Delightful dogfight as daring Botev Plovdiv duel with determined Lokomotiv Sofia 1929

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 10.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (3500 seats)

Parva Liga: The mid-table positions tell a story of the journey Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have taken so far. Both teams are ready for the game; let's get this boat on the water!

Insights:
  • Botev Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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Botev Plovdiv form and stats

When playing at home in the Parva Liga, Botev Plovdiv have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games.

The followers are hoping that Plovdiv will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Bulgarian Cup fixture against Slavia Sofia.

In the game before, a fine away victory at Chernomorets Balchik. A Bulgarian Cup game.

10 goals have been conceded.

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Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 form and stats

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Parva Liga, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

The regulars enjoyed Lokomotiv Sofia 1929's previous match versus Vitosha Bistritsa, a Bulgarian Cup win (3-0) played at home.

A home victory as expected against Vitosha Bistritsa ahead of that, in the Bulgarian Cup.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. Lokomotiv have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived history involving both these contenders is the Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 - Botev Plovdiv 2-0 played previously this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Botev Plovdiv victory, two draws and two Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PlovdivA. Baroan
A. Baroan
10 goals
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929D. Mitkov
D. Mitkov
7 goals
Botev PlovdivV. Genev
V. Genev
3 goals

Botev Plovdiv missing players

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 missing players

Botev Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
6 5 0 Won W 0 2 7
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 5
11 4 2 Lost L 1 4 6
26 18 3 Scored S 3 11 23
25 10 6 Conceded C 4 12 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 67%
44% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 44%
33% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 22%
22% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 17%
44% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 50%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 39%
39% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 22%
 
4.9 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 4.3
4.1 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.8 4.8
3.2 3 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 2.6
5 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
12.3 13.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.2 9.3
4.4 5.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.4 3.9
33% 36% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 35% 33%
 
10.5 9.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.6 11.7
4.2 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.4 4.7
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 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 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

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.