Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 & Lokomotiv Plovdiv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 nor Lokomotiv 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.
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 form and stats
Lokomotiv participated in Bulgarian Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have to build on here at Stadion Lokomotiv in the Parva Liga.
The fans are hoping that Lokomotiv will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Parva Liga game against Tsarsko selo.
Before that game, the home loss against Levski Sofia with the scoreline 1-2.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Botev Plovdiv are coming to town in four days.
Lokomotiv has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. From these home matches, Lokomotiv have conceded only 3 goals.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
Lokomotiv was sent out of Bulgarian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Playing away, Lokomotiv Plovdiv have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Parva Liga this season.
Parvizdzhon Umarbaev and Dimitar Iliev scored in Lokomotiv's previous match, the home game against CSKA 1948 Sofia that ended 2-1.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus OFK Pirin in the Parva Liga.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Lokomotiv's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. Lokomotiv Plovdiv are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Krasimirov Iliev 5 goals |  O. Merlo Manteca 4 goals | I. Asenov Dimitrov 2 goals |
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 missing players
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
| Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 36 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ludogorets | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 24 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Beroe | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Arda | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Levski Sofia | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 13 | Tsarsko selo | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 8 |