Gradski stadion: Perun vs Botev Ihtiman 3. League Southwest preview

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Competition: Bulgaria 3. League Southwest
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion

17th- against 9th place might not sound all that sexy. Here's the information that makes Perun - Botev Ihtiman (even) more interesting!

Insights:
  • Perun have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in 3. League Southwest

Perun and Botev Ihtiman should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Perun have had a bad season and will be relegated from 3. League Southwest. For Ihtiman most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Perun form and stats

Perun have collected 17 points from their 3. League Southwest home games so far after 5-2-9. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Perun to get some points in this home game.

No payout for Perun in their previous match, an away game at Belasitsa that ended in defeat 0-6. As you see from the result above, Perun suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that game, the home loss against Oborishte with the scoreline 0-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Perun here at Gradski stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 16 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.

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Botev Ihtiman form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botev Ihtiman so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-9 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Ihtiman's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Botev Ihtiman are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the 3. League Southwest against Velbazhd (placed 18th). As mentioned above, Ihtiman was the only team on the pitch versus Velbazhd in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.

A 0-3 defeat away at Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Botev Ihtiman as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Ihtiman rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Botev Ihtiman - Perun 4-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Perun victories, two draws and three Botev Ihtiman wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Perun missing players

Botev Ihtiman missing players

Perun Botev Ihtiman
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
6 5 1 Won W 1 3 11
4 2 1 Drew D 2 4 7
22 9 3 Lost L 2 9 14
23 13 1 Scored S 8 15 45
69 26 8 Conceded C 5 24 39
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
69% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 56% 69%
44% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 50%
34% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 31%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
31% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 34%
16% 25% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 34%
56% 56% 80% Failed to Score F T 40% 50% 34%
 
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%
Key stats in 3. League Southwest this season:
  • Perun have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Perun have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in 3. League Southwest

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vihren 32 23 5 4 62 22 16 13 1 2 34 12 16 10 4 2 28 10 40 74
2 Belasitsa 32 22 8 2 65 26 16 13 3 0 42 14 16 9 5 2 23 12 39 74
3 Marek 31 22 7 2 77 22 16 14 2 0 49 7 15 8 5 2 28 15 55 73
4 Kyustendil 32 24 4 4 56 13 16 12 4 0 31 6 16 12 0 4 25 7 43 73
5 Balkan Botevgrad 32 15 9 8 57 32 16 11 2 3 33 9 16 4 7 5 24 23 25 54
6 Oborishte 32 16 6 10 51 39 16 10 2 4 30 12 16 6 4 6 21 27 12 54
7 Chavdar Etropole 32 15 6 11 59 40 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 5 3 8 25 24 19 51
8 Pirin Gotse Delchev 32 13 6 13 37 27 16 9 3 4 24 11 16 4 3 9 13 16 10 45
9 Botev Ihtiman 32 11 7 14 45 39 16 8 3 5 30 15 16 3 4 9 15 24 6 40
10 Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi 32 10 5 17 38 51 16 5 5 6 20 20 16 5 0 11 18 31 -13 35
11 Pirin Razlog 32 9 8 15 36 57 16 5 5 6 22 25 16 4 3 9 14 32 -21 35
12 Rilski Sportist 32 9 6 17 29 43 16 8 3 5 19 14 16 1 3 12 10 29 -14 33
13 Slivnishki geroy 32 8 8 16 31 42 16 7 3 6 21 21 16 1 5 10 10 21 -11 32
14 Granit Vladaya 32 9 5 18 32 60 16 5 4 7 19 22 16 4 1 11 13 38 -28 32
15 Bansko 31 9 4 18 22 40 15 6 2 7 13 17 16 3 2 11 9 23 -18 31
16 Levski Chepintsi 32 9 4 19 30 67 16 8 2 6 19 23 16 1 2 13 11 44 -37 31
17 Perun 32 6 4 22 23 69 16 5 2 9 13 26 16 1 2 13 10 43 -46 22
18 Velbazhd 32 4 4 24 14 75 16 3 4 9 7 34 16 1 0 15 7 41 -61 16

Read more about 3. League Southwest

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.