First League preview: Can Spartak Varna edge out victory against Septemvri Sofia?

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Wed 31.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (15000 seats)

Septemvri Sofia have rested up after their 1-3-game versus Hebar 1918 and are keen to go again when travelling to Spartak Varna. Get all the knowledge!

Insights:
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals (60) in First League
  • Septemvri Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!

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Spartak Varna form and stats

Spartak Varna's results here at Stadion Lokomotiv in the First League have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. When Spartak Varna hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like OFK Pirin, Beroe, Hebar 1918, Spartak Varna and Botev Vratsa), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Spartak Varna drew their last game, 1-1 away at Beroe.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Hebar 1918.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Spartak handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Goals from both sides! That has been the case in 5 league games in a row for this club. Will it happen again?

Spartak Varna are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Spartak defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Septemvri Sofia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Septemvri Sofia so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-10 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Septemvri Sofia, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Septemvri Sofia play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Hebar 1918.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus OFK Pirin.

We have checked recent matches where Septemvri Sofia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Septemvri struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games. When Septemvri Sofia is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Septemvri Sofia, OFK Pirin, Beroe, Hebar 1918 and Botev Vratsa.

Head 2 Head

As it happens, the last time the hosts kept a "clean sheet" was also versus this opponent, seven matches ago (Spartak Varna - Septemvri Sofia 2-0). As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Spartak victories, one draw and two Septemvri Sofia wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Septemvri SofiaA. Kabov
A. Kabov
6 goals
Spartak VarnaD. Balanyuk
D. Balanyuk
5 goals
Spartak VarnaE. de Lima Costa
E. de Lima Costa
5 goals

Spartak Varna missing players

Septemvri Sofia missing players

Spartak Varna Septemvri Sofia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 6 17 33
4 4 2 Won W 3 3 6
10 4 1 Drew D 1 2 7
19 8 2 Lost L 2 12 20
31 18 5 Scored S 10 16 28
63 26 8 Conceded C 8 30 50
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 91%
79% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 70%
52% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 53% 45%
39% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 35% 24%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 6%
58% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 48%
9% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 6% 12%
39% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 47% 48%
 
3.8 4.8 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.6 4
5.7 5.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.4 5.7
2.5 2.5 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.6 9.8 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8 8.6
3 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.6 3.1
32% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 36% 27%
 
13.4 11.8 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 11.6 11.2
5.2 4.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.9 4.5
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Septemvri Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spartak Varna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Spartak Varna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spartak Varna have the fewest clean sheets (3) in First League
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals (60) in First League
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in First League
  • Spartak Varna have the the worst goal difference (-33) in First League
  • Spartak Varna have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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

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.