Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chernomorets Balchik & Botev Plovdiv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Botev Plovdiv play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture will take part on grass. Up to date results for Botev Plovdiv when playing on grass are 5 wins, 14 draws and 17 defeats from 36 matches. They have managed to score {28 goals} and conceded 52 times on these occasions.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Chernomorets Balchik form and stats
Chernomorets participated in Bulgarian Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.Chernomorets Balchik's last game was hosting Lokomotiv Ruse and winning 2-0.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Svetkavitsa Targovishte.There will be little rest for Chernomorets after this match as they are travelling to Ustrem Donchevo for a 3. League Northeast game in only two days.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
They also participated in Bulgarian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botev Plovdiv so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Botev Plovdiv lost away at Arda (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Late heartbreak for Botev Plovdiv in the Arda match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus Botev Vratsa in the Parva Liga.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Plovdiv rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Baroan 10 goals |  E. Manu 7 goals |  V. Genev 3 goals |
Chernomorets Balchik missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| Chernomorets Balchik | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 66 | 34 | Scored | S | 8 | 34 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 33 | 39 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Levski Sofia | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Arda | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Beroe | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 12 | Septemvri Sofia | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Hebar 1918 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -24 | 12 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -24 | 8 |
