Fixture guide for First League: Cherno More - Lokomotiv Plovdiv at Stadion Ticha

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Mon 17.April
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ticha (12000 seats)

High profile Lokomotiv Plovdiv land at Cherno More after their 2-1-result versus Septemvri Sofia. Check out our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Both contenders have had time to rest since their last match. Let's look for an energetic match!

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Cherno More form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cherno More have to build on here at Stadion Ticha in the First League.

The Cherno More goalkeeper Ivan Dyulgerov is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the First League.

Happy days for Cherno More in their previous game, a fixture away at Hebar 1918 (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Manager Iliev felt very clever after Iliev scored the winning goal against Hebar 1918, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute.

Before that one, a nice away win at CSKA Sofia. A Bulgarian Cup match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cherno handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

There will be little rest for Cherno More after this match as they are travelling to Botev Vratsa for a First League game in only four days.

Cherno More are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. Cherno are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Ticha in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

4-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in their First League matches away. Visiting Lokomotiv Plovdiv has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Silva and Giovanny scored in Lokomotiv Plovdiv's previous match, the home game against Septemvri Sofia that ended 2-1. Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Botev Plovdiv.

We have checked recent matches where Lokomotiv Plovdiv have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Lokomotiv now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A First League game at CSKA 1948 Sofia is waiting in only four days.

The attacking power of Lokomotiv Plovdiv when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Lokomotiv Plovdiv have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the teams met previously this season; Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Cherno More 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cherno victories, three draws and three Lokomotiv Plovdiv wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv PlovdivB. Dione
B. Dione
4 goals
Lokomotiv PlovdivG. Bariani Marques
G. Bariani Marques
4 goals
Cherno MoreV. Panayotov
V. Panayotov
2 goals

Cherno More missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Cherno More Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
12 6 0 Won W 0 4 12
6 3 1 Drew D 2 5 7
7 3 2 Lost L 1 3 6
27 15 2 Scored S 1 9 27
22 11 5 Conceded C 6 13 23
84% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 84%
48% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 60%
32% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 17% 36%
12% 8% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 8% 12%
12% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 8%
32% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 36%
52% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 48%
32% 17% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 32%
 
4.7 5.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.5 5.3
3.5 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.2 4
2.6 2.2 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.8 12.2 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.4 10.4
3.8 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.3 3.8
28% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 22% 28%
 
8.7 8.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10.1 8.7
3.2 3.4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 3.8
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 25 15 6 4 42 17 13 10 2 1 24 7 12 5 4 3 18 10 25 51
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 25 10 6 9 27 26 12 7 2 3 18 12 13 3 4 6 9 14 1 36
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 25 8 3 14 33 34 12 6 2 4 20 11 13 2 1 10 13 23 -1 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 25 4 9 12 18 31 13 3 5 5 12 17 12 1 4 7 6 14 -13 21
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.