Plenty of good and bad for these two teams so far this season, sitting in positions near the median of the First League table. Here's the Slavia Sofia - Lokomotiv Plovdiv latest:
- Slavia Sofia have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
Slavia Sofia form and stats
Slavia Sofia have collected 27 points from their First League home games so far after 8-3-3.
A good away victory last time out for Slavia, who won 2-1 against Septemvri Sofia (placed 13th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Zagorčić when Nikolov scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute.
Before that, Slavia Sofia drew at home versus Botev 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 6 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 0.
It should be considered that a peek at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
The manager Zagorčić will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to CSKA 1948 Sofia in only four days.
Slavia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. 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 Sofia have conceded only 11 goals.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the First League. Lokomotiv Plovdiv seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Lokomotiv go into this game after a win, the home game against Spartak Varna that ended 3-1.
Prior to that match, the Lokomotiv Plovdiv manager Tomovski faced defeat when travelling to CSKA 1948 Sofia and losing 0-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lokomotiv Plovdiv playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 16 goals have been conceded by Lokomotiv in these games.
Head 2 Head
Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv have played each other earlier this season: Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Slavia Sofia 3-0. Slavia Sofia-Lokomotiv Plovdiv H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Slavia Sofia two wins, Lokomotiv Plovdiv four wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  T. Tasev 6 goals |  G. Bariani Marques 6 goals | G. Ivanov 4 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
| Slavia Sofia | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 29 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 31 |
| 26 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 27 |
| 96% | 93% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| 57% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 61% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 21% | 39% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 7% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 7% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 32% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 36% | 21% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 32% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.1 | 10 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.6 | 10.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 23% | 29% |
| 8.8 | 8.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
- Slavia Sofia have the fewest dropped points from leading 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 | CSKA Sofia | 27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 36 | 67 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 47 | 65 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 28 | 57 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 48 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 48 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 46 |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| 8 | Arda | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 37 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Beroe | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -19 | 24 |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 33 | -29 | 24 |
| 13 | Septemvri Sofia | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -17 | 22 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 21 |
| 15 | Hebar 1918 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 23 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 28 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -32 | 16 |
