It's game two of the 3. League Northwest season and important points to play for. Read our thorough preview of Lokomotiv Mezdra-Juventus Malchika!
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated fixture!
Lokomotiv Mezdra form and stats
The season before, Lokomotiv Mezdra's league stats were 8 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses, resulting in 13th place in the 3. League Northwest. During these 32 matches they scored 35 goals and let in 47. Performing as the host team in the former season Lokomotiv Mezdra generated 7-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 18 conceded.
Happy days for Lokomotiv Mezdra in their previous game, a fixture away at OFK Levski (placed 14th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Partizan (1-2).Juventus Malchika form and stats
Let's have a look at how Juventus Malchika performed last season in the 3. League Northwest: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 7 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 64 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 11 with 13/34 goals scored/conceded. Juventus Malchika have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the 3. League Northwest were 3 victories, 2 draws and 11 defeats from 16 fixtures.
Juventus are travelling again after losing away to Partizan in their previous match (1-2).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting OFK Levski.Juventus Malchika have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Lokomotiv Mezdra wins - draws - Juventus Malchika wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Lokomotiv Mezdra missing players
Juventus Malchika missing players
| Lokomotiv Mezdra | Juventus Malchika | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| Lokomotiv Mezdra | Last season | Juventus Malchika | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 47 | 18 | Conceded | C | 34 | 64 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 47% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 53% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 38% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 22% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 38% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 22% | ||
| 34% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 47% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Etar VT II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Vihar Slavyanovo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Mezdra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Bdin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Akademik Svishtov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Partizan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Pavlikeni | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Dryanovo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Yantra Polski Trambesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Juventus Malchika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Sevlievo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | OFK Levski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Boruna Tsareva livada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Drenovets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Pleven | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 89 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 70 | 81 |
| 2 | Sevlievo | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 73 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 32 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 39 | 69 |
| 4 | Bdin | 32 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 65 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 39 | 59 |
| 5 | Vihar Slavyanovo | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 59 |
| 6 | Yantra Polski Trambesh | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 52 |
| 7 | Partizan | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 50 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -1 | 52 |
| 8 | Pavlikeni | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 51 |
| 9 | OFK Levski | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | -6 | 40 |
| 10 | Botev Vratsa II | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -17 | 36 |
| 11 | Drenovets | 32 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 39 | 66 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 42 | -27 | 35 |
| 11 | Parva atomna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Akademik Svishtov | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 43 | 56 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 35 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Mezdra | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 29 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | Juventus Malchika | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 34 | -34 | 28 |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Dryanovo | 32 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 33 | 63 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 39 | -30 | 27 |
| 16 | Etar VT II | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 46 | 90 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 51 | -44 | 24 |
| 17 | Peshtera Galata | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 26 | 78 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 47 | -52 | 23 |