National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bansko or OFK Pirin that keep their silverware dream alive.
Not a lot of time to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a 3. League Southwest match only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Vihren, was also a home game here at Stadion Sveti Petar. The away team is better rested.
Bansko form and stats
There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Sveti Petar after three straight home wins.
A nice win for Bansko last time playing, versus Vihren. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.
Before that, Bansko played out a 3. League Southwest draw 0-0 when visiting Pirin Gotse Delchev.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bansko as they are travelling to their away game against Kyustendil in the 3. League Southwest. That match is three days after this one.
OFK Pirin form and stats
OFK Pirin was sent out of Bulgarian Cup in the 16th finals last season.OFK Pirin have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the Parva Liga. A depressing four defeats in a row for OFK Pirin in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Lovech.
There might be some fixture complaints from OFK Pirin as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Parva Liga match against Arda (0-3).
A 1-2 defeat away at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 before that.Goals are few and far between in Pirin's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. The Pirin manager W. Feeney has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Bansko victory, one draw and zero OFK Pirin wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Stanoev 3 goals |  M. Brahimi 2 goals |  S. Manolev 1 goals |
Bansko missing players
OFK Pirin missing players
| Bansko | OFK Pirin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 37 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 47 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botev Plovdiv | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Cherno More | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Beroe | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 6 | CSKA Sofia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Botev Vratsa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Arda | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Levski Sofia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Tsarsko selo | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |