Another enjoyable fixture as Spartak Varna host Beroe

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Spartak (30000 seats)

The path has mostly gone uphill for Spartak Varna so far, and that also applies to Beroe. These students from the school of hard knocks pray for some important points here.

Insights:
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals (46) in First League
  • Beroe is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Spartak Varna form and stats

Spartak Varna's results here at Stadion Spartak in the First League have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. Spartak Varna has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Dimitrov and the players.

The regulars hope that Spartak Varna will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Bulgarian Cup fixture against Ludogorets.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting CSKA Sofia (0-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Spartak Varna here at Stadion Spartak in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded. Spartak has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Beroe form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Beroe so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-7 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Beroe in their previous game as they lost hosting CSKA 1948 Sofia, 1-3.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Beroe in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Beroe, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Beroe's away league games. Only {6 goals} from 12 travels. In the opposite end, Beroe have conceded 21 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other earlier this season: Beroe - Spartak Varna 3-1. Spartak-Beroe H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Spartak Varna two wins, Beroe two wins, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Spartak VarnaR. Rumenov
R. Rumenov
3 goals
BeroeV. Triboulet
V. Triboulet
3 goals
Spartak VarnaB. Vasev
B. Vasev
2 goals

Spartak Varna missing players

Beroe missing players

Spartak Varna Beroe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 6
16 7 1 Lost L 2 7 13
18 11 3 Scored S 2 6 20
46 18 3 Conceded C 6 21 41
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 92%
71% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 79%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 42%
38% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 29%
17% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
50% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 50%
8% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 17%
50% 42% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 58% 42%
 
4 4.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.9 4.2
5.8 5.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5 4.5
2.6 2.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.2 9.8 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 8.3
2.8 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.6
27% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 32%
 
13.7 11.9 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.5 10.4
5.4 4.9 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 4.7
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Beroe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Beroe is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Spartak Varna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Spartak Varna have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in First League
  • Spartak Varna have the fewest clean sheets (2) in First League
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals (46) in First League
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) 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 24 19 3 2 45 12 12 10 2 0 25 5 12 9 1 2 20 7 33 60
2 Ludogorets 24 17 5 2 56 18 12 8 3 1 26 8 12 9 2 1 30 10 38 56
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 24 14 6 4 40 16 12 9 2 1 22 6 12 5 4 3 18 10 24 48
4 Levski Sofia 24 11 8 5 33 13 12 7 3 2 19 4 12 4 5 3 14 9 20 41
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 24 11 7 6 25 22 12 7 2 3 16 9 12 4 5 3 9 13 3 40
6 Cherno More 24 11 6 7 26 22 12 6 3 3 15 11 12 5 3 4 11 11 4 39
7 Slavia Sofia 24 12 2 10 26 23 12 8 2 2 17 9 12 4 0 8 9 14 3 38
8 Arda 24 10 5 9 26 25 12 7 2 3 18 12 12 3 3 6 8 13 1 35
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 24 9 7 8 27 29 12 6 3 3 14 15 12 3 4 5 13 14 -2 34
10 Botev Plovdiv 24 8 3 13 32 32 12 6 2 4 20 11 12 2 1 9 12 21 0 27
11 Botev Vratsa 24 6 5 13 18 38 12 5 3 4 8 13 12 1 2 9 10 25 -20 23
12 Septemvri Sofia 24 5 7 12 22 33 12 2 5 5 8 14 12 3 2 7 14 19 -11 22
13 Beroe 24 5 6 13 20 41 12 4 2 6 14 20 12 1 4 7 6 21 -21 21
14 OFK Pirin 24 4 8 12 17 30 12 3 4 5 11 16 12 1 4 7 6 14 -13 20
15 Hebar 1918 24 4 4 16 13 44 12 1 3 8 8 21 12 3 1 8 5 23 -31 16
16 Spartak Varna 24 2 6 16 18 46 12 2 3 7 11 18 12 0 3 9 7 28 -28 12

Read more about First League

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.