National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Slavia Sofia or Botev Plovdiv that keep their silverware dream alive.
Botev Plovdiv play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. The latest stats for Botev Plovdiv when featuring on grass are 6 wins, 13 draws and 16 defeats from 35 matches. They have managed to score {31 goals} and conceded 46 times in these games.
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!
Slavia Sofia form and stats
Slavia Sofia participated in Bulgarian Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Slavia Sofia are steadily winning Parva Liga games and points here at Stadion Slavija. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Slavia Sofia suffered an unpredictable loss 1-2 against Ludogorets in their previous outing, also a home game.
Before that one, a nice away victory at Sportist Svoge (after extra-time). A Bulgarian Cup match. This is expected to be a close game, with Slavia Sofia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Slavia Sofia as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Slavia has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
A decent goal production from Slavia Sofia in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Slavia have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
Botev Plovdiv was sent out of Bulgarian Cup in the round of 32 last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botev Plovdiv so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Botev Plovdiv, whose boss Kopić could celebrate last time after the Bulgarian Cup win against Chernomorets Balchik.
It was a Parva Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Arda wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Botev Plovdiv in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Plovdiv, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
The attacking power of Botev Plovdiv when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Plovdiv have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Botev Plovdiv have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Slavia Sofia.Top Goalscorers
  A. Baroan 10 goals |  E. Manu 7 goals |   K. Nguena 4 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| Slavia Sofia | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 34% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 34 | 43 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Levski Sofia | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Arda | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Beroe | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 12 | Septemvri Sofia | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Hebar 1918 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -24 | 12 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -24 | 8 |
