Ludogorets vs AC Milan

AC Milan will travel to Ludogorets headquarters in the first leg of the Europa League round of 32 that will be held at Ludogorets Arena on Friday (16/2) at 1:00 am.

ludogorets have survived in the Europa League group with finish in second place joined by teams such as Sporting Braga, Hoffenheim and Istanbul Basaksehir. the Bulgarian champions are facing a tough challenge of meeting Italian side AC Milan whose performances have improved recently.

milan have no problems in the Europa League with finish as group D winners over ARK Athens, Austria Vienna and Rijeka, but their overall journey of Serie A competition goes bleak where they sit outside the top six after 24 games.

nevertheless, now the situation has seen better start showing the fighting spirit under the new head coach, Gennaro Gattuso. milan will head for this high-confidence game after crushing SPAL 0-4 in the weekend's game, making eight games in a row without defeat in all competitions.

such an impressive form of attack should be feared coach Dimitar Dimitrov whose team have conceded at least once in each of their last three home games. this will provide plenty of space for the young Italian Partick Cutrone to shine and support his fine performance after scoring a brace on Saturday afternoon as SPAL defeats.