First League statistics and preview: Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 small betting favourite to overwhelm Botev Vratsa

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Mon 17.Jul
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (22000 seats)

It's the premier fixture of the new campaign for Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 and Botev Vratsa. The leaf is empty, the potential unlimited.

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Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 form and stats

The season before, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929's league statistics were 10 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 9th spot in the First League. Over these 30 matches they scored {32 goals} and gave away 38. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 delivered 7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 20 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lokomotiv handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Lokomotiv Sofia 1929, who have participated in six training matches. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have won 4 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

Let's have a look at how Botev Vratsa performed last season in the First League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded {55 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 13/39 goals scored/conceded.

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 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Just as the home team, Botev Vratsa have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Botev Vratsa win, 0 draws and 3 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Lokomotiv wins - draws - Botev Vratsa wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 missing players

Botev Vratsa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 Botev Vratsa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 Last season Botev Vratsa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 35
11 7   Won W   1 8
9 5   Drew D   3 8
16 6   Lost L   13 19
37 21   Scored S   14 29
49 26   Conceded C   44 64
92% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 86%
69% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 71%
42% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 43%
19% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
14% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 17%
47% 56%   BTTS BTTS   65% 43%
31% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 31%
31% 17%   Failed to Score F T   29% 40%
 
4.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.1
5.8 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.2
2.5 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.8
9 5   Red cards R C   1 7
 
9.3 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.6 9
3.6 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.7
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 23%
 
13.7 12.7   Shots against (avg) S A   14.5 12.7
5.5 5.2   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 Arda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botev Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botev Vratsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cherno More 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Etar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hebar 1918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Levski Krumovgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Levski Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 OFK Pirin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Slavia Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botev Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botev Vratsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cherno More 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Etar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hebar 1918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Levski Krumovgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Levski Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 OFK Pirin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Slavia Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.