National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Etar or Botev Plovdiv that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Etar nor Botev Plovdiv as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This football field uses the playing surface grass, unlike Botev Plovdiv's home stadium. The previous 43 games by the away side on grass have ended with 10 wins, 10 draws and 23 losses.
Etar form and stats
Last season, Etar's Bulgarian Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.Etar have been outstanding at home so far in the B PFG with 5 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. Etar has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion Ivailo. We remember; it was Hebar 1918.
The Etar goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 383 minutes without conceding a goal in the B PFG.
The Etar supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sportist Svoge in B PFG and win 4-0. As mentioned above, Etar "killed" Sportist Svoge in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the game before, an away victory in the B PFG match versus Botev Plovdiv II with a 2-0 scoreline.It's goals goals goals for Etar who have scored 20 goals from 6 league home games. Etar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Ivailo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
Plovdiv's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The Parva Liga season is young and Botev Plovdiv have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Botev Plovdiv has drawn their two previous away games.
Botev Plovdiv are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Parva Liga against Beroe.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Arda.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Plovdiv manager A. Valentic as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Plovdiv's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Plovdiv have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Etar victory, four draws and five Botev Plovdiv wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Knežević 5 goals | N. Femia 3 goals | R. Ivey Belgrave 3 goals |
Etar missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| Etar | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 32 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 44% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Etar | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Hebar 1918 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Spartak Varna | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Strumska slava | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Septemvri Sofia | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | FK Minyor Pernik | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Ludogorets II | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Septemvri Simitli | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Montana | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Marek | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv II | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Sozopol | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Sportist Svoge | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | CSKA 1948 Sofia II | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Lovech | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Neftohimik | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -14 | 5 |
| 19 | Levski Lom | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| 20 | Yantra 1919 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
| 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 | Beroe | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 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 | Arda | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Levski Sofia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 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 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |