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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Cherno More have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-1-1 (win-draw-loss) from three matches.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
Botev Plovdiv have collected 17 points from their Parva Liga home games so far after 5-2-4.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 189 minutes without scoring a league goal. F. Viana was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Botev Plovdiv will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Parva Liga game against CSKA Sofia (placed 4th). In the match before that, Botev Plovdiv hosted Lokomotiv Plovdiv and drew the game 0-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Botev Plovdiv have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won zero times, drawn two and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Botev Plovdiv as they are travelling to their away game against Botev Galabovo in the Bulgarian Cup. That match is four days after this one.
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 11 matches. From these home matches, Botev Plovdiv have conceded only 9 goals.
Cherno More form and stats
4-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cherno More in their Parva Liga matches away.
Cherno More played 2-2 against Levski Sofia in their previous match. Prior to that result Cherno More won their away game at Dunav 2010. The scoreline was 2-0.
Cherno More are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cherno More have scored 11 goals in 11 league games away. Cherno More are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cherno More - Botev Plovdiv 2-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Botev Plovdiv won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Cherno More has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  I. Isa Mustafa 8 goals |   T. Nedelev 7 goals | M. Yankov Minchev 6 goals |
Botev Plovdiv missing players
Cherno More missing players
| Botev Plovdiv | Cherno More | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 28 |
| 24 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 91% | 91% |
| 68% | 55% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 64% | 77% |
| 36% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 18% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 36% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 50% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 36% | 32% |
| 45% | 45% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 27% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 6.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.2 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 216 | 133 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 122 | 225 |
| 104 | 67 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 53 | 102 |
| 22% | 18% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 21% | 27% |
- Cherno More has the most matches under the total-line (16)
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 45 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 43 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Beroe | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Arda | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Etar | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 20 |
| 11 | Tsarsko selo | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
| 12 | Dunav 2010 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 17 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 17 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -32 | 5 |