Football match preview: Sokol Markovo vs Spartak Plovdiv

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Competition: Bulgaria 3. League Southeast
Competition: Sat 14.Oct
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Sokol (26400 seats)

The guesting Spartak Plovdiv team should be favourites at Sokol Markovo, as the away team have a 19 point advantage from their twelve league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Sokol Markovo have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the most scored goals (56) in 3. League Southeast

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sokol Markovo and Spartak Plovdiv.

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Sokol Markovo form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Sokol Markovo have to build on here at Stadion Sokol in the 3. League Southeast. When Sokol Markovo hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Sayana Haskovo, Asenovets, Nesebar, Gigant Saedinenie and Atletik Kuklen), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Sokol Markovo has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Georgiev and the players.

Markovo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Asenovets.

Before that game, the home loss against Gigant Saedinenie with the scoreline 1-5.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 most recent league matches highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Goals decide football matches and Sokol Markovo are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Sokol Markovo have allowed the opposition to score 16 goals here at Stadion Sokol. When Markovo hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Yambol 1915, Levski Karlovo, Karnobat, FK Sliven, Sekirovo and Beroe II), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Spartak Plovdiv form and stats

4-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Spartak Plovdiv, who have the most scored goals (56) in 3. League Southeast, in their 3. League Southeast matches away.

Spartak Plovdiv delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Nesebar (placed 4th) in their previous fixture.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sayana Haskovo wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Stats flash: 9 of the latest 11 league matches involving this club have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The Spartak defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({2 goals} in 5 games).

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings involving these teams: Sokol Markovo won one, Spartak Plovdiv triumphed in three and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Sokol Markovo missing players

Spartak Plovdiv missing players

Sokol Markovo Spartak Plovdiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 12
4 3 1 Won W 1 4 10
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
8 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
19 13 4 Scored S 3 10 56
32 16 7 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 92%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 67%
50% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 50%
42% 67% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 42%
92% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 80% 67%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 8%
 
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:
  • All of Sokol Markovo's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Sokol Markovo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sokol Markovo have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sokol Markovo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spartak Plovdiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Spartak Plovdiv have scored more than double the goals of Sokol Markovo.
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the fewest conceded goals (6) in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the most clean sheets (4) away in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the most clean sheets (8) in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the most scored goals (56) in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv have the the best goal difference (+50) in 3. League Southeast
  • Spartak Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 Plovdiv 12 10 1 1 56 6 7 6 1 0 46 4 5 4 0 1 10 2 50 31
2 Sayana Haskovo 12 9 1 2 33 9 6 4 1 1 17 5 6 5 0 1 16 4 24 28
3 Gigant Saedinenie 12 8 2 2 42 14 7 6 1 0 29 5 5 2 1 2 13 9 28 26
4 Nesebar 12 7 4 1 37 14 6 4 2 0 19 4 6 3 2 1 18 10 23 25
5 Asenovets 12 7 1 4 21 21 6 3 1 2 7 9 6 4 0 2 14 12 0 22
6 Atletik Kuklen 12 6 3 3 24 19 6 3 3 0 12 6 6 3 0 3 12 13 5 21
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv II 12 6 2 4 24 22 5 3 1 1 11 7 7 3 1 3 13 15 2 20
8 Sozopol 12 5 4 3 24 14 7 4 1 2 19 9 5 1 3 1 5 5 10 19
9 Rozova dolina 12 6 1 5 20 13 5 3 0 2 12 7 7 3 1 3 8 6 7 19
10 Zagorets 12 5 3 4 24 18 5 3 0 2 12 6 7 2 3 2 12 12 6 18
11 Dimitrovgrad 12 5 3 4 18 14 6 3 1 2 10 7 6 2 2 2 8 7 4 18
12 Rodopa Smolyan 12 5 2 5 24 16 5 3 1 1 11 8 7 2 1 4 13 8 8 17
13 Botev Plovdiv II 12 4 2 6 20 20 5 2 0 3 11 8 7 2 2 3 9 12 0 14
14 Sokol Markovo 12 4 0 8 19 32 6 3 0 3 13 16 6 1 0 5 6 16 -13 12
15 Karnobat 12 4 0 8 17 32 5 3 0 2 10 8 7 1 0 6 7 24 -15 12
16 Yambol 1915 12 3 3 6 15 31 7 2 1 4 9 19 5 1 2 2 6 12 -16 12
17 Levski Karlovo 12 3 2 7 18 29 7 2 1 4 10 13 5 1 1 3 8 16 -11 11
18 Beroe II 12 3 0 9 12 34 6 2 0 4 9 12 6 1 0 5 3 22 -22 9
19 Sekirovo 12 1 3 8 10 26 7 1 3 3 6 13 5 0 0 5 4 13 -16 6
20 FK Sliven 12 0 1 11 9 83 6 0 1 5 5 23 6 0 0 6 4 60 -74 1

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.