OFK Pirin vs Beroe match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion Hristo Botev

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Fri 14.Jul
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (7000 seats)

This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by club members of both sides, as it's the first First League game of the season. Both OFK Pirin and Beroe are ready for a bright start to their league season.

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OFK Pirin form and stats

The season before, OFK Pirin's league stats were 5 wins, 9 draws and 16 losses, producing 13th place in the First League. In these 30 matches they scored {21 goals} and gave away 39. Performing as the home team in the last season OFK Pirin produced 3-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 22 conceded.

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 OFK Pirin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 3.

OFK Pirin have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 3 losses. In these games, Pirin have scored {9 goals} and conceded 8 times.

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Beroe form and stats

Let's have a look at how Beroe performed last season in the First League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded {47 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 11/24 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Beroe playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 2 Beroe wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Beroe have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from four fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Beroe have pulled off a sequence of 16 consecutive matches without defeat (7-9-0) when playing Pirin.

OFK Pirin missing players

Beroe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
OFK Pirin Beroe
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
OFK Pirin Last season Beroe
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   17 35
8 6   Won W   2 8
10 5   Drew D   4 8
17 7   Lost L   11 19
28 20   Scored S   12 31
43 23   Conceded C   29 54
86% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
63% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 77%
31% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 37%
14% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
6% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
43% 50%   BTTS BTTS   41% 46%
29% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 20%
43% 33%   Failed to Score F T   53% 40%
 
3.5 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 3.9
5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.7
3.1 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 3.1
1 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
8.1 8.3   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8.3
3.3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3
25% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 29%
 
11.3 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 10.7
4.2 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.4

  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 OFK Pirin 5 3 1 1 28 43 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -15 34
2 Hebar 1918 5 3 0 2 30 59 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 5 6 -29 32
3 Beroe 5 1 2 2 31 54 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -23 32
4 Botev Vratsa 5 1 1 3 29 64 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -35 32
5 Septemvri Sofia 5 2 0 3 31 52 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 -21 28
6 Spartak Varna 5 2 2 1 32 65 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 2 4 -33 25

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.