National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa or Botev Vratsa that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Botev Vratsa played their last game only four days ago, a Parva Liga match.
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa form and stats
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa was eliminated in the preliminary round last season in the Bulgarian Cup.The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Oryahovitsa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Akademik Svishtov's place. The match ended 3-0.
Previous to that game, a 3. League Northwest home match hosting Pavlikeni in a game that was won 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa, as the 3. League Northwest home game vs Peshtera Galata is only two days away.
Botev Vratsa form and stats
Vratsa's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Things could have gone better for Botev Vratsa in their Parva Liga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Vratsa seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Botev Vratsa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. CSKA Sofia proved too strong as Vratsa slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Hristo Botev. A loony game with lots of goals last time out for Vratsa, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this fixture be as full of joy?
A 1-5 defeat away at CSKA 1948 Sofia before that.Vratsa have another match that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Parva Liga game vs Ludogorets. A hard timetable for them!
Vratsa find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. The Botev Vratsa manager D. Morales has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Oryahovitsa victories, one draw and one Botev Vratsa win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Babunski Hristovski 3 goals | M. Kalinov Marinov 2 goals | K. Nichev 1 goals |
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa missing players
Botev Vratsa missing players
| Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | Botev Vratsa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | ||
| 24 | 6 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 24% | ||
| 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 | Slavia Sofia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Ludogorets | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Beroe | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Botev Vratsa | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 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 |