Game guide for First League: Hebar 1918 - Ludogorets at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bâlgarska Armija (22015 seats)

Home advantage is safe and good for Hebar 1918, but Ludogorets are fully determined and able to win. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (12) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (53) in First League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hebar 1918 form and stats

With 1 First League win, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Hebar 1918 are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Hebar 1918 are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 209 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Valpoort).

The followers are hoping that Hebar will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against OFK Pirin (placed 14th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Levski Sofia (0-2).

It should be considered that a look at the 20 most recent league matches shows that 15 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Hebar 1918 have scored {7 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hebar defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ludogorets collect 26 points from their 11 away matches in the First League. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Ludogorets go into this game after a win, the home game against Cherno More that ended 3-2. Despodov certainly enjoyed Ludogorets's last game versus Cherno More, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-2 victory.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against OFK Pirin.

The Ludogorets manager Bogdanov has got the team scoring on the road, with 27 away goals in 11 league matches. It's not easy to score on Ludogorets as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Ludogorets - Hebar 6-0 was the story when this pair of contenders last played each other, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsK. Despodov
K. Despodov
9 goals
LudogoretsB. Tekpetey
B. Tekpetey
8 goals

Hebar 1918 missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Hebar 1918 Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 5 11 23
4 1 0 Won W 5 8 16
4 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
15 7 3 Lost L 0 1 2
12 7 0 Scored S 17 27 53
41 18 6 Conceded C 1 9 17
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
65% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 78%
39% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 82% 65%
22% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 55% 43%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 22%
30% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 20% 45% 48%
22% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 45% 43%
57% 55% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 17%
 
2.3 1.9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 6.5 7
6.5 7 8.7 Corners against (avg) C A 1.4 4.3 3.6
2.6 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.4 5.9 3.3 Shots (avg) S ( 18.4 15.4 15.7
2.3 2.5 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.6 6.5 6.1
23% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 38% 38%
 
13.9 12.5 19.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6.4 9.2 7.9
5.4 5 8.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.6
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Hebar 1918 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Hebar 1918 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hebar 1918 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest points (6) at home in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (12) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have the the worst goal difference (-29) in First League
  • Hebar 1918 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Ludogorets have created more than twice as many corners as Hebar 1918.
  • Ludogorets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have scored more than double the goals of Hebar 1918.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most matches over the total-line (15) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (27) away in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (53) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+18) away in First League
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+36) 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 CSKA Sofia 23 18 3 2 44 12 11 9 2 0 24 5 12 9 1 2 20 7 32 57
2 Ludogorets 23 16 5 2 53 17 12 8 3 1 26 8 11 8 2 1 27 9 36 53
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 23 13 6 4 37 15 12 9 2 1 22 6 11 4 4 3 15 9 22 45
4 Levski Sofia 23 10 8 5 30 13 12 7 3 2 19 4 11 3 5 3 11 9 17 38
5 Slavia Sofia 23 12 2 9 26 22 12 8 2 2 17 9 11 4 0 7 9 13 4 38
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 22 11 5 6 24 21 11 7 1 3 16 9 11 4 4 3 8 12 3 38
7 Cherno More 23 10 6 7 23 22 11 5 3 3 12 11 12 5 3 4 11 11 1 36
8 Arda 23 10 5 8 26 22 11 7 2 2 18 9 12 3 3 6 8 13 4 35
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 23 8 7 8 26 29 11 5 3 3 13 15 12 3 4 5 13 14 -3 31
10 Botev Plovdiv 23 8 2 13 31 31 11 6 1 4 19 10 12 2 1 9 12 21 0 26
11 Septemvri Sofia 23 5 7 11 22 30 12 2 5 5 8 14 11 3 2 6 14 16 -8 22
12 Botev Vratsa 23 6 4 13 18 38 11 5 2 4 8 13 12 1 2 9 10 25 -20 22
13 Beroe 22 5 5 12 19 38 11 4 2 5 13 17 11 1 3 7 6 21 -19 20
14 OFK Pirin 23 4 7 12 17 30 12 3 4 5 11 16 11 1 3 7 6 14 -13 19
15 Hebar 1918 23 4 4 15 12 41 11 1 3 7 7 18 12 3 1 8 5 23 -29 16
16 Spartak Varna 23 2 6 15 18 45 12 2 3 7 11 18 11 0 3 8 7 27 -27 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.