Botev Vratsa - Botev Plovdiv: First League cellar occupants scrapping for points and triumph. Here are all the relevant data and tables before the fixture!
- Botev Vratsa have the fewest scored goals (6) in First League
- Botev Plovdiv have scored more than double the goals of Botev Vratsa.
This ground has grass, which is not Botev Plovdiv's usual surface at their own pitch. When appearing on grass Botev Plovdiv have performed like this: Played 36 matches with the output 8 wins, 9 draws and 19 defeats with the goal stats 36-48 (scored/conceded).
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Botev Vratsa form and stats
With 2 First League wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Botev Vratsa are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Botev Vratsa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Levski Krumovgrad. Tsvetanov was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Tsvetanov hit two key passes and won 9 of 16 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against CSKA 1948 Sofia that was lost 1-2.It should be taken into account that a glance at the 13 latest league matches reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Botev Vratsa as they are travelling to their away game against Etar in the First League. That match is four days after this one.
Vratsa have scored {4 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Botev Vratsa have conceded 10 from these games.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botev Plovdiv so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Plovdiv have lost on their last two travels.
There might be some fixture complaints from Botev Plovdiv as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against CSKA 1948 Sofia. Defender Conte was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Conte won 3 of 11 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Beroe.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Plovdiv as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Botev Vratsa won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Botev Plovdiv got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Popov 5 goals |  A. Baroan 4 goals |
Botev Vratsa missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| Botev Vratsa | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 22 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 92% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 69% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 62% |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 8% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 38% |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 0.6 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.5 | 8.7 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 9.4 | 10.8 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 15% | 17% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 29% |
| 14.5 | 18.7 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 14.6 | 13.2 |
| 6.7 | 10.2 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
- Botev Plovdiv have created more than twice as many corners as Botev Vratsa.
- Botev Plovdiv have scored more than double the goals of Botev Vratsa.
- Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Botev Vratsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botev Vratsa have the fewest scored goals (6) in First League
- Botev Vratsa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in First League
- Botev Vratsa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Botev Vratsa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Cherno More | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Ludogorets | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 23 |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | Arda | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 7 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Levski Krumovgrad | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 9 | Hebar 1918 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Beroe | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 13 |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | OFK Pirin | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 14 | Botev Vratsa | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -16 | 10 |
| 15 | Slavia Sofia | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 8 |
| 16 | Etar | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 4 |
