With it all to play for in the second leg of their Champions League second-round qualifying tie, NK Olimpija Ljubljana and Ludogorets Razgrad square off at Stozice Stadium on Tuesday.

The two group-stage hopefuls each earned a slice of the spoils in a 1-1 draw last week, and the midweek victors will advance to meet either Galatasaray or Zalgiris in the third round.

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Now being forced to juggle domestic and continental commitments following the resumption of the Slovenian PrvaLiga, national champions Olimpija Ljubljana posted a 4-2 win over Latvian outfit Valmiera in round one before making their sojourn to Bulgaria last week.

Joao Henriques's men were in dreamland when Timi Max Elsnik broke the deadlock after just 14 minutes, but Ludogorets levelled on the stroke of half time through Dominik Yankov, and there were no more goals to be had in Razgrad.

The Champions League hangover appeared to take its toll on Olimpija earlier in July, as they commenced the defence of their Slovenian title with a 2-1 loss to Koper before righting those wrongs when Rogaska came to town on Saturday.

Indeed, Henriques oversaw a five-star and 5-0 success, although he had his substitutes to thank for 80% of his side's goals, as Saar Fadida scored a scintillating hat-trick off the bench alongside an effort from fellow substitute Rui Pedro.

The seven-time Slovenian champions have only ever been present in the Champions League proper on one occasion, although that ended in a swift 7-0 aggregate loss to AC Milan in the first round of the inaugural 1992-93 edition, but home advantage may very well play its part for the Dragons in their efforts to make more continental waves.

In eerily similar fashion, Ludogorets have also started their new Bulgarian top-flight campaign with an opening defeat and 5-0 win, teaching Etar VT a footballing lesson before playing out their recent stalemate with Olimpija.

However, Ivaylo Petev's side did not have to concern themselves with domestic matters this weekend as they gear up for their Slovenian stopover, and Ludogorets are no strangers to emphatic European successes after an initial setback.

The Eagles were bested 2-0 by Ballkani in the first leg of their Champions League first-round qualifying tie before rectifying those errors with a 4-0 thrashing in the return fixture, and the 12-time Bulgarian champions have been present in a continental group stage in each of the last seven seasons.

Two-time Champions League group-stage participants in the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons, Ludogorets have since been demoted to Europa League and Europa Conference League level more often than not, but they could only reach the knockout round playoffs in the latter competition last term.

Nevertheless, the visitors have only suffered four second-round exits in Champions League qualifying, although two of those eliminations came after they had drawn the first leg, which certainly makes for pleasant reading for the Olimpija faithful.