Parva Liga match preview and statistics: Beroe fight Slavia Sofia

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Wed 08.July
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Beroe (12000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Beroe in 6th and Slavia Sofia in 5th place.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Beroe form and stats

Beroe are steadily winning Parva Liga games and points here at Stadion Beroe. 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

It's back home for Beroe, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lokomotiv Plovdiv away with the result 2-0. Martin Kamburov (2) found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Levski Sofia (1-2).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Beroe as they are travelling to their away game against CSKA Sofia in the Parva Liga. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Beroe in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. Beroe are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Beroe in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses in the Parva Liga. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the CSKA Sofia game have they lost an away game, meaning Slavia Sofia has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Two travels in a row for Slavia Sofia, whose manager Z. Zagorčić could celebrate last time after the Parva Liga win against Levski Sofia. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting CSKA Sofia.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ludogorets in just four days.

Slavia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 16 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Slavia Sofia - Beroe 2-4 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Beroe wins - draws - Slavia Sofia wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BeroeM. Kamburov
M. Kamburov
16 goals
BeroeI. Conté
I. Conté
7 goals
Slavia SofiaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
7 goals

Beroe missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

Beroe Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 15 29
15 9 2 Won W 2 10 15
1 1 0 Drew D 1 3 7
13 4 1 Lost L 0 2 7
48 25 5 Scored S 2 19 39
38 11 1 Conceded C 0 8 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 86%
93% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 47% 62%
62% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 45%
28% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 24%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
52% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 52%
34% 57% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 38%
14% 7% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 24%
 
5.1 5.5 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 2.2 3.4
4 3.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 5.2
2.2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3.3 2.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 2 5 7
 
318 167 41 Total Shots T S 18 115 243
134 69 17 Shots on Target S O 9 56 115
36% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 34% 34%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Beroe has the fewest matches under the total-line (11)
  • Beroe has the most matches over the total-line (18)
  • Beroe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Slavia Sofia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Slavia Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Slavia Sofia have won significantly less corners away then at 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 26 18 8 0 46 12 13 10 3 0 29 5 13 8 5 0 17 7 34 62
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 14 8 4 49 23 13 8 5 0 22 6 13 6 3 4 27 17 26 50
3 CSKA Sofia 26 14 8 4 41 17 13 8 4 1 25 10 13 6 4 3 16 7 24 50
4 Levski Sofia 26 14 7 5 43 19 13 9 1 3 23 9 13 5 6 2 20 10 24 49
5 Slavia Sofia 26 13 6 7 36 28 13 5 3 5 20 21 13 8 3 2 16 7 8 45
6 Beroe 26 14 1 11 44 34 13 9 1 3 24 9 13 5 0 8 20 25 10 43
7 Cherno More 26 10 10 6 32 24 13 6 5 2 20 11 13 4 5 4 12 13 8 40
8 Arda 26 7 10 9 27 33 13 4 4 5 13 17 13 3 6 4 14 16 -6 31
9 Botev Plovdiv 26 8 6 12 26 30 13 5 3 5 13 11 13 3 3 7 13 19 -4 30
10 Etar 26 6 9 11 31 45 13 4 6 3 15 21 13 2 3 8 16 24 -14 27
11 Tsarsko selo 26 7 4 15 24 42 13 4 3 6 15 20 13 3 1 9 9 22 -18 25
12 Botev Vratsa 26 5 7 14 21 46 13 3 4 6 12 18 13 2 3 8 9 28 -25 22
13 Dunav 2010 26 4 7 15 21 49 13 2 4 7 8 19 13 2 3 8 13 30 -28 19
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 26 1 3 22 15 54 13 1 1 11 10 30 13 0 2 11 5 24 -39 6

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.