Hebar 1918 and Slavia Sofia fans look forward to First League meeting at Stadion Georgi Benkovski

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Georgi Benkovski (13128 seats)

Hebar 1918 have enginereed 2 home wins so far, Slavia Sofia have won 1 away. Which team enhances their records in this one?

Insights:
  • Hebar 1918 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Slavia Sofia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Hebar 1918 form and stats

When playing at home in the First League, Hebar 1918 have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Hebar 1918.

A good away victory last time out for Hebar, who won 5-2 against Etar (placed 16th). A big relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in six consecutive matches. A goal frenzy last time out for Hebar 1918, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Etar. Fun stuff to watch!

In the match before that, Hebar hosted Levski Krumovgrad and drew the game 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hebar 1918 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Hebar 1918 has scored {7 goals-1} so far and conceded {7 goals-2} from 7 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

Slavia Sofia have only collected 5 points from their away games in the First League, after 1-2-4 (7 played).

Tasev scored in Slavia Sofia's previous match, the home game against Arda that ended 1-0. That win was so needed for this team, after a horrific sequence of ten league matches in a row not winning.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus OFK Pirin that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Slavia playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Slavia Sofia win, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Slavia Sofia have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Hebar 1918G. Nikolov
G. Nikolov
7 goals
Hebar 1918N. Lyuboslav Penev
N. Lyuboslav Penev
3 goals
Slavia SofiaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
3 goals

Hebar 1918 missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

Hebar 1918 Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 1 7 12
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 2
5 2 1 Lost L 1 4 8
15 7 3 Scored S 0 4 7
15 7 3 Conceded C 3 12 23
85% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
46% 43% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 83%
31% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 33%
23% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
46% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 42%
38% 57% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 17%
31% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 42%
 
4.7 6.4 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.3 3.8
3.8 1.9 1 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.9 3.2
2.8 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 10.7 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.3 8.7
3.8 4.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.1 3.7
31% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 16%
 
9.7 7.6 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 5 11.1 10.5
3.5 2.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.7 4.4
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Hebar 1918 have scored more than double the goals of Slavia Sofia.
  • 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.
  • Slavia Sofia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Slavia Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 9 3 1 27 12 7 5 1 1 14 4 6 4 2 0 13 8 15 30
2 Cherno More 13 8 5 0 23 10 6 5 1 0 9 3 7 3 4 0 14 7 13 29
3 CSKA Sofia 12 7 4 1 17 7 6 3 3 0 8 3 6 4 1 1 9 4 10 25
4 Ludogorets 11 7 2 2 30 8 6 4 2 0 20 3 5 3 0 2 10 5 22 23
5 Levski Sofia 12 7 2 3 21 9 7 5 0 2 12 3 5 2 2 1 9 6 12 23
6 Arda 11 7 1 3 21 8 5 4 1 0 14 4 6 3 0 3 7 4 13 22
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 11 6 3 2 13 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 3 1 2 6 5 6 21
8 Levski Krumovgrad 13 5 2 6 13 18 7 4 1 2 11 9 6 1 1 4 2 9 -5 17
9 Hebar 1918 13 4 4 5 15 15 7 2 3 2 7 7 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 16
10 Beroe 13 4 2 7 11 20 6 3 1 2 6 4 7 1 1 5 5 16 -9 14
11 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 13 4 1 8 10 23 7 2 1 4 7 11 6 2 0 4 3 12 -13 13
12 Botev Plovdiv 13 3 3 7 15 18 6 2 0 4 10 11 7 1 3 3 5 7 -3 12
13 OFK Pirin 13 3 2 8 7 19 7 1 2 4 3 7 6 2 0 4 4 12 -12 11
14 Botev Vratsa 13 3 1 9 6 22 6 2 0 4 4 10 7 1 1 5 2 12 -16 10
15 Slavia Sofia 12 2 2 8 7 23 5 1 0 4 3 11 7 1 2 4 4 12 -16 8
16 Etar 12 1 1 10 9 26 6 0 1 5 5 13 6 1 0 5 4 13 -17 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.