Parva Liga match prediction and preview for Botev Plovdiv vs OFK Pirin clash

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 24.July
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (3500 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the Botev Plovdiv - OFK Pirin match!

It should be mentioned that OFK Pirin play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for OFK Pirin on artifical turf are 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat from three games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 4-2. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Botev Plovdiv form and stats

Last season, Botev Plovdiv's league statistics were 5 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Parva Liga. Over these 26 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season Botev Plovdiv managed 4-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 16 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Botev Plovdiv friendly games in pre-season: Plovdiv played four friendlies, won 0, drew 3 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Botev Plovdiv scored 5 goals and conceded 6 in these four games.

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OFK Pirin form and stats

A job perfectly done for Pirin last season as they secured promotion from B PFG. With a grand total of 20 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

It's a day of discovery for OFK Pirin as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which OFK Pirin have played six with the results W4-D2-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games OFK Pirin has scored 19 goals and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Plovdiv won three, OFK Pirin won two and five draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Botev Plovdiv missing players

OFK Pirin missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Botev Plovdiv OFK Pirin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Botev Plovdiv Last season OFK Pirin
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   15 30
7 5   Won W   7 20
11 6   Drew D   4 5
14 5   Lost L   4 5
34 20   Scored S   21 66
52 18   Conceded C   16 26
84% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
75% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 93%
53% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 57%
31% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 37%
19% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 20%
47% 38%   BTTS BTTS   60% 53%
25% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 43%
44% 44%   Failed to Score F T   13% 10%
 
4.2 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.5
5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 2.7
2.7 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
4 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
9.2 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.5
3.4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.8
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botev Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botev Vratsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cherno More 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Levski Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 OFK Pirin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Slavia Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tsarsko selo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 20 4 2 59 18 13 12 1 0 28 4 13 8 3 2 31 14 41 64
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 15 7 4 41 19 13 8 5 0 25 10 13 7 2 4 16 9 22 52
3 CSKA Sofia 26 14 8 4 39 20 13 9 4 0 21 6 13 5 4 4 18 14 19 50
4 Arda 26 12 9 5 36 29 13 8 4 1 23 14 13 4 5 4 13 15 7 45
5 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 10 8 8 34 30 13 8 3 2 24 10 13 2 5 6 10 20 4 38
6 Beroe 26 10 7 9 38 28 13 5 3 5 20 13 13 5 4 4 18 15 10 37
7 Cherno More 26 10 7 9 27 25 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 3 4 6 10 13 2 37
8 Tsarsko selo 26 9 7 10 29 27 13 5 5 3 18 13 13 4 2 7 11 14 2 34
9 Levski Sofia 26 7 7 12 25 27 13 5 2 6 13 15 13 2 5 6 12 12 -2 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 26 5 9 12 25 46 13 4 5 4 14 16 13 1 4 8 11 30 -21 24
11 Slavia Sofia 26 6 5 15 19 40 13 4 3 6 9 16 13 2 2 9 10 24 -21 23
12 Botev Vratsa 26 6 4 16 26 39 13 3 2 8 15 18 13 3 2 8 11 21 -13 22
13 Etar 26 4 10 12 20 45 13 2 7 4 10 16 13 2 3 8 10 29 -25 22
14 Montana 26 4 8 14 21 46 13 4 3 6 17 22 13 0 5 8 4 24 -25 20
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 OFK Pirin 30 20 5 5 66 26 15 13 1 1 45 10 15 7 4 4 21 16 40 65
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 30 19 5 6 65 30 15 12 1 2 38 12 15 7 4 4 27 18 35 62
3 Septemvri Sofia 30 17 5 8 54 29 15 9 3 3 27 10 15 8 2 5 27 19 25 56
4 Ludogorets II 30 14 8 8 56 38 15 10 3 2 36 16 15 4 5 6 20 22 18 50
5 Sportist Svoge 30 14 7 9 43 36 15 8 4 3 26 12 15 6 3 6 17 24 7 49
6 Hebar 1918 30 13 9 8 50 36 15 8 5 2 30 15 15 5 4 6 20 21 14 48
7 Lovech 30 9 12 9 36 31 15 6 6 3 23 17 15 3 6 6 13 14 5 39
8 Sozopol 30 10 9 11 35 40 15 7 7 1 22 14 15 3 2 10 13 26 -5 39
9 FK Minyor Pernik 30 10 9 11 30 37 15 7 6 2 15 8 15 3 3 9 15 29 -7 39
10 Strumska slava 30 8 10 12 31 37 15 7 5 3 24 14 15 1 5 9 7 23 -6 34
11 Yantra 1919 30 10 4 16 30 47 15 6 2 7 17 19 15 4 2 9 13 28 -17 34
12 Septemvri Simitli 30 9 6 15 34 42 15 7 3 5 25 16 15 2 3 10 9 26 -8 33
13 Kariana Erden 30 9 4 17 29 59 15 5 2 8 18 30 15 4 2 9 11 29 -30 31
14 Dobrudzha 1919 30 7 9 14 28 46 15 7 1 7 19 19 15 0 8 7 9 27 -18 30
15 Neftohimik 30 7 6 17 27 61 15 5 3 7 14 25 15 2 3 10 13 36 -34 27
16 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 30 5 10 15 24 43 15 3 7 5 11 11 15 2 3 10 13 32 -19 25
17 Vitosha Bistritsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botev Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botev Vratsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cherno More 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Levski Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 OFK Pirin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Slavia Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tsarsko selo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.