LOKOMOTIV coach, Eduard Eranossian, rates his team's chances of going through from the tie as no higher than "five to 10 per cent" but has called for a heroic performance from his players.

Sam Allardyce does not play such percentage games but he expects to return in triumph.

"They (Plovdiv) played well when they played here," he said. "I think they played to their best and made life difficult for us.

"But that was brought about by the fact that we gifted them the first goal and gave them something to hold onto. At the end, their disappointment was there for all to see. They would have seen it as a victory if they'd managed a draw and they certainly didn't think they deserved to lose, which I can understand.

"They might not think we can play any better but our lads know a little bit more about the players they are playing against and we know they won't be as negative as they were at our place."