First League preview: Can Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 edge out victory against Botev Plovdiv?

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Thu 01.June
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (22000 seats)

This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, ups and downs giving mid-table places so far. Gear up for Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 - Botev Plovdiv!

Insights:
  • Botev Plovdiv have the fewest points from losing position (0) in First League

6-10-18 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Botev Plovdiv when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 34 matches are 32-46 (scored/conceded).

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 form and stats

When playing at home in the First League, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

The Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Arda here at Stadion Lokomotiv.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Slavia Sofia that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lokomotiv handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Botev Plovdiv form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botev Plovdiv so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-10 (win-draw-lose). Botev Plovdiv seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Botev Plovdiv's last game was the home draw against Slavia Sofia (0-0).

A 1-2 defeat away at Arda before that.

Plovdiv find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Botev Plovdiv have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Botev Plovdiv - Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0-2. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929-Botev Plovdiv H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 three wins, Botev Plovdiv one win, three draws. one of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Botev PlovdivA. Baroan
A. Baroan
14 goals
LokomotivA. Vutov
A. Vutov
4 goals
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929K. Mloshev
K. Mloshev
3 goals

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 missing players

Botev Plovdiv missing players

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 Botev Plovdiv
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
11 7 1 Won W 0 3 9
9 5 3 Drew D 1 2 6
14 5 1 Lost L 4 12 19
36 20 4 Scored S 2 18 39
45 24 5 Conceded C 6 28 45
91% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
68% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 71% 65%
41% 35% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 59% 41%
21% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 24%
15% 24% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 15%
47% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 65% 47%
32% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 21%
29% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 35% 41%
 
4.2 4.8 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.5
5.9 5.2 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.8 4.1
2.5 3.1 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3 2.8
8 4 1 Red cards R C 1 5 7
 
8.7 10.1 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.8 11.4
3.4 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.1 3.9
31% 30% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 34% 29%
 
13.6 12.5 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 10.9 10.9
5.4 5.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.1 3.9
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Botev Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botev Plovdiv have the fewest points from losing position (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 Ludogorets 30 23 5 2 72 21 15 11 3 1 37 10 15 12 2 1 35 11 51 74
2 CSKA Sofia 30 23 4 3 57 14 15 11 3 1 30 7 15 12 1 2 27 7 43 73
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 30 17 8 5 49 22 15 11 2 2 25 8 15 6 6 3 24 14 27 59
4 Levski Sofia 30 15 9 6 38 14 15 10 3 2 23 4 15 5 6 4 15 10 24 54
5 Cherno More 30 15 8 7 36 27 15 8 4 3 20 14 15 7 4 4 16 13 9 53
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 8 8 33 28 15 10 2 3 22 11 15 4 6 5 11 17 5 50
7 Slavia Sofia 30 15 4 11 31 27 15 8 4 3 18 12 15 7 0 8 13 15 4 49
8 Arda 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 7 4 4 22 17 15 4 5 6 11 15 1 42
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 30 10 8 12 32 38 15 7 4 4 18 20 15 3 4 8 14 18 -6 38
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 5 16 38 40 15 6 3 6 21 15 15 3 2 10 17 25 -2 32
11 Botev Vratsa 30 7 7 16 23 55 15 6 4 5 10 16 15 1 3 11 13 39 -32 28
12 Beroe 30 7 6 17 26 47 15 5 2 8 15 23 15 2 4 9 11 24 -21 27
13 OFK Pirin 30 5 9 16 21 39 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 2 4 9 7 17 -18 24
14 Hebar 1918 30 6 5 19 19 51 15 1 3 11 8 27 15 5 2 8 11 24 -32 23
15 Septemvri Sofia 30 5 7 18 25 45 15 2 5 8 10 20 15 3 2 10 15 25 -20 22
16 Spartak Varna 30 3 8 19 27 60 15 3 4 8 16 25 15 0 4 11 11 35 -33 17

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.