Malmo are coming from a shocking home loss at home in the derby against Goteborg, a loss that came in the 99th minute. Of course, they have now to forget it as they have ahead of the biggest challenge against Ludogorets. Jon Dahl Tomasson's side edged through against Riga (1-0 h, 1-1 a) and HJK Helsinki (2-1 h, 2-2 a) in this season's UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying rounds respectively before winning 2-1 home and away against Scottish champions Rangers in the third qualifying round. Malmö's two previous UEFA Champions League group stage campaigns came in 2014/15 and 2015/16 – the latter the last time a Swedish club appeared at that stage. For Malmo, Innocent and Ahmedhodzic are suspended and will miss the match while Knudsen and Toivonen remain out injured.

Played a brilliant game at home against a huge club like Olympiacos last week and eventually prevailed on penalties after the game finished 2:2 in 120 minutes. Ludogorets were the better side over the two legs and deservedly progressed as they once again signified the progress that has been made in recent months. Heading to Sweden as Ludogorets look to pull off a big result against what is a very dangerous and capable Malmo side that is fresh from knocking Rangers out. Coach Valdas Dambrauskas has a very set system and preferred players and it will be a surprise if he deviates from it, even if he did start the last game with three men at the back. That said, he will be without his most influential and important attacking player so far this season in Kirill Despodov, who is serving a ban for the accumulation of bookings. Anyway, Despodov got a good replacement on the roster.

Two teams are very equal in terms of quality if you ask me. We can expect a tactical battle and don't be surprised if the game ends in a draw. But I wouldn't be surprised to see visitors winning the game. Away coach is a very smart man from Lituania and I rate him as one of the best potential managers in Eastern Europe.

马尔默在主场对阵哥德堡的德比战中遭遇令人震惊的失利，这场失利发生在第 99 分钟。当然，他们现在必须忘记它，因为他们面临着对卢多戈雷茨的最大挑战。乔恩·达尔·托马森的球队在本赛季的欧洲冠军联赛第一轮和第二轮资格赛中分别对里加（1-0小时，1-1a）和HJK赫尔辛基（2-1小时，2-2a）小幅晋级，然后以2-1获胜资格赛第三轮主客场对阵苏格兰冠军流浪者队。马尔默之前的两次欧洲冠军联赛小组赛阶段是在 2014/15 和 2015/16 赛季——后者是瑞典俱乐部最后一次出现在那个阶段。马尔默方面，因诺森特和艾哈迈德霍季奇被禁赛，将缺席比赛，而克努森和托伊沃宁则因伤缺阵。

上周在主场对阵奥林匹亚科斯这样的大俱乐部踢了一场精彩的比赛，最终在 120 分钟内以 2:2 结束比赛后在点球大战中获胜。卢多戈雷茨是两条腿更好的一面并且当之无愧地取得了进步，因为它们再次标志着最近几个月取得的进展。前往瑞典，卢多戈雷茨希望在与一支非常危险且有能力的马尔默队的比赛中取得重大成绩，这支球队刚刚击败流浪者队。 Valdas Dambrauskas 教练有一套非常固定的系统和偏爱的球员，如果他偏离它会让人感到惊讶，即使他在最后一场比赛中以三人为后场开始比赛。也就是说，本赛季迄今为止，他将没有他最有影响力和最重要的进攻球员基里尔·德斯波多夫（Kirill Despodov），他因累积预订而被禁赛。无论如何，德斯波多夫在名单上有一个很好的替代者。

两支球队在质实力上是非常均衡的。我们可以期待一场战术比拼，如果比赛以平局结束，我不会感到惊讶。客队教练是一位来自立陶宛的非常聪明的人，我认为他是东欧最有潜力的教练之一。