B PFG match preview and statistics: Montana fight Ludogorets II

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Competition: Bulgaria B PFG
Competition: Mon 09.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ogosta (8000 seats)

It's advantage Montana so far with their 3rd position in the B PFG table, welcoming Ludogorets II who are placed 10th.

Montana and Ludogorets II 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.

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Montana form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 10 B PFG games here at Stadion Ogosta for Montana. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Montana are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Montana are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus CSKA 1948 Sofia. Before that, Montana had a home game versus Hebar 1918 which ended with a victory 2-1.

Goals are plentiful at Stadion Ogosta in the league this season as Montana has scored 28 goals here in 10 home games. Montana have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ludogorets II form and stats

Ludogorets II have only collected 10 points from their away games in the B PFG, after 2-4-4 (10 played).

Ludogorets II have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 241 minutes since they last conceded in B PFG.

Ludogorets II won their last game, 1-0 versus Spartak Varna played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Spartak Pleven with the score of 1-0.

The attacking power of Ludogorets II when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Ludogorets II in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ludogorets II - Montana 0-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Montana wins - draws - Ludogorets II wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Montana
A. Iliev
13 goals
 
D. Mitkov
10 goals
Montana
T. Tasev
4 goals

Montana missing players

Ludogorets II missing players

Montana Ludogorets II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 4 10 20
12 8 2 Won W 0 2 5
3 0 0 Drew D 3 4 9
5 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
38 28 5 Scored S 4 9 20
17 9 2 Conceded C 6 12 23
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 85%
75% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 60%
45% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 35%
25% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 25%
15% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
45% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 40%
35% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 35%
25% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 40%
 
4.6 4.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.1
4.2 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 7 6.6
2.6 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
173 75 19 Total Shots T S 25 55 133
76 34 8 Shots on Target S O 15 29 60
46% 74% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 24% 30%
Key stats in B PFG this season:
  • Montana has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Montana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Montana have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ludogorets II have scored away.
  • Montana 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 CSKA 1948 Sofia 20 17 1 2 56 18 11 10 1 0 35 4 9 7 0 2 21 14 38 52
2 Septemvri Sofia 19 16 1 2 43 19 9 8 1 0 25 11 10 8 0 2 18 8 24 49
3 Montana 20 12 3 5 38 17 10 8 0 2 28 9 10 4 3 3 10 8 21 39
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 20 11 3 6 32 18 10 7 1 2 18 7 10 4 2 4 14 11 14 36
5 Neftohimik 20 10 3 7 34 27 11 7 2 2 19 9 9 3 1 5 15 18 7 33
6 Kariana Erden 20 9 5 6 30 24 10 5 4 1 18 10 10 4 1 5 12 14 6 32
7 Lovech 19 9 4 6 29 15 10 5 2 3 16 6 9 4 2 3 13 9 14 31
8 Hebar 1918 19 9 3 7 31 24 9 5 1 3 13 9 10 4 2 4 18 15 7 30
9 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 20 7 5 8 26 29 10 5 2 3 16 12 10 2 3 5 10 17 -3 26
10 Ludogorets II 20 5 9 6 20 23 10 3 5 2 11 11 10 2 4 4 9 12 -3 24
11 OFK Pirin 19 6 6 7 24 29 9 3 3 3 14 17 10 3 3 4 10 12 -5 24
12 Botev Galabovo 20 6 6 8 22 31 11 6 2 3 16 15 9 0 4 5 6 16 -9 24
13 Chernomorets Balchik 19 6 4 9 15 23 10 5 2 3 11 6 9 1 2 6 4 17 -8 22
14 Strumska slava 20 6 1 13 19 33 9 4 1 4 11 13 11 2 0 9 8 20 -14 19
15 Spartak Varna 20 2 3 15 5 41 9 2 1 6 3 15 11 0 2 9 2 26 -36 9
16 Spartak Pleven 20 2 4 14 10 39 10 1 2 7 5 15 10 1 2 7 5 24 -29 7
17 Pomorie 19 2 3 14 15 39 9 1 2 6 7 14 10 1 1 8 8 25 -24 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.