The season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, highs and lows giving mid-table places so far. Make ready for Slavia Sofia - Botev Plovdiv!
- Botev Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
7-11-16 (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 33-44 (scored/conceded).
Both participants have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!
Slavia Sofia form and stats
8 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Slavia Sofia have to build on here at Stadion Slavija in the First League. Two draws in a row at home now for Slavia Sofia.
A strong away win for Slavia Sofia against CSKA 1948 Sofia the last match, as Stoev were on target. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Zagorčić when Stoev scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute.
Before that, Slavia drew at home versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv.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 Slavia Sofia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 0.
It should be added that a look at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The Slavia Sofia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Slavia have conceded only 12 goals.
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 failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Ludogorets that ended with defeat 0-2.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus OFK Pirin at their stadium, the result 4-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Plovdiv in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Botev Plovdiv, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
Botev Plovdiv have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 17 goals have been scored. Botev Plovdiv have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met earlier this season: Slavia Sofia - Botev Plovdiv 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Slavia victories, three draws and four Botev Plovdiv wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Baroan 14 goals |   T. Tasev 6 goals | G. Ivanov 4 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| Slavia Sofia | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 31 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 38 |
| 27 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 40 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 57% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 67% |
| 37% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 43% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 37% | 47% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 20% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 9.9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 35% | 32% |
| 8.9 | 8.7 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Botev Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 |
