Football match preview: Lokomotiv Ruse vs Volov Shumen

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Competition: Bulgaria 3. League Northeast
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv

Lokomotiv Ruse hope to have lots of fans in for this game even though the season has been back-breaking so far with 2 points and a 14th spot in the 3. League Northeast table. Guests Volov Shumen are in 7th place with 18 pts.

Insights:
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have the fewest scored goals (7) in 3. League Northeast
  • Volov Shumen have the fewest scored goals (1) away in 3. League Northeast

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Lokomotiv Ruse form and stats

Lokomotiv Ruse's struggle is real here at Stadion Lokomotiv with only 1 point collected from 6 3. League Northeast games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-1-5. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts.

The Lokomotiv club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Lokomotiv: A 0-7 defeat against Svetkavitsa Targovishte (placed 8th).

Ahead of that match, Lokomotiv Ruse lost 0-7 at home to Svetkavitsa Targovishte.

The lack of attacking qualities in Lokomotiv means that they have only scored 2 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Lokomotiv Ruse have let the opposition score 19 times, an average of more than three per game.

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Volov Shumen form and stats

There's been little loot from Volov Shumen's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the 3. League Northeast. Volov Shumen only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

Volov Shumen are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Ustrem Donchevo (placed 12th).

Before that, Shumen secured a home win against Riltsi with the score 3-2.

Volov Shumen are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 6 away games. As for defending, Volov Shumen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought before this season: Volov Shumen - Lokomotiv 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Lokomotiv Ruse two wins, zero draws and Volov Shumen one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Lokomotiv Ruse missing players

Volov Shumen missing players

Lokomotiv Ruse Volov Shumen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
11 5 2 Lost L 0 4 5
7 2 1 Scored S 0 1 14
41 19 12 Conceded C 0 11 18
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 92%
92% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 69%
77% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 46%
38% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
23% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
54% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 38%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 23%
46% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 83% 46%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in 3. League Northeast this season:
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have the fewest points (1) at home in 3. League Northeast
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in 3. League Northeast
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have the fewest scored goals (7) in 3. League Northeast
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have the most conceded goals (19) at home in 3. League Northeast
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have the most conceded goals (41) in 3. League Northeast
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in 3. League Northeast
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have the the worst goal difference (-34) in 3. League Northeast
  • Lokomotiv Ruse have yet to win a game.
  • Volov Shumen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Volov Shumen have the fewest scored goals (1) away in 3. League Northeast

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunav 2010 13 13 0 0 47 8 7 7 0 0 35 3 6 6 0 0 12 5 39 39
2 Ludogorets III 13 10 1 2 32 7 7 6 0 1 18 2 6 4 1 1 14 5 25 31
3 Chernolomets 13 9 1 3 29 10 7 5 1 1 21 5 6 4 0 2 8 5 19 28
4 Septemvri Tervel 13 8 3 2 24 6 7 5 1 1 18 3 6 3 2 1 6 3 18 27
5 Chernomorets Balchik 13 7 4 2 24 10 6 4 1 1 14 5 7 3 3 1 10 5 14 25
6 Botev Novi Pazar 13 7 1 5 13 19 6 5 0 1 8 3 7 2 1 4 5 16 -6 22
7 Volov Shumen 13 5 3 5 14 18 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 1 1 4 1 11 -4 18
8 Svetkavitsa Targovishte 13 4 3 6 19 17 7 2 3 2 9 7 6 2 0 4 10 10 2 15
9 Spartak Varna II 13 4 2 7 15 23 6 3 1 2 11 6 7 1 1 5 4 17 -8 14
10 Sportist General Toshevo 13 3 4 6 15 22 6 3 1 2 6 7 7 0 3 4 9 15 -7 13
11 Riltsi 13 3 1 9 13 34 6 1 0 5 6 17 7 2 1 4 7 17 -21 10
12 Ustrem Donchevo 13 2 2 9 11 28 6 1 2 3 4 8 7 1 0 6 7 20 -17 8
13 Dorostol 13 2 1 10 12 32 7 1 1 5 7 11 6 1 0 5 5 21 -20 7
14 Lokomotiv Ruse 13 0 2 11 7 41 6 0 1 5 2 19 7 0 1 6 5 22 -34 2

Read more about 3. League Northeast

The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League, often called “Third League) is the third level of football in Bulgaria. It is divided into four divisions based on geographical regions; Northwest, Northeast, Southwest and Southeast. The number of teams vary. The top team of each region is promoted.