Botev Plovdiv vs Beroe: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Botev 1912 Football Complex (3500 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Parva Liga table so far. Here's the Botev Plovdiv - Beroe latest:

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.

Beroe play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Beroe when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from six matches. They have scored 7 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.

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Botev Plovdiv form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Botev Plovdiv have to build on here at Botev 1912 Football Complex in the Parva Liga. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. It’s been three wins in a row for Botev Plovdiv here at Botev 1912 Football Complex, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Botev Plovdiv's last game was hosting Beroe (placed 8th) and winning 3-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Slavia Sofia and winning 2-1.

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 Botev Plovdiv have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 2.

The Botev Plovdiv fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Botev Plovdiv have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Beroe form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Beroe so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-7 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for Beroe, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Botev Plovdiv in the Parva Liga. Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus CSKA 1948 Sofia.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Beroe in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Beroe, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Beroe are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). For Beroe, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Botev Plovdiv - Beroe 3-1 earlier this season. Botev Plovdiv-Beroe H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Botev Plovdiv 3 wins, Beroe 4 wins, 3 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BeroeM. Kamburov
M. Kamburov
8 goals
Botev PlovdivT. Nedelev
T. Nedelev
6 goals
BeroeI. Conté
I. Conté
6 goals

Botev Plovdiv missing players

Beroe missing players

Botev Plovdiv Beroe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 10 19
7 5 0 Won W 0 3 8
4 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
8 4 1 Lost L 2 7 10
21 12 1 Scored S 1 14 29
23 9 2 Conceded C 5 20 29
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
42% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 90% 68%
21% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 37%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
42% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 70% 58%
21% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 26%
42% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 16%
 
3.5 4.5 2 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4.8 5.3
4.8 3.7 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.5 4.1 4.1
2.1 2.1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.3 2.5
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
 
182 126 27 Total Shots T S 15 95 205
89 65 12 Shots on Target S O 6 45 91
24% 18% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 31% 32%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • All of Beroe's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Beroe has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
  • Beroe has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Beroe has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Beroe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Botev Plovdiv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Botev Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Botev Plovdiv is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 19 14 5 0 29 7 10 7 3 0 16 3 9 7 2 0 13 4 22 47
2 Levski Sofia 18 12 3 3 35 13 9 8 0 1 20 6 9 4 3 2 15 7 22 39
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 18 11 4 3 38 19 9 6 3 0 15 5 9 5 1 3 23 14 19 37
4 CSKA Sofia 18 10 5 3 31 14 9 5 3 1 17 9 9 5 2 2 14 5 17 35
5 Cherno More 19 7 7 5 23 17 9 4 3 2 14 8 10 3 4 3 9 9 6 28
6 Slavia Sofia 18 7 5 6 20 19 9 3 2 4 12 14 9 4 3 2 8 5 1 26
7 Arda 18 7 5 6 22 23 9 4 2 3 11 12 9 3 3 3 11 11 -1 26
8 Beroe 19 8 1 10 29 29 9 5 1 3 15 9 10 3 0 7 14 20 0 25
9 Botev Plovdiv 19 7 4 8 21 23 10 5 1 4 12 9 9 2 3 4 9 14 -2 25
10 Etar 19 4 6 9 17 33 9 3 3 3 7 15 10 1 3 6 10 18 -16 18
11 Dunav 2010 18 4 5 9 16 27 9 2 2 5 8 14 9 2 3 4 8 13 -11 17
12 Tsarsko selo 19 4 4 11 19 31 10 2 3 5 11 16 9 2 1 6 8 15 -12 16
13 Botev Vratsa 18 3 4 11 16 35 9 2 3 4 9 14 9 1 1 7 7 21 -19 13
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 18 1 2 15 11 37 9 1 1 7 7 19 9 0 1 8 4 18 -26 5

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.