Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Botev Novi Pazar & Sportist Svoge face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Botev saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 3. League Northeast. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ludogorets III, was also a home game here at Stadion Botev. The away team is better rested.
Botev Novi Pazar form and stats
The Botev Novi Pazar followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Botev: A 0-4 defeat against Ludogorets III. Botev Novi Pazar were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Heartbreak before that as Botev Novi Pazar lost 0-6 at Septemvri Tervel's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Botev as they are travelling to their away game against Svetkavitsa Targovishte in the 3. League Northeast. That match is three days after this one.
Sportist Svoge form and stats
Sportist Svoge's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the round of 32.3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Sportist Svoge playing as the away team in the B PFG this season.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-2 against Spartak Pleven in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Strumska slava at their stadium, the result 3-0.It's not easy to score on Sportist Svoge as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Rusinov 3 goals | A. Ekremov Feradov 2 goals | Y. Valentinov Marinov 2 goals |
Botev Novi Pazar missing players
Sportist Svoge missing players
| Botev Novi Pazar | Sportist Svoge | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 6 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 64 | 23 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Pleven | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | CSKA 1948 Sofia II | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Etar | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Belasitsa | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Strumska slava | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Lovech | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Levski Krumovgrad | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Sportist Svoge | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Dunav 2010 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Montana | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Yantra 1919 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Ludogorets II | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Sozopol | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | FK Minyor Pernik | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 17 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Botev Plovdiv II | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | -13 | 5 |
