National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Balkan Botevgrad or Montana that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Botevgrad saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the 3. League Southwest. Thankfully the previous game, versus Oborishte, was also a home game here at Stadion Hristo Botev. The away team is better rested.
Balkan Botevgrad form and stats
Last season, Balkan Botevgrad's Bulgarian Cup journey ended in the regional semi-finals.Balkan Botevgrad's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Oborishte. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that, Balkan Botevgrad had a 3. League Southwest home game versus Hebar II which ended with a victory 2-1.The manager Palankovski will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Slavia Sofia II in only four days.
Montana form and stats
Montana was sent out of Bulgarian Cup in the preliminary round last season.As the visiting team in B PFG matches, Montana have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sportist Svoge in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs CSKA 1948 Sofia II.Montana have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Montana as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Botevgrad one win, one draw and Montana two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Ejike 3 goals | N. Borisov Borisov 2 goals | V. Dimitrov Tsekov 2 goals |
Balkan Botevgrad missing players
Montana missing players
| Balkan Botevgrad | Montana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 56 | 39 | Scored | S | 14 | 23 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 80% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 7.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Yantra 1919 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Spartak Varna | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Montana | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Marek | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Chernomorets 1919 Burgas | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Dunav 2010 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Strumska slava | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | CSKA 1948 Sofia II | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Spartak Pleven | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Belasitsa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Ludogorets II | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Sportist Svoge | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Lovech | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 17 | Bdin | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Chernomorets Balchik | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
