3. League Southeast: Rodopa Smolyan - FK Sliven pre-match guide and facts

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Competition: Bulgaria 3. League Southeast
Competition: Sat 03.June
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Septemvri (8000 seats)

Rodopa Smolyan have claimed 27 of their 52 in total here at their home arena. Will they win more points against FK Sliven?

Insights:
  • FK Sliven have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in 3. League Southeast

Rodopa Smolyan are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For FK Sliven most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rodopa Smolyan form and stats

The story so far in the 3. League Southeast for Rodopa Smolyan at their home stadium (Stadion Septemvri) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager Syurdzhiev led his Smolyan to a defeat away at Zagorets. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Septemvri. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in four league matches.

In the match before that, Rodopa Smolyan hosted Karnobat and drew the game 0-0.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 17 latest league fixtures shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The Rodopa Smolyan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 18 matches. From these home matches, Smolyan have conceded only 16 goals.

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FK Sliven form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FK Sliven so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-12 (win-draw-lose).

FK Sliven played 2-2 against Spartak Plovdiv in their previous match.

Before that, FK Sliven travelled to Asenovets and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 16 of this club's 21 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

FK Sliven have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 22 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. There are big problems for the Sliven defense as they have conceded 58 goals in 18 away games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the participants met earlier this campaign; FK Sliven - Rodopa Smolyan 2-2.

Rodopa Smolyan missing players

FK Sliven missing players

Rodopa Smolyan FK Sliven
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
15 8 5 Won W 2 4 10
7 3 1 Drew D 2 2 6
15 7 0 Lost L 2 12 21
46 21 12 Scored S 9 22 58
48 16 2 Conceded C 12 58 88
89% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
68% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 84%
46% 39% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 73%
30% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 78% 62%
16% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 50% 43%
38% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 54%
35% 39% 67% Clean Sheets C S 17% 6% 16%
38% 39% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 44% 35%
 
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 Southeast this season:
  • FK Sliven have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FK Sliven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FK Sliven have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in 3. League Southeast
  • FK Sliven have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in 3. League Southeast
  • FK Sliven haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nesebar 38 26 5 7 84 32 19 14 2 3 55 18 19 12 3 4 29 14 52 83
2 Gigant Saedinenie 37 23 9 5 67 25 19 13 5 1 38 10 18 10 4 4 29 15 42 78
3 Chernomorets 1919 Burgas 37 23 8 6 79 26 19 13 4 2 48 9 18 10 4 4 31 17 53 77
4 Zagorets 38 22 10 6 64 19 19 14 3 2 39 9 19 8 7 4 25 10 45 76
5 Rozova dolina 37 20 8 9 66 28 19 11 6 2 41 10 18 9 2 7 25 18 38 68
6 Sayana Haskovo 37 20 8 9 66 34 19 13 4 2 40 13 18 7 4 7 26 21 32 68
7 Spartak Plovdiv 37 19 7 11 72 42 18 13 4 1 44 10 19 6 3 10 28 32 30 64
8 Asenovets 38 19 7 12 69 41 19 12 4 3 43 13 19 7 3 9 26 28 28 64
9 Lokomotiv Plovdiv II 37 19 4 14 54 33 18 9 2 7 23 14 19 10 2 7 31 19 21 61
10 Yambol 1915 37 15 9 13 51 48 18 7 6 5 27 25 19 8 3 8 24 23 3 54
11 Rodopa Smolyan 37 15 7 15 46 48 18 8 3 7 21 16 19 7 4 8 25 32 -2 52
12 Dimitrovgrad 37 15 4 18 49 52 18 11 2 5 31 13 19 4 2 13 18 39 -3 49
13 Sokol Markovo 37 15 2 20 53 57 19 10 0 9 37 29 18 5 2 11 16 28 -4 47
14 Karnobat 37 11 8 18 37 54 19 7 3 9 25 31 18 4 5 9 12 23 -17 41
15 Levski Karlovo 37 12 5 20 43 67 18 9 1 8 25 23 19 3 4 12 18 44 -24 41
16 Beroe II 37 11 4 22 45 71 18 6 3 9 29 34 19 5 1 13 16 37 -26 37
17 FK Sliven 37 10 6 21 58 88 19 6 4 9 36 30 18 4 2 12 22 58 -30 36
18 Atletik Kuklen 37 10 3 24 36 83 18 6 2 10 19 31 19 4 1 14 17 52 -47 33
19 Borislav 2009 38 5 6 27 34 92 19 5 2 12 16 32 19 0 4 15 18 60 -58 21
20 Vereya 37 2 0 35 24 157 19 1 0 18 16 74 18 1 0 17 8 83 -133 6

Read more about 3. League Southeast

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.