National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Strumska slava or Spartak Varna that keep their silverware dream alive.
There have been limited time to rest for the home team, as they performed in a B PFG fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Maritsa Plovdiv, so at least Strumska slava are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Strumska slava form and stats
Strumska participated in Bulgarian Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Strumska slava have to build on here at Gradski stadion in the B PFG.
Happy days for Strumska slava in their previous game, a fixture away at Maritsa Plovdiv that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Before that, Strumska drew at home versus Dunav 2010.Strumska slava have scored {6 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. Strumska slava's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spartak Varna form and stats
They also participated in Bulgarian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Spartak Varna so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Spartak Varna lost away at OFK Pirin (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A draw for Spartak before that, at their own venue hosting Levski Sofia (2-2).Many goals are not expected from the visiting Spartak Varna as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Spartak are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings with these participants: Strumska slava won two, Spartak Varna were winners in two and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Tungarov 6 goals | B. Nikolov 3 goals | T. Tsanev 3 goals |
Strumska slava missing players
Spartak Varna missing players
| Strumska slava | Spartak Varna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 33 | 48 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 31% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.9 | 14.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 |
