B PFG match prediction and preview for Neftohimik vs Montana clash

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Competition: Bulgaria B PFG
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (18037 seats)

Neftohimik will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Montana.

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Neftohimik form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 9 B PFG games here at Gradski stadion for Neftohimik. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

A good away victory last time out for Neftohimik, who won 4-0 against Spartak Varna (placed 16th). In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Spartak Varna.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Neftohimik played a great game against Spartak Varna and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Neftohimik decided the match against Spartak Varna in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (4-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.

The Neftohimik fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Neftohimik are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gradski stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Montana form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Montana playing as the away team in the B PFG this season.

Impressive finishing from T. Tasev, A. Iliev and N. Tsvetkov secured the home win 3-1 against Kariana Erden in their previous game. Before that, Montana secured a home win against Chernomorets Balchik with the score 6-1.

Montana find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Montana are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Montana - Neftohimik 4-2 earlier this season. Neftohimik-Montana H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Neftohimik one win, Montana four wins, zero draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MontanaA. Iliev
A. Iliev
11 goals
 Z. Petkov
Z. Petkov
6 goals
MontanaB. Baldzhiyski
B. Baldzhiyski
4 goals

Neftohimik missing players

Montana missing players

Neftohimik Montana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 4 8 17
8 6 0 Won W 1 3 10
3 2 1 Drew D 2 3 3
6 1 1 Lost L 1 2 4
29 17 3 Scored S 6 8 34
25 7 5 Conceded C 5 6 14
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
76% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 71%
65% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 47%
41% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 29%
29% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
47% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 47%
35% 56% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 35%
24% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 24%
 
4.6 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.5 4.6
3.6 3.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 3.8
3.7 4 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
156 71 15 Total Shots T S 36 81 154
67 34 5 Shots on Target S O 17 35 67
36% 35% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 23% 46%
Key stats in B PFG this season:
  • Montana has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Montana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Neftohimik have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Neftohimik have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Montana have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Septemvri Sofia 17 15 1 1 39 17 9 8 1 0 25 11 8 7 0 1 14 6 22 46
2 CSKA 1948 Sofia 17 14 1 2 46 17 9 8 1 0 26 3 8 6 0 2 20 14 29 43
3 Montana 17 10 3 4 34 14 9 7 0 2 26 8 8 3 3 2 8 6 20 33
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 17 9 3 5 27 16 8 5 1 2 14 7 9 4 2 3 13 9 11 30
5 Lovech 17 8 4 5 28 13 8 4 2 2 15 4 9 4 2 3 13 9 15 28
6 Hebar 1918 17 8 3 6 27 22 8 4 1 3 10 9 9 4 2 3 17 13 5 27
7 Neftohimik 17 8 3 6 29 25 9 6 2 1 17 7 8 2 1 5 12 18 4 27
8 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 17 7 5 5 25 23 9 5 2 2 15 10 8 2 3 3 10 13 2 26
9 Kariana Erden 17 6 5 6 24 23 8 3 4 1 14 10 9 3 1 5 10 13 1 23
10 OFK Pirin 16 6 5 5 23 23 8 3 3 2 13 13 8 3 2 3 10 10 0 23
11 Botev Galabovo 17 6 4 7 21 28 9 6 0 3 15 14 8 0 4 4 6 14 -7 22
12 Chernomorets Balchik 17 5 4 8 13 22 9 4 2 3 9 6 8 1 2 5 4 16 -9 19
13 Ludogorets II 17 2 9 6 16 22 8 1 5 2 8 10 9 1 4 4 8 12 -6 15
14 Strumska slava 17 4 1 12 16 32 8 3 1 4 10 13 9 1 0 8 6 19 -16 13
15 Pomorie 17 2 3 12 15 33 8 1 2 5 7 11 9 1 1 7 8 22 -18 9
16 Spartak Varna 17 2 3 12 5 36 8 2 1 5 3 14 9 0 2 7 2 22 -31 9
17 Spartak Pleven 17 2 3 12 8 30 9 1 2 6 5 14 8 1 1 6 3 16 -22 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.