Botev Ihtiman vs Kostinbrod: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Bulgaria 3. League Southwest
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (2400 seats)

This fixture stars two squads dwelling in the carpet of the 3. League Southwest, Botev Ihtiman having 15th position and Kostinbrod in 17th. A good chance for one of the contenders to better their position.

Insights:
  • Botev Ihtiman have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kostinbrod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Botev Ihtiman form and stats

Botev Ihtiman have played 15 3. League Southwest games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-7 (wins-draws-losses). When Botev Ihtiman hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hebar II, Pirin Blagoevgrad II, Vihren, Botev Ihtiman, Slivnishki geroy and Levski Chepintsi), they have won 4 of 4 matches!

Botev Ihtiman lost their last game at Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bansko (2-3).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Botev Ihtiman as they are travelling to their away game against Slivnishki geroy in the 3. League Southwest. That match is four days after this one.

Botev Ihtiman has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Kostinbrod form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kostinbrod so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-8 (win-draw-lose).

Kostinbrod failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Kyustendil (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-5. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Kyustendil was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Vihren.

A quick return to home after this game, as Kostinbrod are hosting Rilski Sportist in the 3. League Southwest only four days away.

Kostinbrod are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Kostinbrod have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the squads played each other previously this season; Kostinbrod - Botev Ihtiman 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Ihtiman one win, one draw and Kostinbrod three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Botev Ihtiman missing players

Kostinbrod missing players

Botev Ihtiman Kostinbrod
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 3 15 30
9 6 4 Won W 0 2 7
7 2 0 Drew D 3 5 8
14 7 0 Lost L 0 8 15
31 21 8 Scored S 3 17 31
40 19 3 Conceded C 3 28 48
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 93%
70% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 87% 70%
43% 47% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 47%
20% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 30%
7% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
47% 47% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 50%
20% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 13% 23%
43% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in 3. League Southwest this season:
  • Botev Ihtiman have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kostinbrod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Belasitsa 30 23 3 4 71 18 15 13 2 0 44 8 15 10 1 4 27 10 53 72
2 Vitosha Bistritsa 30 19 7 4 61 21 15 10 3 2 39 11 15 9 4 2 22 10 40 64
3 Kyustendil 30 18 8 4 59 20 15 11 3 1 29 9 15 7 5 3 30 11 39 62
4 Oborishte 30 19 5 6 57 35 15 13 2 0 37 13 15 6 3 6 20 22 22 62
5 Chavdar Etropole 30 18 7 5 57 15 15 10 2 3 30 7 15 8 5 2 27 8 42 61
6 Balkan Botevgrad 30 18 6 6 47 25 15 11 4 0 31 11 15 7 2 6 16 14 22 60
7 Bansko 30 16 8 6 47 29 15 10 3 2 25 9 15 6 5 4 22 20 18 56
8 Pirin Gotse Delchev 30 12 7 11 35 37 15 8 4 3 20 9 15 4 3 8 15 28 -2 43
9 Granit Vladaya 30 12 5 13 33 40 15 8 4 3 21 16 15 4 1 10 12 24 -7 41
10 Pirin Razlog 30 9 12 9 40 39 15 8 5 2 24 11 15 1 7 7 16 28 1 39
11 Rilski Sportist 30 11 4 15 38 49 15 7 1 7 24 23 15 4 3 8 14 26 -11 37
12 Septemvri Sofia II 30 11 2 17 53 61 15 6 2 7 26 24 15 5 0 10 27 37 -8 35
13 Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi 30 9 8 13 30 47 15 6 4 5 16 18 15 3 4 8 14 29 -17 35
14 Slivnishki geroy 29 10 4 15 36 37 14 6 2 6 18 15 15 4 2 9 18 22 -1 34
15 Botev Ihtiman 30 9 7 14 31 40 15 6 2 7 21 19 15 3 5 7 10 21 -9 34
16 Hebar II 30 8 5 17 29 44 15 5 4 6 24 20 15 3 1 11 5 24 -15 29
17 Kostinbrod 30 7 8 15 31 48 15 5 3 7 14 20 15 2 5 8 17 28 -17 29
18 Vihren 29 7 7 15 39 56 15 5 5 5 28 29 14 2 2 10 11 27 -17 28
19 Pirin Blagoevgrad II 30 2 6 22 18 66 15 2 3 10 10 32 15 0 3 12 8 34 -48 12
20 Levski Chepintsi 30 0 3 27 12 97 15 0 3 12 6 33 15 0 0 15 6 64 -85 3

Read more about 3. League Southwest

The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League, often called “Third League) is the third level of football in Bulgaria. It is divided into four divisions based on geographical regions; Northwest, Northeast, Southwest and Southeast. The number of teams vary. The top team of each region is promoted.