Struggling Botev Plovdiv will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Levski Sofia in the upcoming league round. It's 11th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Levski Sofia have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from three matches.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
Botev Plovdiv's struggle is real here at Botev 1912 Football Complex with only 7 points collected from 7 Parva Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Happy days for Botev Plovdiv in their previous game, a Parva Liga match away at Dunav 2010 (placed 11th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Botev Plovdiv drew at home versus Arda.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Botev Plovdiv here at Botev 1912 Football Complex in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). 8 goals have been conceded.
Levski Sofia form and stats
Levski Sofia, who have the the best goal difference (+21) in Parva Liga, have an excellent away record in the Parva Liga so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.
The supporters enjoyed Levski Sofia's previous game versus Etar (placed 9th), a Parva Liga 3-0 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Dunav 2010.
Levski Sofia have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 7 away matches. It's not easy to score on Levski Sofia as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Levski Sofia - Botev Plovdiv 3-1. Botev Plovdiv-Levski Sofia H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Botev Plovdiv 2 wins, Levski Sofia 7 wins, 1 draw. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Paulinho 6 goals |  S. Ivanov 6 goals |
Botev Plovdiv missing players
Levski Sofia missing players
| Botev Plovdiv | Levski Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 60% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 7% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 29% | 40% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 57% | 53% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| 5 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0.7 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Botev Plovdiv have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Botev Plovdiv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Botev Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Levski Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Levski Sofia have scored more than double the goals of Botev Plovdiv.
- Levski Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 36 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Cherno More | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Beroe | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Arda | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Etar | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
| 10 | Tsarsko selo | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Dunav 2010 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -23 | 4 |