On Monday, 22 August, from 20:30 no. Pirin welcomes champions Ludogorets in a match of the 7th round of the First League in search of a first win of the season. Krasimir Petrov's team returns to the "Nest" after two consecutive championship visits.
Ticket information can be found here
The Eagles are 14th in the standings with two points, while Ludogorets is 6th with an asset of 10 score, but with two games less because of their participation in the European tournaments.
In the last round, Pirin conceded when visiting the Black Sea with 0:1. In his last official engagement, Ludogorets defeated Zalgiris from Lithuania with 1:0 in their first play-off to enter the Europa League groups.
The last meeting between the two teams at the "Hristo Botev" stadium ended with a victory for Ludogorets with 3:1, and the match in Razgrad with success for Pirin v 5:3.
Preslav Yordanov and Petar Zanev will return to the group for the upcoming match after recovering from their injuries, as well as the new additions Chebrailes Makretskis and Radoslav Tsonev. After serving a penalty, Krasimir Stanoev is back on the line.
Nikolay Bodurov remains out of the plans, who is still recovering from trauma.
The coach of the Eagles, Krasimir Petrov, shared his expectations for the meeting with www.fcpirin.com
"Of course, that we are all aware of the class of Ludogorets, who is a hegemon in Bulgarian football. Our task is to try to compete with dignity against the best team in the country. We aim to play boldly in front of our loyal fans, which I am sure of, that they will support us. No doubt the new additions will increase the competition in the team. These are quality players, who can only help us. Our idea is besides earning points and building our look and style, to become a team, who will play good football and make the supporters of the game happy", Petrov stated.
