Parva Liga duel: Close contest expected between Arda and Lokomotiv Plovdiv

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

Arena Arda: Get set for a football celebration when Arda put their fighting gear on for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Read up on the fixture here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Parva Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Arda form and stats

5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Parva Liga numbers at home for Arda so far this season.

It's back home for Arda, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Septemvri Sofia away with the result 1-0. Borukov found the net in that victory.

In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Maritsa Plovdiv (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) (Bulgarian Cup). The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Arda are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games.

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Parva Liga, are W4-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv's last game was the home draw against Botev Vratsa (0-0).

A defeat, in the Bulgarian Cup away at Cherno More, before that.

Highlight this: 12 of the last 16 league fixtures featuring this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lokomotiv as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Arda 1-0 was the scoreline in these teams' latest h2h fixture, played this season. Arda-Lokomotiv Plovdiv H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arda one win, Lokomotiv Plovdiv three wins, six draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv PlovdivB. Dione
B. Dione
4 goals
ArdaS. Kovachev
S. Kovachev
3 goals
ArdaI. Tilev
I. Tilev
3 goals

Arda missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Arda Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
8 5 1 Won W 0 4 10
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 4
6 2 2 Lost L 0 2 5
19 11 2 Scored S 1 7 22
20 9 4 Conceded C 1 6 15
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 84%
58% 44% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 58%
32% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 37%
21% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
37% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 22% 32%
37% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 56% 53%
37% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 32%
 
4.6 6.3 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6.4 5.6
4.4 3.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.6 4.4
2.7 2.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.4 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.8 11.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.3 10.9
3.4 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.9 4.1
29% 28% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 29%
 
9.4 7.3 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.8 9.1
3.4 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arda have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Parva Liga

  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 19 15 2 2 38 10 9 8 1 0 20 3 10 7 1 2 18 7 28 47
2 Ludogorets 19 14 4 1 48 13 9 6 3 0 21 4 10 8 1 1 27 9 35 46
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 19 11 6 2 30 13 10 8 2 0 21 5 9 3 4 2 9 8 17 39
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19 10 4 5 22 15 10 6 1 3 15 9 9 4 3 2 7 6 7 34
5 Slavia Sofia 18 10 2 6 22 18 9 6 2 1 14 8 9 4 0 5 8 10 4 32
6 Cherno More 19 9 5 5 18 16 9 5 2 2 10 8 10 4 3 3 8 8 2 32
7 Levski Sofia 19 8 6 5 25 12 10 6 2 2 17 4 9 2 4 3 8 8 13 30
8 Arda 19 8 5 6 19 20 9 5 2 2 11 9 10 3 3 4 8 11 -1 29
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 19 7 6 6 23 20 9 5 2 2 12 8 10 2 4 4 11 12 3 27
10 Botev Plovdiv 19 6 2 11 26 25 10 5 1 4 18 10 9 1 1 7 8 15 1 20
11 Beroe 19 5 4 10 17 34 10 4 2 4 12 15 9 1 2 6 5 19 -17 19
12 Botev Vratsa 19 4 4 11 15 34 9 3 2 4 6 13 10 1 2 7 9 21 -19 16
13 Septemvri Sofia 19 3 6 10 17 26 10 1 5 4 6 12 9 2 1 6 11 14 -9 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 19 3 3 13 11 37 9 1 2 6 7 16 10 2 1 7 4 21 -26 12
16 Spartak Varna 19 1 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 8 15 9 0 2 7 7 25 -25 8

Read more about Parva Liga

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.