Soccer betting preview: Beroe welcomes Slavia Sofia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Beroe (12000 seats)

11th- against 7th spot might not sound all that juicy. But: We have the data that makes Beroe - Slavia Sofia (even) more absorbing!

Insights:
  • Beroe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Slavia Sofia is in the worst form (1-0-5)

This should be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Beroe form and stats

4-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Beroe so far this season. Three consecutive losses here at Stadion Beroe is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Beroe enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Spartak Varna's place. The match ended 4-0 with Yordanov and Mechev scoring. What a relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in six consecutive matches. As mentioned above, Beroe "killed" Spartak Varna in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Yordanov was absolutely essential when Beroe beat Spartak Varna 4-0, scoring three goals.

Preceding that match was a defeat to CSKA 1948 Sofia (1-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Beroe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Beroe are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Beroe defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

There's been little loot from Slavia Sofia's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the First League. Slavia Sofia only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Zagorčić, the Slavia manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Slavia Sofia are looking to quickly end their 189 minutes long goal drought in the First League.

Home advantage was not enough for Slavia Sofia in their previous game as they lost hosting CSKA Sofia, 0-2.

A loss, in the Bulgarian Cup away at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929, earlier. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Slavia in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Slavia Sofia, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Few goals? 5 league fixtures in a row with this club have had zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Slavia Sofia as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Slavia have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past meeting between these squads is the Slavia Sofia - Beroe 2-0 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Beroe victories, one draw and four Slavia Sofia wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Slavia SofiaT. Tasev
T. Tasev
5 goals
BeroeT. Yordanov
T. Yordanov
4 goals
BeroeV. Triboulet
V. Triboulet
3 goals

Beroe missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

Beroe Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
6 4 1 Won W 3 4 12
6 2 2 Drew D 0 0 2
13 6 1 Lost L 1 8 11
24 14 4 Scored S 6 9 26
41 20 4 Conceded C 2 14 25
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 60%
44% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 40%
32% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 25% 36%
20% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 28%
40% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 58% 36%
 
4.2 4.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.1 4.3
4.6 3.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.1 4.8
2.4 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.5 8.6 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.4 10.1
2.8 3.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.7 3.6
34% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 20% 29%
 
10.4 10.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 9 8.8
4.6 4.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.1 2.9
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Beroe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Slavia Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First League
  • Slavia Sofia have the most points from losing position (11) in First League
  • Slavia Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Slavia Sofia is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 25 20 3 2 47 12 12 10 2 0 25 5 13 10 1 2 22 7 35 63
2 Ludogorets 25 18 5 2 64 19 13 9 3 1 34 9 12 9 2 1 30 10 45 59
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 24 14 6 4 40 16 12 9 2 1 22 6 12 5 4 3 18 10 24 48
4 Levski Sofia 25 12 8 5 34 13 13 8 3 2 20 4 12 4 5 3 14 9 21 44
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 25 12 7 6 27 23 13 8 2 3 18 10 12 4 5 3 9 13 4 43
6 Cherno More 25 12 6 7 27 22 12 6 3 3 15 11 13 6 3 4 12 11 5 42
7 Slavia Sofia 25 12 2 11 26 25 13 8 2 3 17 11 12 4 0 8 9 14 1 38
8 Arda 24 10 5 9 26 25 12 7 2 3 18 12 12 3 3 6 8 13 1 35
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 25 9 7 9 27 30 12 6 3 3 14 15 13 3 4 6 13 15 -3 34
10 Botev Plovdiv 24 8 3 13 32 32 12 6 2 4 20 11 12 2 1 9 12 21 0 27
11 Beroe 25 6 6 13 24 41 12 4 2 6 14 20 13 2 4 7 10 21 -17 24
12 Botev Vratsa 25 6 5 14 19 46 12 5 3 4 8 13 13 1 2 10 11 33 -27 23
13 Septemvri Sofia 25 5 7 13 23 35 12 2 5 5 8 14 13 3 2 8 15 21 -12 22
14 OFK Pirin 24 4 8 12 17 30 12 3 4 5 11 16 12 1 4 7 6 14 -13 20
15 Hebar 1918 25 4 4 17 13 45 13 1 3 9 8 22 12 3 1 8 5 23 -32 16
16 Spartak Varna 25 2 6 17 18 50 13 2 3 8 11 22 12 0 3 9 7 28 -32 12

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.