Can Lokomotiv Plovdiv surprise Botev Plovdiv in their own stadium?

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (3500 seats)

This has the potential to be an exciting fixture as Botev Plovdiv have their supposed home advantage, while Lokomotiv Plovdiv are in front by 13 points in the First League standings.

Insights:
  • Botev Plovdiv have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored away.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous match. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

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Botev Plovdiv form and stats

The total First League statistics playing at home this season for Botev Plovdiv are 6-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Botev Plovdiv faced defeat in their previous match, away at Septemvri Sofia (1-2).

Before that match, a win away at Cherno More.

Plovdiv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Botev Plovdiv have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Lokomotiv Plovdiv playing as the away team in the First League this season.

Lokomotiv's last game was the home draw against Beroe (0-0).

Before that, Lokomotiv Plovdiv travelled to CSKA Sofia and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Look out: 15 of the last 20 league games involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lokomotiv Plovdiv as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lokomotiv Plovdiv have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv have met previously this season: Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Botev Plovdiv 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Botev Plovdiv victories, three draws and four Lokomotiv Plovdiv wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Botev PlovdivA. Baroan
A. Baroan
10 goals
Lokomotiv PlovdivB. Dione
B. Dione
4 goals
Botev PlovdivV. Genev
V. Genev
3 goals

Botev Plovdiv missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Botev Plovdiv Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 2 11 23
8 6 1 Won W 0 4 11
2 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
13 4 1 Lost L 1 3 6
31 19 2 Scored S 0 8 24
31 10 1 Conceded C 5 12 21
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 82% 83%
65% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 57%
48% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 18% 35%
30% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 9% 13%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 9% 9%
48% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 30%
22% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 45% 52%
35% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 45% 35%
 
4.6 4.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.8 5.5
4.2 3.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4.3
3.1 2.6 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.3
7 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.5 13.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 10.5
4.1 5.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.8
33% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 27%
 
10.7 10.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 10.4 9
4.3 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.8 4
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Botev Plovdiv have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored away.

  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 23 18 3 2 44 12 11 9 2 0 24 5 12 9 1 2 20 7 32 57
2 Ludogorets 23 16 5 2 53 17 12 8 3 1 26 8 11 8 2 1 27 9 36 53
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 23 13 6 4 37 15 12 9 2 1 22 6 11 4 4 3 15 9 22 45
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 23 11 6 6 24 21 12 7 2 3 16 9 11 4 4 3 8 12 3 39
5 Levski Sofia 23 10 8 5 30 13 12 7 3 2 19 4 11 3 5 3 11 9 17 38
6 Slavia Sofia 23 12 2 9 26 22 12 8 2 2 17 9 11 4 0 7 9 13 4 38
7 Cherno More 23 10 6 7 23 22 11 5 3 3 12 11 12 5 3 4 11 11 1 36
8 Arda 23 10 5 8 26 22 11 7 2 2 18 9 12 3 3 6 8 13 4 35
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 23 8 7 8 26 29 11 5 3 3 13 15 12 3 4 5 13 14 -3 31
10 Botev Plovdiv 23 8 2 13 31 31 11 6 1 4 19 10 12 2 1 9 12 21 0 26
11 Septemvri Sofia 23 5 7 11 22 30 12 2 5 5 8 14 11 3 2 6 14 16 -8 22
12 Botev Vratsa 23 6 4 13 18 38 11 5 2 4 8 13 12 1 2 9 10 25 -20 22
13 Beroe 23 5 6 12 19 38 11 4 2 5 13 17 12 1 4 7 6 21 -19 21
14 OFK Pirin 23 4 7 12 17 30 12 3 4 5 11 16 11 1 3 7 6 14 -13 19
15 Hebar 1918 23 4 4 15 12 41 11 1 3 7 7 18 12 3 1 8 5 23 -29 16
16 Spartak Varna 23 2 6 15 18 45 12 2 3 7 11 18 11 0 3 8 7 27 -27 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.