Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zagorets & Lokomotiv Plovdiv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Zagorets form and stats
Zagorets was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Bulgarian Cup.The Zagorets fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadion Zagorets and will expect new points from this game. Zagorets has played 39 games in a row here without a defeat.
A goal frenzy last time out for Zagorets, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Borislav 2009. Fun stuff to watch!
The match schedule is unforgiving for Zagorets as they have a new game in only four days, a 3. League Southeast match thankfully also at home. Yambol 1915 are visiting.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, as they won the Bulgarian Cup.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Parva Liga. Having won their last three away games Lokomotiv has no reason to fear anyone.
There were no winners in Lokomotiv Plovdiv's previous match, a Parva Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Montana. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tsarsko selo at their stadium, the result 3-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lokomotiv manager B. Akrapović as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Levski Sofia.
Lokomotiv have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 12 goals from 6 away matches. As opposed to that, Lokomotiv have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Krasimirov Iliev 6 goals | B. Karagaren 4 goals | D. Costa Lima Almeida 3 goals |
Zagorets missing players
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
| Zagorets | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 67 | 44 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 105 | 217 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 95 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Beroe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Arda | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Tsarsko selo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Botev Vratsa | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Montana | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 7 |
| 14 | Etar | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 2 |