Velbazhd hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 17th position in the 3. League Southwest table. Visiting Botev Ihtiman holds 8th place with 19 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Velbazhd and Botev Ihtiman.
Velbazhd form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Velbazhd have to build on here in the 3. League Southwest. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Velbazhd to get some points in this home game.
As you see from the result above, Velbazhd suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Velbazhd has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 6 games. Velbazhd's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Botev Ihtiman form and stats
There's been little loot from Botev Ihtiman's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the 3. League Southwest. Botev Ihtiman only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
As mentioned above, Ihtiman was the only team on the pitch versus Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
After this away game Botev Ihtiman return home for a Bulgarian Cup game against CSKA Sofia. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Botev Ihtiman when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Ihtiman have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Velbazhd victories, one draw and six Botev Ihtiman wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Velbazhd missing players
Botev Ihtiman missing players
| Velbazhd | Botev Ihtiman | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 28 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 64% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 57% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 36% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Botev Ihtiman have scored more than double the goals of Velbazhd.
- Botev Ihtiman haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Velbazhd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Marek | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Kyustendil | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 32 |
| 3 | Vihren | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Chavdar Etropole | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 5 | Belasitsa | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | Oborishte | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | Pirin Gotse Delchev | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Botev Ihtiman | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Rilski Sportist | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Slivnishki geroy | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Balkan Botevgrad | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Pirin Razlog | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Perun | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Granit Vladaya | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | Levski Chepintsi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Velbazhd | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 11 |
| 18 | Bansko | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | -26 | 1 |