Stadion Hristo Botev: Botev Galabovo vs Montana B PFG preview

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Competition: Bulgaria B PFG
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (3000 seats)

Botev Galabovo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Montana.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Botev Galabovo form and stats

Botev Galabovo have collected 20 points from their B PFG home games so far after 6-2-3. Two draws in a row at home now for Botev Galabovo.

Botev Galabovo drew their last game, 1-1 away at Spartak Varna (placed 15th). Preceding that match was a Bulgarian Cup defeat to Botev Plovdiv (after extra-time) (0-1).

The Botev Galabovo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Botev Galabovo have conceded 15 goals.

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Montana form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the B PFG.

Montana had fun at their own home (Stadion Hristo Botev) last time out, beating Ludogorets II 2-0. T. Tasev and A. Iliev scored. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against CSKA 1948 Sofia wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Montana have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Montana as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Montana - Botev Galabovo 3-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Botev Galabovo won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Montana has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Montana
A. Iliev
14 goals
Montana
T. Tasev
5 goals
MontanaB. Baldzhiyski
B. Baldzhiyski
4 goals

Botev Galabovo missing players

Montana missing players

Botev Galabovo Montana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 5 10 21
6 6 1 Won W 2 4 13
7 2 0 Drew D 2 3 3
8 3 3 Lost L 1 3 5
23 16 8 Scored S 7 10 40
32 15 12 Conceded C 5 8 17
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
67% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 60% 76%
52% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 20% 43%
24% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 10% 24%
14% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
48% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 40% 43%
29% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 40% 38%
38% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 24%
 
4.5 4.6 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.1 5
4.7 4.3 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.5
2.1 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
131 66 35 Total Shots T S 46 98 190
48 29 19 Shots on Target S O 24 42 84
48% 55% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 24% 44%
Key stats in B PFG this season:
  • Botev Galabovo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montana has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Montana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CSKA 1948 Sofia 21 18 1 2 59 18 11 10 1 0 35 4 10 8 0 2 24 14 41 55
2 Septemvri Sofia 20 17 1 2 47 19 10 9 1 0 29 11 10 8 0 2 18 8 28 52
3 Montana 21 13 3 5 40 17 11 9 0 2 30 9 10 4 3 3 10 8 23 42
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 21 12 3 6 34 18 10 7 1 2 18 7 11 5 2 4 16 11 16 39
5 Neftohimik 21 10 3 8 35 29 11 7 2 2 19 9 10 3 1 6 16 20 6 33
6 Hebar 1918 21 10 3 8 35 30 10 6 1 3 16 9 11 4 2 5 19 21 5 33
7 Lovech 20 9 5 6 29 15 10 5 2 3 16 6 10 4 3 3 13 9 14 32
8 Kariana Erden 20 9 5 6 30 24 10 5 4 1 18 10 10 4 1 5 12 14 6 32
9 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 21 8 5 8 32 30 11 6 2 3 22 13 10 2 3 5 10 17 2 29
10 OFK Pirin 20 6 7 7 24 29 10 3 4 3 14 17 10 3 3 4 10 12 -5 25
11 Botev Galabovo 21 6 7 8 23 32 11 6 2 3 16 15 10 0 5 5 7 17 -9 25
12 Ludogorets II 21 5 9 7 20 25 10 3 5 2 11 11 11 2 4 5 9 14 -5 24
13 Chernomorets Balchik 20 6 4 10 15 27 10 5 2 3 11 6 10 1 2 7 4 21 -12 22
14 Strumska slava 21 7 1 13 21 34 10 5 1 4 13 14 11 2 0 9 8 20 -13 22
15 Spartak Varna 21 2 4 15 6 42 10 2 2 6 4 16 11 0 2 9 2 26 -36 10
16 Spartak Pleven 21 2 4 15 10 41 11 1 2 8 5 17 10 1 2 7 5 24 -31 7
17 Pomorie 21 2 3 16 15 45 10 1 2 7 7 17 11 1 1 9 8 28 -30 6

Read more about B PFG

The Second Professional First League (or Vtora Liga, earlier B Group or B Professional Football Group) is the second-highest level of football in Bulgaria. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures to set the final league table.