Hebar 1918 supporters put their faith in manager Penev to deliver victory against Botev Vratsa

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Wed 27.Sep
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Georgi Benkovski (13128 seats)

A total of ten rounds of fixtures are done and Hebar 1918 are 2 points on top of Botev Vratsa. Who will win?

Insights:
  • Hebar 1918 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in First League

The hosts Hebar saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the First League. That game was an away game at Arda, so at least Hebar 1918 are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Hebar 1918 form and stats

Hebar 1918 have collected 7 points from their First League home games so far after 2-1-2. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Hebar with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 game, 39 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Hebar 1918 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Arda.

Preceding that match was the home game against OFK Pirin that was lost 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hebar 1918 handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The Hebar 1918 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Hebar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Botev Vratsa, who have the fewest scored goals (1) away in First League, playing as the away team in the First League this season.

Impressive finishing from Genov secured the home win 1-0 against Beroe in their previous game.

A 0-4 defeat away at Arda before that.

Botev Vratsa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Some info for sports bettors contemplating a bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 10 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.

After this away game Vratsa return home for a First League game against CSKA 1948 Sofia. That game is only three sleeps after this.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Botev Vratsa's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Hebar 1918G. Nikolov
G. Nikolov
5 goals
Hebar 1918N. Lyuboslav Penev
N. Lyuboslav Penev
2 goals
HebarA. Georgiev Bastunov
A. Georgiev Bastunov
1 goals

Hebar 1918 missing players

Botev Vratsa missing players

Hebar 1918 Botev Vratsa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 0 5 10
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
5 2 1 Lost L 0 4 7
9 6 2 Scored S 0 1 4
12 6 2 Conceded C 0 10 18
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 50%
30% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 30%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
40% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
40% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 80% 70%
 
4.9 6.8 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
3.9 2 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.8 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.2 9.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.6 7.5
4 5.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.8 2.5
22% 23% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 16%
 
9.9 7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.6 14.3
3.9 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 6.9
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Botev Vratsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest scored goals (1) away in First League
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in First League
  • Botev Vratsa have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in First League
  • Botev Vratsa have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in First League
  • Botev Vratsa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hebar 1918 have created more than twice as many corners as Botev Vratsa.
  • Hebar 1918 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hebar 1918 have scored more than double the goals of Botev Vratsa.
  • Hebar 1918 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Hebar 1918 have won significantly more corners at 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 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 10 9 1 0 24 7 6 5 1 0 14 2 4 4 0 0 10 5 17 28
2 Cherno More 10 7 3 0 20 8 4 4 0 0 6 1 6 3 3 0 14 7 12 24
3 Levski Sofia 9 6 1 2 18 7 6 5 0 1 12 2 3 1 1 1 6 5 11 19
4 CSKA Sofia 9 5 3 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 3 1 1 7 4 6 18
5 Arda 8 5 1 2 15 6 4 3 1 0 11 4 4 2 0 2 4 2 9 16
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 8 4 2 2 10 6 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 14
7 Ludogorets 7 4 1 2 21 6 4 3 1 0 15 2 3 1 0 2 6 4 15 13
8 Levski Krumovgrad 9 4 1 4 11 14 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 1 0 3 2 8 -3 13
9 Beroe 10 4 1 5 10 15 4 3 0 1 6 3 6 1 1 4 4 12 -5 13
10 Hebar 1918 10 3 2 5 9 12 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 6 -3 11
11 Botev Plovdiv 10 2 3 5 11 15 5 1 0 4 6 10 5 1 3 1 5 5 -4 9
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 9 3 0 6 8 18 5 2 0 3 6 8 4 1 0 3 2 10 -10 9
13 Botev Vratsa 10 3 0 7 4 18 5 2 0 3 3 8 5 1 0 4 1 10 -14 9
14 Etar 9 1 1 7 7 16 4 0 1 3 3 6 5 1 0 4 4 10 -9 4
15 OFK Pirin 9 1 1 7 3 14 5 0 1 4 1 6 4 1 0 3 2 8 -11 4
16 Slavia Sofia 9 1 1 7 5 20 3 0 0 3 2 9 6 1 1 4 3 11 -15 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.