Botev Plovdiv vs Tsarsko selo betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (3500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Botev Plovdiv languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Tsarsko selo will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Botev Plovdiv have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Parva Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Plovdiv and Tsarsko selo.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Tsarsko selo 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 2-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from three matches.

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Botev Plovdiv form and stats

When playing at home in the Parva Liga, Botev Plovdiv have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.

Happy days for Plovdiv in their previous game, a Parva Liga match away at Levski Sofia that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cherno More that ended 1-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Botev Plovdiv's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

Plovdiv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Plovdiv's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tsarsko selo form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Tsarsko selo have produced an overall stat of 4-2-7 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Tsarsko, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Tsarsko selo failed to get anything from their last game, a Parva Liga home match vs Cherno More that ended with defeat 0-1.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Levski Sofia.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Tsarsko playing away, we found eight games. Results were two away wins, four draws and two home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tsarsko as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. Tsarsko have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Tsarsko selo - Plovdiv 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Plovdiv five wins, four draws and Tsarsko selo one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Botev PlovdivA. Iliev
A. Iliev
15 goals
Tsarsko seloA. Cordeiro Costa
A. Cordeiro Costa
7 goals
Tsarsko seloD. Kostadinov
D. Kostadinov
5 goals

Botev Plovdiv missing players

Tsarsko selo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Botev Plovdiv Tsarsko selo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 6 Played P 4 15 31
6 4 2 Won W 2 4 9
11 6 3 Drew D 0 4 10
14 5 1 Lost L 2 7 12
29 15 9 Scored S 7 15 33
52 18 8 Conceded C 5 18 34
84% 87% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 87%
74% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 61%
52% 27% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 27% 35%
29% 13% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 13% 16%
16% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 6%
48% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 32%
23% 27% 17% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 35%
45% 47% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.7
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
8.9 10.3 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.5 9.4
3.3 3.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.5
28% 28% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 29% 31%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Plovdiv have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Plovdiv have the most points from losing position (11) in Parva Liga

  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

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 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

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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.