Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rodopa Smolyan & Maritsa 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 busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Smolyan and Maritsa Plovdiv.
Smolyan's stadium has a grass surface. Maritsa Plovdiv have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Maritsa Plovdiv when playing on grass; 8 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 35 goals in these games and conceded 49.
Rodopa Smolyan form and stats
There will be little rest for Rodopa Smolyan after this match as they are travelling to Zagorets for a 3. League Southeast game in only three days.
Maritsa Plovdiv form and stats
Maritsa Plovdiv's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.Maritsa have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Maritsa are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
A new game in only three days for Maritsa, the 3. League Southeast home match versus Izvor Gorski izvor. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Maritsa Plovdiv as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Maritsa have played two with the results W1-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Maritsa Plovdiv has scored 3 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings between the teams: Rodopa Smolyan won two, Maritsa Plovdiv won four and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Rodopa Smolyan missing players
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| Rodopa Smolyan | Maritsa Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
| 41 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||