Ludogorets v Arsenal Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 1st November
A couple of weeks ago Arsenal put on a masterclass of European football as they destroyed Ludogorets 6-0 at the Emirates which included a hat trick for Mesut Ozil. The Gunners can’t take their foot off the gas though as they locked in a battle with PSG for top spot in Group A of the UEFA Champions League. Arsenal have struggled for wins recently out on the road in Europe but they are heavy odds-on favourites to bank a win in this one. The scoreline isn’t likely to be as heavily in favour of the Gunners, but the Premier League side can bank an important win in Sofia nonetheless.
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Ludogorets v Arsenal Betting Tips
So it hasn’t been smooth sailing for Ludogorets Razgrad in the UEFA Champions League this season, in what is just their second ever campaign. They have one point collected from their three games so far and that came on Match Day One at FC Basel. But they followed that up with a 3-1 loss against PSG and then that 6-0 loss against Arsenal. So they have crashed heavily, but the Bulgarians can boast a pretty good home record across all options this season. They have gone W7 D1 L1 on home soil. In the UEFA Champions League that reads W3 L1 in their four games played (including qualifiers). Their only home loss this season came against PSG and the rest of the opposition they have hosted haven’t been up to much.
Ludogorets have netted in all of their home games played this season, so you can have a punt on both teams to score in this one for a price of 10/11 with Sky Bet. Incidentally they scored the opening goal against FC Basel and PSG in the group. Ludogorets have only gone up against an English side one before and that was in the 2014/15 Group Stage of the competition when they faced Liverpool. They took a 2-2 home draw against the Reds on that occasion in their first campaign in the Champions League, they took four points from their three home fixtures. They netted 15 goals in UEFA Champions League qualifying this season and Jonathan Cafu and Claudiu Keseru are both 3/1 options in the anytime goalscorer market. Keresu has seven goals in his last three games.
Arsenal have Olivier Giroud at 5/6 favourite in the anytime goalscorer market, with Alexis Sanchez and Theo Walcott at 10/11. The Gunners were really lucky to get out of Paris with a 1-1 draw on Match Day One, but have improved drastically since then in beating FC Basel and Ludogorets. The Gunners have suffered three defeats in their last five European away games games and that was after having lost just two of their previous 11. It’s hard to see them being at risk for suffering a setback in this one though, not after the masterclass they produced against the Bulgarians a couple of weeks ago. Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 14 games now in all competitions since their loss against Liverpool on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.
Arsenal have bagged themselves an impressive tally of seven clean sheets in their last nine games played. The Premier League side can be backed at 11/10 to go and win to nil in this one with Sky Bet. This is their first European clash with a Bulgarian side, so this is something new for them. If Arsenal win and PSG avoid defeat (or the other way around) then both of them will qualify for the round of sixteen this season. Arsenal are a price of 10/3 to win by a two goal margin out in Sofia. They are firing on all cylinders at the moment and are miles ahead in terms of quality over their opponents. This is just a matter of getting the job done out on the road.
Ludogorets v Arsenal Betting Odds
Arsenal 2/7, Draw 19/4, Lugorgets 8/1
Ludogorets v Arsenal Predictions
The Gunners were so impressive at the Emirates against the Bulgarians a fortnight ago. It’s not likely that they are going to go out and crush them again, but they are value to bank a comfortable win nonetheless. An Arsenal two goal winning margin looks to be good value, but it is worth having a flutter on both teams to score in the match too, as Ludogorets have netted a lot this season at home and got one against PSG.
