporting CP, PSV Eindhoven and Rosenborg before overcoming AZ Alkmaar in the round of 32 in what was the club's first experience of springtime European football. They are back in the group stage this term following big qualifying wins against DAC Dunajská Streda (7-0 h) and, in the play-offs, Sporting (4-1 a). Both were club record wins in this competition. • The team from the Danube city have won eight of their ten European home games over the past three seasons, scoring 26 goals in the process. They recorded three home wins out of three in last season's group stage. 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 13 (D6 L5) in the competition proper, the latest a 3-0 success at Ferencváros on Matchday 2 last season. Links and trivia • Two Ludogorets players have played on loan for Austrian clubs – Bernard Tekpetey at Altach in 2017 and Kiril Despodov at Sturm Graz in 2019/20. • Ludogorets defender Dragoş Grigore scored past LASK goalkeeper Alexander Schlager as Romania beat Austria 3- 2 in Klagenfurt last month in the UEFA Nations League. 3 LASK - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion der Stadt Linz, Linz Team facts LASK Linz Formed: 1908 Nickname: Die Schwarz-Weißen (The Black and Whites), Die Laskler UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (1965) Austrian Cup: 1 (1965) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2018/19: third qualifying round 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: LASK v DAC Dunajská Streda 24/09/20, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round • Biggest away win 0-4: B68 Toftir v LASK 23/06/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: LASK v Manchester United 12/03/20, UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Újpest v LASK 28/09/77, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 7-0: LASK v DAC Dunajská Streda (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4: Sporting CP v LASK 01/10/20, play-offs • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: LASK v Manchester United (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Újpest v LASK (see above) FC Ludogorets Razgrad Formed: 1945 Nickname: The Eagles UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 9 (2020) Bulgarian Cup: 2 (2014) 4 LASK - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion der Stadt Linz, Linz Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League first qualifying round) 2018/19: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League second qualifying round) 2017/18: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2016/17: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2015/16: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2014/15: UEFA Champions League group stage 2013/14: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Ludogorets v Crusaders 11/07/18, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round first leg Biggest away win 0-4: TNS v Ludogorets 15/08/19, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 twice, most recently v AC Milan 15/02/18, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0 twice, most recently v Espanyol 07/11/19, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Ludogorets v TNS 08/08/19, second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: TNS v Ludogorets (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 twice, most recently v AC Milan (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Espanyol v Ludogorets (see above) 5 LASK - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion der Stadt Linz, Linz Squad list LASK Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Alexander Schlager AUT 01/02/1996 24 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 11 - 21 - 24 Tobias Lawal AUT 07/06/2000 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 36 Thomas Gebauer AUT 30/06/1982 38 - - - - - - - - - 9 - Defenders 5 Petar Filipović GER 14/09/1990 30 - 2 1 1 - 3 - 19 - 29 1 6 Philipp Wiesinger AUT 23/05/1994 26 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 10 1 16 1 15 Christian Ramsebner AUT 26/03/1989 31 - 1 - - - 1 - 2 - 10 - 16 Marvin Potzmann AUT 07/12/1993 26 - - - 1 - - - 15 - 23 - 18 Gernot Trauner AUT 25/03/1992 28 - 2 1 1 - 4 1 10 1 20 3 22 Yevgen Cheberko UKR 23/01/1998 22 - - - - - 2 - - - 6 - 26 Reinhold Ranftl AUT 24/01/1992 28 - 2 - 1 - 5 1 11 1 21 2 30 Andres Andrade PAN 16/10/1998 22 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 2 - 3 - Midfielders 7 Rene Renner AUT 29/11/1993 26 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 9 - 15 - 10 Peter Michorl AUT 09/05/1995 25 - 2 2 1 - 5 - 11 - 21 2 11 Dominik Reiter AUT 04/01/1998 22 - 1 - - - 3 - 2 - 3 - 14 Husein Balić AUT 15/02/1996 24 - 2 1 1 - 5 1 5 - 7 1 21 Mads Emil Madsen DEN 14/01/1998 22 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 23 Stefan Haudum AUT 27/11/1994 25 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 25 James Holland AUS 15/05/1989 31 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 11 1 30 2 27 Thomas Goiginger AUT 15/03/1993 27 - - - 1 - 1 1 9 1 17 5 31 Lukas Grgic AUT 17/08/1995 25 - 1 - 1 - 4 1 1 - 2 - Forwards 9 Mamoudou Karamoko FRA 08/06/1999 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 13 Johannes Eggestein GER 08/05/1998 22 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 17 Andreas Gruber AUT 29/06/1995 25 - 2 2 1 - 5 2 1 - 4 2 20 Patrick Plojer AUT 26/03/2001 19 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 29 Marko Raguž AUT 10/06/1998 22 - 2 3 1 - 5 2 11 5 17 9 Coach - Dominik Thalhammer AUT 02/10/1970 50 - 2 - 1 - - - 2 - 4 - 6 LASK - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion der Stadt Linz, Linz PFC Ludogorets 1945 Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.