No home advantage expected for First League battle between Botev Vratsa and Ludogorets

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (12000 seats)

Botev Vratsa get ready to host Ludogorets for another interesting First League match here at Stadion Hristo Botev.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game was also an away game, at Olimpija. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

Botev Vratsa have only played one First League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 18 matches.

Botev Vratsa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv. As you see from the result above, Botev Vratsa suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that, Vratsa had a home game versus Slavia Sofia which ended with a victory 2-0.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Botev Vratsa had similar winning odds as today, and found 6 games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 0 and lost 5. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Botev Vratsa lost 4 similar games by at least two goals.

Botev Vratsa has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Ludogorets form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the First League ended in defeat. Last season Ludogorets had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 13, drew 3 and lost 1.

Two away games in a row for Ludogorets, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Olimpija in the Champions League.

One match before, 1-1 at home vs Olimpija in the Champions League.

It's early days yet, but Ludogorets has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Ludogorets have won every one of the 5 most recent matches against this side. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsB. Tekpetey
B. Tekpetey
2 goals
LudogoretsD. Yankov
D. Yankov
2 goals
Botev VratsaM. Tsvetanov
M. Tsvetanov
1 goals

Botev Vratsa missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Botev Vratsa Ludogorets
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 2 2 Scored S 0 1 6
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
33% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 11.5
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 3
2.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 19 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 24 26.5
3.7 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 10 9.5
18% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 32%
 
12 14 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 4
5.3 7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 2.5
Botev Vratsa Last season Ludogorets
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   17 35
8 7   Won W   13 26
8 5   Drew D   3 7
19 6   Lost L   1 2
29 15   Scored S   38 81
64 20   Conceded C   13 27
86% 78%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
71% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
43% 28%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 63%
26% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 43%
17% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 20%
43% 22%   BTTS BTTS   47% 51%
31% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 43%
40% 50%   Failed to Score F T   12% 11%
 
3.1 3.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 7.1
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.3
2.8 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
7 6   Red cards R C   2 2
 
9 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   15.4 16.4
3.7 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.2 6.5
23% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 35%
 
12.7 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 7.2
4.9 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.5 2.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3 2 1 0 9 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 6 7
2 Cherno More 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 4 3 7
3 Levski Sofia 3 2 0 1 10 3 2 1 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 6
4 CSKA 1948 Sofia 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
5 Beroe 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
6 CSKA Sofia 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Hebar 1918 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
8 Ludogorets 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 3
9 Levski Krumovgrad 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
10 Slavia Sofia 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 3
11 Botev Vratsa 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 3
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 3 1 0 2 3 10 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 -7 3
13 Botev Plovdiv 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 2
14 Arda 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 OFK Pirin 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 1
16 Etar 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 OFK Pirin 35 8 10 17 28 43 18 6 5 7 20 23 17 2 5 10 8 20 -15 34
2 Beroe 35 8 8 19 31 54 18 6 4 8 19 25 17 2 4 11 12 29 -23 32
3 Hebar 1918 35 9 5 21 30 59 17 3 3 11 14 29 18 6 2 10 16 30 -29 32
4 Botev Vratsa 35 8 8 19 29 64 18 7 5 6 15 20 17 1 3 13 14 44 -35 32
5 Septemvri Sofia 35 7 7 21 31 52 17 4 5 8 15 21 18 3 2 13 16 31 -21 28
6 Spartak Varna 35 5 10 20 32 65 17 5 4 8 19 26 18 0 6 12 13 39 -33 25

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.