This fixture has been long awaited by club members of both squads, as it's the first 3. League Southwest fixture of the season. Both Balkan Botevgrad and Rilski Sportist are aiming for a good start to their league adventure.
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 Balkan Botevgrad and Rilski Sportist.
Balkan Botevgrad form and stats
The previous season, Balkan Botevgrad's league stats were 21 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, ending with 6th position in the 3. League Southwest. During these 38 matches they scored {62 goals} and let in 38. Appearing as the host team in the former season Balkan Botevgrad generated 13-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with {39 goals} and 16 conceded.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Balkan Botevgrad, as the Bulgarian Cup home game vs Rilski Sportist is only three days away.
Rilski Sportist form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rilski Sportist performed last season in the 3. League Southwest: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded {64 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 20/35 goals scored/conceded.
Sportist have another match away from home in just three nights, a Bulgarian Cup match versus Balkan Botevgrad. A strenuous itinerary for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest meetings involving these two teams have all finished as Balkan Botevgrad victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.Balkan Botevgrad missing players
Rilski Sportist missing players
| Balkan Botevgrad | Rilski Sportist | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 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 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | Last season | Rilski Sportist | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 62 | 35 | Scored | S | 15 | 44 | ||
| 49 | 20 | Conceded | C | 31 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 57% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 34% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 25% | ||
| 77% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 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 | ||
