Evenly matched teams: Botev Plovdiv vs Cherno More match preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 07.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (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 - Cherno More latest:

Botev Plovdiv and Cherno More should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Cherno More's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Cherno More have performed like this: Played four matches resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 5-4 (scored/conceded).

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Botev Plovdiv form and stats

Botev Plovdiv are steadily winning Parva Liga games and points here at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.

A nice win for Botev Plovdiv last time playing, versus Botev Vratsa. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Georgi Argilashki and Atanas Iliev scoring for the victors.

This is expected to be a close game, with Botev Plovdiv perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Botev Plovdiv as a small favourite), we find four games. Botev Plovdiv has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.

Botev Plovdiv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Plovdiv have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cherno More form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Cherno More have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far.

Home advantage was not enough for Cherno in their previous game, as they lost their Parva Liga-match, hosting CSKA 1948 Sofia, 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Levski Sofia.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Cherno More in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Cherno, zero draws and two defeats.

The visiting Cherno More have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. Cherno's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Botev Plovdiv victories, four draws and four Cherno More wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cherno MoreM. Coureur
M. Coureur
12 goals
Botev PlovdivA. Iliev
A. Iliev
8 goals
Botev PlovdivT. Nedelev
T. Nedelev
3 goals

Botev Plovdiv missing players

Cherno More missing players

Botev Plovdiv Cherno More
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 6 1 Played P 1 6 11
3 3 0 Won W 0 2 4
3 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
4 0 0 Lost L 1 3 5
14 10 0 Scored S 0 8 16
18 5 0 Conceded C 1 9 16
90% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 91%
60% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 64%
40% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 27%
30% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 55%
30% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 27%
20% 17% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
97 70 7 Total Shots T S 9 37 81
39 27 3 Shots on Target S O 2 18 35
36% 37% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 46%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Plovdiv has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Plovdiv have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cherno More haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11 7 2 2 20 12 5 3 2 0 8 5 6 4 0 2 12 7 8 23
2 Ludogorets 9 6 2 1 21 9 4 3 1 0 9 2 5 3 1 1 12 7 12 20
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 11 5 4 2 21 10 6 4 1 1 19 6 5 1 3 1 2 4 11 19
4 Beroe 11 5 3 3 22 12 5 2 1 2 11 4 6 3 2 1 11 8 10 18
5 Arda 10 4 5 1 13 10 4 2 2 0 7 5 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 17
6 CSKA Sofia 10 3 6 1 15 13 4 2 2 0 6 4 6 1 4 1 9 9 2 15
7 Cherno More 11 4 2 5 16 16 5 2 1 2 8 7 6 2 1 3 8 9 0 14
8 Tsarsko selo 10 3 4 3 7 7 6 2 2 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 13
9 Botev Plovdiv 10 3 3 4 14 18 6 3 3 0 10 5 4 0 0 4 4 13 -4 12
10 Botev Vratsa 10 3 3 4 9 14 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 1 1 3 3 11 -5 12
11 Montana 11 3 3 5 12 21 6 3 1 2 10 12 5 0 2 3 2 9 -9 12
12 Levski Sofia 10 3 2 5 12 10 6 2 1 3 6 6 4 1 1 2 6 4 2 11
13 Slavia Sofia 10 2 1 7 6 18 5 2 1 2 3 5 5 0 0 5 3 13 -12 7
14 Etar 10 0 2 8 8 26 5 0 1 4 5 14 5 0 1 4 3 12 -18 2

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.