Full preview: Slavia Sofia expected to beat Hebar 1918 at Stadion Slavija

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

Slavia Sofia are listed as favourites to win this home game versus Hebar 1918, if the league standings are thought to provide some clues. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Slavia Sofia have the most points from losing position (11) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (11) in First League

Slavia Sofia and Hebar 1918 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 10 First League games here at Stadion Slavija for Slavia Sofia. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

The club members are hoping that Slavia Sofia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Ludogorets (placed 2nd). The defeat against Ludogorets was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Nonato).

Before that, Slavia Sofia had a home game versus OFK Pirin which ended with a victory 2-0.

Slavia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Slavija with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Slavia Sofia have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hebar 1918 form and stats

There's been little loot from Hebar 1918's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the First League. Hebar 1918 only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.

Hebar have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 215 minutes ago. Mihaylov was the goal scorer.

There were no winners in Hebar 1918's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Spartak Varna (placed 16th).

A 0-2 defeat away at CSKA 1948 Sofia before that.

Hebar are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 10 away games. Hebar 1918 have conceded 21 goals in these games. Hebar 1918 has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this campaign: Hebar 1918 - Slavia Sofia 0-3. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Slavia victory, one draw and two Hebar 1918 wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Slavia SofiaT. Tasev
T. Tasev
4 goals
Slavia SofiaA. Ahmedov
A. Ahmedov
3 goals
Slavia SofiaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
3 goals

Slavia Sofia missing players

Hebar 1918 missing players

Slavia Sofia Hebar 1918
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 5 Played P 4 10 20
11 7 4 Won W 0 2 3
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
7 1 0 Lost L 4 7 13
25 16 9 Scored S 1 4 11
20 8 3 Conceded C 14 21 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 65%
50% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 40% 45%
5% 10% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 10% 10%
45% 60% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 20% 35%
30% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 60% 55%
 
4.2 4.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.2 2.1
5.2 5 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.8 6.2
2.5 2.5 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.7 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.6 11.1 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 5 5.7
3.8 3.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.5
33% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 18% 22%
 
8.9 9.2 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 16.4 14.2
3 3.1 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 6 5.3
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Hebar 1918 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Hebar 1918 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (11) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (4) away in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the the worst goal difference (-26) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Hebar 1918 is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Slavia Sofia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Slavia Sofia have scored more than double the goals of Hebar 1918.
  • Slavia Sofia have the most points from losing position (11) in First League
  • Slavia Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 16 2 2 41 11 10 9 1 0 23 4 10 7 1 2 18 7 30 50
2 Ludogorets 20 15 4 1 50 14 10 7 3 0 23 5 10 8 1 1 27 9 36 49
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 20 11 6 3 30 14 10 8 2 0 21 5 10 3 4 3 9 9 16 39
4 Slavia Sofia 20 11 2 7 25 20 10 7 2 1 16 8 10 4 0 6 9 12 5 35
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 20 10 4 6 22 20 10 6 1 3 15 9 10 4 3 3 7 11 2 34
6 Cherno More 20 9 6 5 19 17 10 5 3 2 11 9 10 4 3 3 8 8 2 33
7 Arda 20 9 5 6 24 20 10 6 2 2 16 9 10 3 3 4 8 11 4 32
8 Levski Sofia 20 8 7 5 26 13 10 6 2 2 17 4 10 2 5 3 9 9 13 31
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 20 7 7 6 24 21 10 5 3 2 13 9 10 2 4 4 11 12 3 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 20 6 2 12 27 28 10 5 1 4 18 10 10 1 1 8 9 18 -1 20
11 Beroe 20 5 5 10 18 35 10 4 2 4 12 15 10 1 3 6 6 20 -17 20
12 Botev Vratsa 20 5 4 11 16 34 10 4 2 4 7 13 10 1 2 7 9 21 -18 19
13 Septemvri Sofia 20 3 7 10 18 27 10 1 5 4 6 12 10 2 2 6 12 15 -9 16
14 OFK Pirin 20 2 7 11 14 29 10 2 4 4 9 15 10 0 3 7 5 14 -15 13
15 Hebar 1918 20 3 4 13 11 37 10 1 3 6 7 16 10 2 1 7 4 21 -26 13
16 Spartak Varna 20 1 6 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 8 15 10 0 3 7 7 25 -25 9

Read more about First League

The First Professional Football League, also known as the Parva Liga, is the top level of football in Bulgaria. It has 14 teams playing a regular season of 26 fixtures to set a league table. The top six then enter a championship playoff, the bottom eight a relegation group.