First League preview: Can Beroe edge out victory against Septemvri Sofia?

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Beroe (12000 seats)

Beroe - Septemvri Sofia: First League cellar dwellers hungry for points and triumph. Here are all the relevant numbers and news before the match!

Insights:
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Septemvri Sofia is in the worst form (0-0-6)

There have been limited time to rest for the hosting team, as they featured in a First League match only four days back. This match was also played here at Stadion Beroe. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Septemvri Sofia have had more rest.

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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 OFK Pirin, Beroe, Hebar 1918, Spartak Varna and Botev Vratsa), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

Beroe's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Hebar 1918.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ludogorets (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Beroe have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Beroe defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Septemvri Sofia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Septemvri Sofia so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-10 (win-draw-lose). Septemvri are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 9 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Botev Plovdiv game.)

Septemvri Sofia have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 183 minutes ago. Peshov was the goal scorer.

Septemvri Sofia might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. OFK Pirin proved too strong as Septemvri Sofia slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Vasil Levski.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Levski Sofia wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Septemvri are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Septemvri Sofia have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; Beroe - Septemvri Sofia 1-2. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - zero - four (Beroe wins - draws - Septemvri Sofia wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Septemvri SofiaA. Kabov
A. Kabov
5 goals
Septemvri SofiaS. Slaveykov Aleksandrov
S. Slaveykov Aleksandrov
5 goals
BeroeT. Yordanov
T. Yordanov
4 goals

Beroe missing players

Septemvri Sofia missing players

Beroe Septemvri Sofia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
7 5 3 Won W 2 3 5
6 2 0 Drew D 1 2 7
17 8 1 Lost L 1 10 18
26 15 6 Scored S 7 15 25
47 23 4 Conceded C 4 25 45
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 90%
73% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 67%
40% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 47%
27% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 23%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 7%
43% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 50%
20% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 7% 10%
43% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 50%
 
4.1 4.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.5 3.8
4.9 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.7 5.9
2.7 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.2 8.5 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.9 8.4
2.8 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.7 3
31% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 28%
 
10.8 10.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 11.5 11.3
4.6 4.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.9 4.4
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Septemvri Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Septemvri Sofia is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 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.