Football betting preview: Botev Vratsa with moderate expectations before welcoming CSKA 1948 Sofia

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (12000 seats)

Botev Vratsa - CSKA 1948 Sofia in First League: Numbers, squad info, games, trends and reports. Get our broad preview!

Insights:
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in First League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in First League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Botev Vratsa and CSKA 1948 Sofia.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

Botev Vratsa have collected 6 points from their First League home games so far after 2-0-3.

The home team returns to Stadion Hristo Botev after drawing with Hebar 1918 (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Beroe.

It should be considered that a peek at the 11 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Vratsa have scored {3 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Botev Vratsa have conceded 8 from these games.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the First League.

CSKA 1948 Sofia are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Beroe (placed 8th).

A draw for Sofia before that, at their own venue hosting Cherno More (1-1).

A bet on few goals? 7 league fixtures in a row with this team have had two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting CSKA 1948 Sofia as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former seven meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Vratsa, two draws and four wins for CSKA 1948 Sofia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaP. Oliveira dos Santos
P. Oliveira dos Santos
3 goals
Botev VratsaM. Tsvetanov
M. Tsvetanov
1 goals
Botev VratsaJ. Da Sylva
J. Da Sylva
1 goals

Botev Vratsa missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Botev Vratsa CSKA 1948 Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 9
3 2 1 Won W 1 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
7 3 0 Lost L 0 2 2
5 3 1 Scored S 2 4 10
19 8 0 Conceded C 0 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 89%
55% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 67%
27% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 22%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 33%
27% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 44%
64% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.8
0.5 1.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 3.8
3.2 2.6 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.3 8.4 5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.6 11.2
2.5 3.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 4
19% 19% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 24% 28%
 
14.4 18 12 Shots against (avg) S A 4 11.8 10
6.6 9.8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.3
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in First League
  • Botev Vratsa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have created more than twice as many corners as Botev Vratsa.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in First League

  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 11 9 2 0 25 8 6 5 1 0 14 2 5 4 1 0 11 6 17 29
2 Cherno More 11 8 3 0 21 8 5 5 0 0 7 1 6 3 3 0 14 7 13 27
3 Levski Sofia 10 7 1 2 20 7 6 5 0 1 12 2 4 2 1 1 8 5 13 22
4 CSKA Sofia 9 5 3 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 3 1 1 7 4 6 18
5 Ludogorets 9 5 2 2 25 8 5 3 2 0 16 3 4 2 0 2 9 5 17 17
6 Arda 8 5 1 2 15 6 4 3 1 0 11 4 4 2 0 2 4 2 9 16
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 9 4 3 2 10 6 4 2 2 0 6 2 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 15
8 Beroe 11 4 2 5 10 15 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 1 1 4 4 12 -5 14
9 Levski Krumovgrad 10 4 1 5 11 15 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 1 0 4 2 9 -4 13
10 Hebar 1918 11 3 3 5 10 13 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 3 6 -3 12
11 Botev Vratsa 11 3 1 7 5 19 5 2 0 3 3 8 6 1 1 4 2 11 -14 10
12 Botev Plovdiv 11 2 3 6 11 16 5 1 0 4 6 10 6 1 3 2 5 6 -5 9
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 10 3 0 7 9 21 6 2 0 4 7 11 4 1 0 3 2 10 -12 9
14 OFK Pirin 10 2 1 7 4 14 6 1 1 4 2 6 4 1 0 3 2 8 -10 7
15 Etar 9 1 1 7 7 16 4 0 1 3 3 6 5 1 0 4 4 10 -9 4
16 Slavia Sofia 10 1 1 8 5 22 4 0 0 4 2 11 6 1 1 4 3 11 -17 4

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.