Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rodopa Smolyan & Dobrudzha 1919 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It should be mentioned that Dobrudzha 1919 play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Dobrudzha 1919 on grass are 11 victories, 11 draws and 17 defeats from 39 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 45-58. You can compare this with overall results below.
Rodopa Smolyan form and stats
Rodopa Smolyan participated in Bulgarian Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.Smolyan shared the glory with Sokol Markovo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Borislav 2009 (1-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rodopa Smolyan as they are travelling to their away game against Sayana Haskovo in the 3. League Southeast. That match is three days after this one.
Dobrudzha 1919 form and stats
Dobrudzha's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dobrudzha 1919 in their B PFG matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Dobrudzha are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Dobrudzha delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Spartak Varna in their previous match; a B PFG game.
It was a B PFG defeat before that one as the away game against Septemvri Sofia wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Dobrudzha are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. As for defending, Dobrudzha rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Smolyan wins - draws - Dobrudzha 1919 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Rodopa Smolyan missing players
Dobrudzha 1919 missing players
| Rodopa Smolyan | Dobrudzha 1919 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 28 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 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 | Hebar 1918 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | FK Minyor Pernik | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Spartak Varna | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Strumska slava | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Etar | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | Septemvri Sofia | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Ludogorets II | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv II | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Septemvri Simitli | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Marek | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Sozopol | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | CSKA 1948 Sofia II | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Montana | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Sportist Svoge | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Lovech | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Levski Lom | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 19 | Neftohimik | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -14 | 4 |
| 20 | Yantra 1919 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 3 |