OFK Pirin get ready to host Botev Plovdiv for another engrossing First League game here at Stadion Hristo Botev.
Pirin's stadium, Stadion Hristo Botev, has a grass surface. Botev Plovdiv have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Botev Plovdiv when playing on grass; 7 wins, 10 draws and 18 losses from 35 matches. They have scored {34 goals} in these games and conceded 47.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
OFK Pirin form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first First League game of the season here at Stadion Hristo Botev. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from OFK Pirin's 18 home games.
The fans are hoping that OFK Pirin will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against CSKA 1948 Sofia (placed 1st).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Beroe (1-2).It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the OFK Pirin at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
One match played away so far in the First League for Botev Plovdiv and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from 15 games.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Levski Sofia with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Sekulić has bagged at least one goal for this team three games in a row. The ability!
A 1-1 draw at Lokomotiv Plovdiv's stadium before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Botev Plovdiv has managed {1 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest meetings featuring these two teams have all finished as Botev Plovdiv wins. Another one?Top Goalscorers
  M. Sekulić 2 goals |   D. Kondrakov 1 goals |
OFK Pirin missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| OFK Pirin | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 11% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 15.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7.5 |
| OFK Pirin | Last season | Botev Plovdiv | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 12 | 20 | ||
| 28 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Conceded | C | 29 | 49 | ||
| 86% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 63% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 67% | ||
| 31% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 44% | ||
| 14% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | ||
| 29% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 19% | ||
| 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| 11.3 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Levski Krumovgrad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Beroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Arda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Cherno More | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hebar 1918 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Etar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Ludogorets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | OFK Pirin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 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 | 35 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 20 | -15 | 34 |
| 2 | Beroe | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 32 |
| 3 | Hebar 1918 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 59 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -29 | 32 |
| 4 | Botev Vratsa | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 64 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 44 | -35 | 32 |
| 5 | Septemvri Sofia | 35 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 31 | -21 | 28 |
| 6 | Spartak Varna | 35 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 65 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 39 | -33 | 25 |
