Stadion Spartak: Vihren vs Balkan Botevgrad 3. League Southwest preview

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Competition: Bulgaria 3. League Southwest
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Spartak (14400 seats)

A key match in 3. League Southwest as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Vihren in 1st position and Balkan Botevgrad placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Vihren have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Balkan Botevgrad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Vihren are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. For Balkan Botevgrad most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Vihren form and stats

This stadium, Stadion Spartak, has been a fortress for Vihren in the 3. League Southwest so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 13-1-2.

A good away victory last time out for Vihren, who won 2-1 against Slivnishki geroy (placed 13th). Nobody expected Vihren to beat Slivnishki geroy in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Pirin Razlog in a game that was won 5-1.

Vihren can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 34 times. Vihren have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Balkan Botevgrad form and stats

4 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Balkan Botevgrad playing as the away team in the 3. League Southwest this season.

Balkan Botevgrad play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Marek (placed 3rd).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Slivnishki geroy.

Botevgrad has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Botevgrad have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Balkan Botevgrad - Vihren 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Vihren won two, Balkan Botevgrad won two and six draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Vihren missing players

Balkan Botevgrad missing players

Vihren Balkan Botevgrad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
23 13 1 Won W 0 4 15
5 1 1 Drew D 2 7 9
4 2 2 Lost L 2 5 8
62 34 3 Scored S 7 24 57
22 12 5 Conceded C 9 23 32
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
72% 81% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 66%
50% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 38%
19% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 25%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 22%
50% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 47%
41% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
16% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 19% 19%
 
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:
  • Balkan Botevgrad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vihren have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Vihren haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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.