First League game lowdown: Etar vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ivailo (25000 seats)

The guesting Lokomotiv Plovdiv side are probably odds-on at Etar, as the guests enjoy a 18 point supremacy from their eight league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First League
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the most scored goals (21) in First League

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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Etar form and stats

Three First League home games done for Etar, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

Etar enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929's place. The match ended 3-1 with Stanev, Stoyanov and Nikolov scoring. A huge relief, as that was the first three points in the league after going winless in six fixtures in a row.

Preceding that match was the home game against Botev Plovdiv that was lost 1-2.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Etar defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

Lokomotiv Plovdiv are yet to lose a point on their First League travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.

The followers enjoyed Lokomotiv Plovdiv's previous match versus Levski Krumovgrad (placed 8th), a 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Lokomotiv Plovdiv was the only team on the pitch versus Levski Krumovgrad in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hebar 1918 at their stadium, the result 4-3.

Lokomotiv struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Lokomotiv Plovdiv have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Etar.

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv PlovdivG. Bariani Marques
G. Bariani Marques
6 goals
Lokomotiv PlovdivB. Dione
B. Dione
3 goals
EtarK. Stanev
K. Stanev
2 goals

Etar missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Etar Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 3 8
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 7
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
5 2 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 3 2 Scored S 5 9 21
14 5 2 Conceded C 2 5 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 75%
71% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 62%
43% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 67% 50%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 67% 25%
57% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 50%
43% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.7 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.7 4
8 5.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.3 3.5
3 3.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.6 9.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13 11.2
3.6 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.3 5.5
28% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 47% 48%
 
16.9 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.3 10.5
5.1 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.9
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Etar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First League
  • Etar have yet to win a game at home.
  • Etar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored more than double the goals of Etar.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in First League
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the most points from losing position (7) in First League
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the most scored goals (21) in First League
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in First League
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have won all their away games so far.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv is in the best form (6-0-0) in First League

  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 8 7 1 0 21 7 5 4 1 0 12 2 3 3 0 0 9 5 14 22
2 Cherno More 8 6 2 0 17 7 3 3 0 0 4 1 5 3 2 0 13 6 10 20
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 6 4 1 1 9 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 13
4 Beroe 8 4 1 3 10 12 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 9 -2 13
5 Ludogorets 6 4 0 2 19 4 3 3 0 0 13 0 3 1 0 2 6 4 15 12
6 Levski Sofia 6 4 0 2 13 5 4 3 0 1 9 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 8 12
7 CSKA Sofia 7 3 3 1 8 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 12
8 Levski Krumovgrad 8 4 0 4 9 12 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 1 0 3 2 8 -3 12
9 Hebar 1918 8 3 2 3 7 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 0 11
10 Arda 6 3 1 2 8 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 2 0 2 4 2 3 10
11 Botev Plovdiv 8 2 2 4 8 11 4 1 0 3 5 8 4 1 2 1 3 3 -3 8
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 8 2 0 6 6 17 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 0 0 3 0 9 -11 6
13 Botev Vratsa 8 2 0 6 3 14 4 1 0 3 2 8 4 1 0 3 1 6 -11 6
14 Etar 7 1 1 5 7 14 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 4 9 -7 4
15 Slavia Sofia 7 1 1 5 4 16 2 0 0 2 1 7 5 1 1 3 3 9 -12 4
16 OFK Pirin 7 0 1 6 1 11 5 0 1 4 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 5 -10 1

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.