Etar vs Hebar 1918 match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion Ivailo

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ivailo (25000 seats)

16th- against 10th place might not sound all that steamy. But: Tipsway has the info that makes Etar - Hebar 1918 (even) more engaging!

Insights:
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Etar and Hebar 1918 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Etar form and stats

0-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Etar so far this season. It's trouble wherever Etar are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Etar haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 398 minutes ago. Nikolov scored that one.

No payout for Etar in their previous match, an away game at Arda that ended in defeat 0-3.

Preceding that match was a defeat to OFK Pirin (0-2).

Etar aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Ivailo in the league, with only {3 goals} from 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Etar defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hebar 1918 form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Hebar 1918 playing as the away team in the First League this season. Hebar 1918 seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Hebar delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Levski Krumovgrad (placed 8th) in their previous fixture.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Botev Vratsa.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hebar 1918 playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were {2 Hebar 1918 wins}, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Lacking goals? 9 of this team's last 12 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Hebar 1918 have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Etar-Hebar 1918 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Etar zero wins, Hebar 1918 one win, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Hebar 1918G. Nikolov
G. Nikolov
5 goals
EtarK. Stanev
K. Stanev
2 goals
Hebar 1918N. Lyuboslav Penev
N. Lyuboslav Penev
2 goals

Etar missing players

Hebar 1918 missing players

Etar Hebar 1918
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 12
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
9 4 0 Lost L 0 3 5
7 3 2 Scored S 1 3 10
21 8 2 Conceded C 0 6 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
64% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 42%
55% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 25%
27% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
36% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 42%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 42%
64% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
4.3 5.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3 5
7.6 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 6 3.6
2.9 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.7 12 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.4 8.3
3.1 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 2.8 3.7
21% 15% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 21% 23%
 
17.6 12.6 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.2 9.8
5.5 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5 3.6
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Etar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First League
  • Etar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Etar have yet to win a game at home.
  • Etar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hebar 1918 have won significantly less corners away then 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 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 12 9 2 1 25 10 7 5 1 1 14 4 5 4 1 0 11 6 15 29
2 Cherno More 12 8 4 0 21 8 5 5 0 0 7 1 7 3 4 0 14 7 13 28
3 CSKA Sofia 11 7 3 1 16 6 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 4 1 1 9 4 10 24
4 Arda 10 7 1 2 21 7 5 4 1 0 14 4 5 3 0 2 7 3 14 22
5 Levski Sofia 11 7 1 3 20 8 7 5 0 2 12 3 4 2 1 1 8 5 12 22
6 Ludogorets 10 6 2 2 26 8 5 3 2 0 16 3 5 3 0 2 10 5 18 20
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 10 5 3 2 12 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 6 3 1 2 6 5 5 18
8 Levski Krumovgrad 12 4 2 6 12 18 6 3 1 2 10 9 6 1 1 4 2 9 -6 14
9 Beroe 12 4 2 6 11 19 5 3 1 1 6 3 7 1 1 5 5 16 -8 14
10 Hebar 1918 12 3 4 5 10 13 7 2 3 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 3 6 -3 13
11 Botev Plovdiv 12 3 3 6 15 17 6 2 0 4 10 11 6 1 3 2 5 6 -2 12
12 OFK Pirin 12 3 2 7 7 15 7 1 2 4 3 7 5 2 0 3 4 8 -8 11
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 12 3 1 8 9 23 7 2 1 4 7 11 5 1 0 4 2 12 -14 10
14 Botev Vratsa 12 3 1 8 6 21 6 2 0 4 4 10 6 1 1 4 2 11 -15 10
15 Slavia Sofia 11 1 2 8 6 23 4 0 0 4 2 11 7 1 2 4 4 12 -17 5
16 Etar 11 1 1 9 7 21 5 0 1 4 3 8 6 1 0 5 4 13 -14 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.