B PFG match preview and statistics: Strumska slava fight Septemvri Sofia

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Competition: Bulgaria B PFG
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex (2000 seats)

Struggling Strumska slava will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Septemvri Sofia in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Bulgarian Cup.

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Strumska slava form and stats

Overall B PFG stats at home this season for Strumska slava are 3-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Strumska slava lost their last game at OFK Pirin (placed 10th) after a 1-3 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa.

Strumska slava has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Septemvri Sofia form and stats

Septemvri Sofia, who have the most points (18) away in B PFG, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 18 points collected from 7 B PFG games. 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Strumska slava. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Septemvri Sofia's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the CSKA 1948 Sofia game.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Bulgarian Cup home defeat versus Ludogorets with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Septemvri Sofia won their away game at Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa in the B PFG. The scoreline was 1-0.

Septemvri Sofia have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Septemvri Sofia as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Septemvri Sofia - Strumska slava 2-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Strumska slava victories, 1 draw and 5 Septemvri Sofia wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Septemvri SofiaP. Yordanov
P. Yordanov
9 goals
Septemvri SofiaG. Rusev
G. Rusev
8 goals
Strumska slavaB. Nikolov
B. Nikolov
6 goals

Strumska slava missing players

Septemvri Sofia missing players

Strumska slava Septemvri Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 7 16
4 3 0 Won W 2 6 14
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
11 3 2 Lost L 0 1 1
16 10 0 Scored S 3 10 35
28 9 3 Conceded C 0 6 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 88%
50% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 56%
19% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 38%
12% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 25%
44% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 44%
12% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 71% 50%
44% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 6%
 
3.6 5.4 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 3.3 4.1
4.9 4.4 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.5 3 2.9
2.5 2.4 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.7 2.1
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
95 57 12 Total Shots T S 23 62 183
40 23 4 Shots on Target S O 10 31 94
40% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 37%
Key stats in B PFG this season:
  • Septemvri Sofia has the most clean sheets (5) away
  • Septemvri Sofia has the most matches over the total-line (4)
  • Septemvri Sofia has the most points (18) away
  • Septemvri Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Septemvri Sofia have scored more than double the goals of Strumska slava.
  • Septemvri Sofia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Septemvri Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Septemvri Sofia is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Strumska slava have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Strumska slava haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 14 1 1 35 17 9 8 1 0 25 11 7 6 0 1 10 6 18 43
2 CSKA 1948 Sofia 16 13 1 2 43 15 9 8 1 0 26 3 7 5 0 2 17 12 28 40
3 Montana 16 9 3 4 31 13 8 6 0 2 23 7 8 3 3 2 8 6 18 30
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 16 9 3 4 25 13 7 5 1 1 12 4 9 4 2 3 13 9 12 30
5 Lovech 16 8 3 5 28 13 8 4 2 2 15 4 8 4 1 3 13 9 15 27
6 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 16 7 4 5 25 23 8 5 1 2 15 10 8 2 3 3 10 13 2 25
7 Hebar 1918 16 7 3 6 24 21 8 4 1 3 10 9 8 3 2 3 14 12 3 24
8 Neftohimik 16 7 3 6 25 25 9 6 2 1 17 7 7 1 1 5 8 18 0 24
9 Kariana Erden 16 6 5 5 23 20 8 3 4 1 14 10 8 3 1 4 9 10 3 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 16 5 4 7 20 28 8 5 0 3 14 14 8 0 4 4 6 14 -8 19
12 Chernomorets Balchik 16 5 3 8 10 22 9 4 2 3 6 6 7 1 1 5 4 16 -12 18
13 Ludogorets II 16 2 9 5 16 21 8 1 5 2 8 10 8 1 4 3 8 11 -5 15
14 Strumska slava 16 4 1 11 16 28 7 3 1 3 10 9 9 1 0 8 6 19 -12 13
15 Spartak Varna 16 2 3 11 5 29 7 2 1 4 3 10 9 0 2 7 2 19 -24 9
16 Pomorie 16 2 2 12 15 33 7 1 1 5 7 11 9 1 1 7 8 22 -18 8
17 Spartak Pleven 16 2 3 11 7 27 8 1 2 5 4 11 8 1 1 6 3 16 -20 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.