Botev Vratsa have come here for an intriguing battle versus the home team Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Get ready for the fixture with this in-depth First League preview!
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
The first First League game here at Stadion Lokomotiv resulted in a draw. Last season Lokomotiv Plovdiv's home game statistics were 11 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 17 games.
Happy days for Lokomotiv in their previous game, a fixture away at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 (placed 10th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, Lokomotiv Plovdiv drew at home versus Botev Plovdiv.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Lokomotiv home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.
Early season league goal statistics from Lokomotiv Plovdiv's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 1 conceded.
Botev Vratsa form and stats
Botev Vratsa have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the First League were 1 victory, 3 draws and 13 defeats from 17 fixtures.
Botev Vratsa had fun at their own home (Stadion Lokomotiv) last time out, beating Slavia Sofia 2-0. Tsvetanov and Sylva scored.
A 0-1 defeat away at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Vratsa played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 6 times.
Botev Vratsa have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Lokomotiv Plovdiv wins - draws - Botev Vratsa wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Bariani Marques 2 goals |  B. Dione 1 goals | M. de Barros da Silva 1 goals |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
Botev Vratsa missing players
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Botev Vratsa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 9.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 11.5 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Last season | Botev Vratsa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 13 | 19 | ||
| 35 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 44 | 64 | ||
| 86% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 86% | ||
| 57% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 71% | ||
| 37% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 43% | ||
| 11% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 17% | ||
| 37% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 43% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 31% | ||
| 37% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 40% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | ||
| 10 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 1948 Sofia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Cherno More | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ludogorets | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Levski Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Levski Krumovgrad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Beroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Botev Vratsa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Slavia Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Arda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Hebar 1918 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Botev Plovdiv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | OFK Pirin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Etar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ludogorets | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 54 | 85 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 35 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 48 | 84 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 27 | 64 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 61 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 54 |
