Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maritsa Plovdiv & Hebar 1918 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Maritsa Plovdiv form and stats
Maritsa Plovdiv was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Bulgarian Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Maritsa as Maritsa Plovdiv have scored 11 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the B PFG are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Maritsa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Strumska slava here at Stadion Maritsa.
Heartbreak before that as Maritsa Plovdiv lost 0-3 at CSKA 1948 Sofia II's place.The Maritsa Plovdiv fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Maritsa Plovdiv are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Maritsa in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 8 matches.
Hebar 1918 form and stats
Hebar's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the round of 32.Hebar 1918 have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Parva Liga, after 2-1-6 (9 played).
The manager Manchev was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadion Georgi Benkovski. Hebar 1918 suffered a 1-2 loss to Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
Before that, Hebar 1918 travelled to Septemvri Sofia and returned home with a draw after the Parva Liga game finished 1-1.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Hebar's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 9 matches. The Hebar 1918 manager Manchev has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Maritsa one win, zero draws and Hebar 1918 two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Malamov 4 goals |  V. Domovchiyski 4 goals |  P. Atanasov 2 goals |
Maritsa Plovdiv missing players
Hebar 1918 missing players
| Maritsa Plovdiv | Hebar 1918 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 47 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 25% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 26% | ||
| 10 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 13.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 1948 Sofia II | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Etar | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Levski Krumovgrad | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Spartak Pleven | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Belasitsa | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Sportist Svoge | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Montana | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Lovech | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Ludogorets II | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 18 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Dunav 2010 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Strumska slava | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 22 |
| 13 | FK Minyor Pernik | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 14 | Yantra 1919 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Botev Plovdiv II | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 17 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 18 | Sozopol | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -21 | 13 |
| 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 |
