Cherno More are listed as favourites to win this home game versus OFK Pirin, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Cherno More have the most points from losing position (6) in First League
- OFK Pirin have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in First League
The hosts Cherno More saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the First League. That game was an away game at Levski Sofia, so at least Cherno More are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Cherno More form and stats
Home games in the First League have been a walk in the park for Cherno More so far, with 16 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
In their previous game, the manager Iliev led his Cherno More to a defeat away at Levski Sofia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Ticha. This club enjoyed a 13 league matches long run without a defeat before that game!
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv that ended 2-2.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Cherno home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained zero, one or two goals.
The Cherno More fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Cherno are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Ticha in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.
OFK Pirin form and stats
There's been little loot from OFK Pirin's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the First League. OFK Pirin only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus CSKA Sofia with 1-2 on the scoreboard. It's possibly a bad omen for OFK Pirin that their goalie Kovalyov made seven saves in the CSKA Sofia match, but still couldn't stop a beating. Midfielder Bengyuzov was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.11. Bengyuzov hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 9 of 9 times.
Prior to that match, the OFK Pirin manager Trenchev faced defeat when travelling to Ludogorets and losing 0-4.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where OFK Pirin played away with similar odds. This revealed 6 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's latest 12 league matches have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Cherno have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when facing OFK Pirin.Top Goalscorers
  A. Iliev 7 goals |   B. Tyutyukov 3 goals | Z. Atanasov 2 goals |
Cherno More missing players
OFK Pirin missing players
| Cherno More | OFK Pirin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 23 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 7% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 4.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 8.2 | 6.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13.9 | 15.7 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 5.8 | 7 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 35% | 29% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 27% |
| 7.7 | 6.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 32 | 22.7 | 15.8 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12 | 8.3 | 6 |
- All of OFK Pirin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cherno More have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cherno More have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cherno More have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cherno More have scored more than double the goals of OFK Pirin.
- Cherno More have the most points from losing position (6) in First League
- Cherno More have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cherno More have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cherno More haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- OFK Pirin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- OFK Pirin have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in First League
- OFK Pirin 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 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Cherno More | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | Ludogorets | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 24 |
| 6 | Arda | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Hebar 1918 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Levski Krumovgrad | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Beroe | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 11 | Botev Plovdiv | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 13 | OFK Pirin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Botev Vratsa | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -18 | 10 |
| 15 | Slavia Sofia | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 8 |
| 16 | Etar | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 5 |
