Can Beroe defeat OFK Pirin in Stadion Beroe clash?

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Wed 31.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Beroe (12000 seats)

Beroe are welcoming OFK Pirin for yet another crucial match after their 1-1 result vs Spartak Varna.

Insights:
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in First League

OFK Pirin could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a First League game only four sleeps ago.

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Beroe form and stats

5-2-8 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Beroe so far this season. When Beroe hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Septemvri Sofia, Beroe, Hebar 1918, Spartak Varna and Botev Vratsa), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Spartak Varna last time out and are looking for a win here.

Heartbreak before that as Beroe lost 0-2 at Botev Vratsa's place.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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OFK Pirin form and stats

OFK Pirin have only collected 10 points from their away games in the First League, after 2-4-9 (15 played).

OFK Pirin are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Botev Vratsa.

Prior to that match, the Pirin manager Yanev faced defeat when travelling to Septemvri Sofia and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and OFK Pirin playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this team's last 15 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

Pirin are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {7 goals} from 15 away games. As opposed to that, OFK Pirin have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Beroe have put together a sequence of 15 consecutive matches without losing (7-8-0) when playing OFK Pirin.

The two sides met each other previously this match year: Beroe - OFK Pirin 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

BeroeT. Yordanov
T. Yordanov
5 goals
OFK PirinP. Yordanov
P. Yordanov
4 goals
BeroeS. Mechev
S. Mechev
3 goals

Beroe missing players

OFK Pirin missing players

Beroe OFK Pirin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 5 16 33
8 6 3 Won W 1 2 7
7 3 1 Drew D 3 4 9
18 8 2 Lost L 1 10 17
29 18 9 Scored S 2 7 25
50 24 7 Conceded C 3 19 42
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 85%
76% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 61%
36% 35% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
24% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 15%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
42% 47% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 31% 42%
21% 24% 17% Clean Sheets C S 60% 31% 27%
42% 29% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 56% 45%
 
3.9 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.6 3.7
4.7 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 5.1
2.8 3.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.6 3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 8.4 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.9 8.1
2.9 3 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.2
31% 35% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 16% 23%
 
10.8 10.6 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.2 11.1
4.4 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.1 4.1
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Beroe have scored at least twice as many goals at home as OFK Pirin have scored away.
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest scored goals (7) away in First League
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in First League
  • OFK Pirin have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 30 23 5 2 72 21 15 11 3 1 37 10 15 12 2 1 35 11 51 74
2 CSKA Sofia 30 23 4 3 57 14 15 11 3 1 30 7 15 12 1 2 27 7 43 73
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 30 17 8 5 49 22 15 11 2 2 25 8 15 6 6 3 24 14 27 59
4 Levski Sofia 30 15 9 6 38 14 15 10 3 2 23 4 15 5 6 4 15 10 24 54
5 Cherno More 30 15 8 7 36 27 15 8 4 3 20 14 15 7 4 4 16 13 9 53
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 8 8 33 28 15 10 2 3 22 11 15 4 6 5 11 17 5 50
7 Slavia Sofia 30 15 4 11 31 27 15 8 4 3 18 12 15 7 0 8 13 15 4 49
8 Arda 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 7 4 4 22 17 15 4 5 6 11 15 1 42
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 30 10 8 12 32 38 15 7 4 4 18 20 15 3 4 8 14 18 -6 38
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 5 16 38 40 15 6 3 6 21 15 15 3 2 10 17 25 -2 32
11 Botev Vratsa 30 7 7 16 23 55 15 6 4 5 10 16 15 1 3 11 13 39 -32 28
12 Beroe 30 7 6 17 26 47 15 5 2 8 15 23 15 2 4 9 11 24 -21 27
13 OFK Pirin 30 5 9 16 21 39 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 2 4 9 7 17 -18 24
14 Hebar 1918 30 6 5 19 19 51 15 1 3 11 8 27 15 5 2 8 11 24 -32 23
15 Septemvri Sofia 30 5 7 18 25 45 15 2 5 8 10 20 15 3 2 10 15 25 -20 22
16 Spartak Varna 30 3 8 19 27 60 15 3 4 8 16 25 15 0 4 11 11 35 -33 17

Read more about First League

The First Professional Football League, also known as the Parva Liga, is the top level of football in Bulgaria. It has 14 teams playing a regular season of 26 fixtures to set a league table. The top six then enter a championship playoff, the bottom eight a relegation group.