Football match preview: Beroe vs Ludogorets

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Beroe (12000 seats)

Parva Liga: Two sides in reasonably good form get together for this fixture. Ludogorets with a slight advantage with their 1st position in the standings?

Insights:
  • Beroe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (63) in Parva Liga

Happy, happy days for Ludogorets who are already winners of the Parva Liga. This could affect their motivation.

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Beroe form and stats

6-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Parva Liga numbers at home for Beroe so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Beroe tasted defeat here at Stadion Beroe, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Beroe lost their last game at CSKA Sofia (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Before that, Beroe had a home game versus CSKA 1948 Sofia which ended with a victory 1-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Beroe here at Stadion Beroe in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). Beroe are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Beroe in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets have an excellent away record in the Parva Liga so far with 8-1-3 from 12 games.

Ludogorets are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Botev Plovdiv (placed 3rd).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Levski Sofia.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ludogorets are hosting Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup only four days away.

The Ludogorets manager Šimundža has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 12 league matches. Many of these goals have come late in the matches; more than 60 % (20 goals) after the 60th minute. 14 goals have been conceded by Ludogorets in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ludogorets - Beroe 2-0 was the story when these participants last did battle, also in this season. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Beroe won zero games, two matches ended in a draw and Ludogorets have eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsP. Soteriou
P. Soteriou
16 goals
LudogoretsA. Menezes Santana
A. Menezes Santana
6 goals
LudogoretsK. Despodov
K. Despodov
6 goals

Beroe missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Beroe Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
9 6 0 Won W 2 8 20
5 5 2 Drew D 0 1 1
11 1 1 Lost L 2 3 4
23 11 1 Scored S 7 26 63
26 7 3 Conceded C 6 14 23
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 88%
28% 8% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 68%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 48%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 20%
40% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 52%
28% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 36%
36% 17% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 12%
 
5.2 4.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 6.1 6.1
4 4.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.1 4.4
2.6 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.5 11.1 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 12.8 13
4.3 4.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 5.3 5.8
21% 20% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 41% 43%
 
8.2 6.7 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.3 8.4
3.6 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.2
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Beroe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have scored more than double the goals of Beroe.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most points (25) away in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (26) away in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (63) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+40) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ludogorets is in the best form (5-1-0) in Parva Liga

  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 25 20 1 4 63 23 13 12 0 1 37 9 12 8 1 3 26 14 40 61
2 CSKA Sofia 25 15 7 3 39 23 13 10 2 1 21 8 12 5 5 2 18 15 16 52
3 Botev Plovdiv 25 12 7 6 32 28 12 10 0 2 22 13 13 2 7 4 10 15 4 43
4 Cherno More 24 11 9 4 30 16 12 5 5 2 13 7 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 42
5 Levski Sofia 25 11 6 8 31 25 12 6 3 3 16 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 6 39
6 Slavia Sofia 25 9 9 7 29 24 13 6 4 3 15 10 12 3 5 4 14 14 5 36
7 Beroe 25 9 5 11 23 26 12 6 5 1 11 7 13 3 0 10 12 19 -3 32
8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 25 8 7 10 28 35 12 5 4 3 16 15 13 3 3 7 12 20 -7 31
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 25 8 5 12 36 37 13 6 3 4 24 17 12 2 2 8 12 20 -1 29
10 Arda 25 7 7 11 27 34 12 5 4 3 18 16 13 2 3 8 9 18 -7 28
11 OFK Pirin 25 7 6 12 34 40 13 5 3 5 20 20 12 2 3 7 14 20 -6 27
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 24 5 7 12 20 39 12 5 3 4 13 16 12 0 4 8 7 23 -19 22
13 Botev Vratsa 24 4 7 13 21 42 12 2 6 4 9 16 12 2 1 9 12 26 -21 19
14 Tsarsko selo 24 2 7 15 13 34 12 2 3 7 9 17 12 0 4 8 4 17 -21 13

Read more about Parva Liga

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.