Here's what we know about the Botev Vratsa - Hebar 1918 game:

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Thu 13.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (12000 seats)

It's been rough for Botev Vratsa so far, and that also applies to Hebar 1918. These students from the school of hard knocks pray for some crucial points here.

Insights:
  • Botev Vratsa have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (13) in First League

Hebar 1918 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a First League game only four sleeps ago.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

Botev Vratsa have collected 18 points from their First League home games so far after 5-3-4. When Botev Vratsa hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Septemvri Sofia, OFK Pirin, Beroe, Spartak Varna and Botev Vratsa), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Botev Vratsa lost their last game at Ludogorets (placed 2nd) after a 1-8 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Vratsa suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus OFK Pirin.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botev Vratsa handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be considered that a peek at the 13 latest league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Botev Vratsa have scored {8 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. Vratsa have conceded 13 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Botev Vratsa has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Hebar 1918 form and stats

There's been little loot from Hebar 1918's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the First League. Hebar 1918 only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. With the Hebar losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The manager Penev was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadion Georgi Benkovski. Hebar 1918 suffered a 0-1 loss to Cherno More (placed 6th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Ludogorets.

We have checked recent matches where Hebar 1918 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Hebar's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 12 matches. Hebar 1918 have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Hebar 1918 - Vratsa 0-2. Previous two meetings featuring these squads: Botev Vratsa won two, Hebar 1918 were winners in zero and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Botev VratsaB. Perea Vargas
B. Perea Vargas
8 goals
VratsaC. Ivaylov
C. Ivaylov
3 goals
Hebar 1918A. Valpoort
A. Valpoort
3 goals

Botev Vratsa missing players

Hebar 1918 missing players

Botev Vratsa Hebar 1918
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
6 5 2 Won W 1 3 4
5 3 2 Drew D 1 1 4
14 4 0 Lost L 1 8 17
19 8 3 Scored S 2 5 13
46 13 0 Conceded C 3 23 45
84% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
64% 42% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 64%
44% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 40%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 24%
16% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
36% 8% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 32%
36% 58% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 20%
44% 58% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 58% 56%
 
4.2 4.6 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 2.8 2.3
5.6 5.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6 6.6
3 2.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.1 2.8
6 6 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.2 10.6 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 4.9 5.4
3.5 3.8 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.2 2.2
22% 17% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 19% 24%
 
14.1 12.6 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 15.2 14.3
5.2 4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5.8 5.4
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Botev Vratsa have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Hebar 1918 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (13) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (5) away in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Hebar 1918 haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 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.