Betting preview: Botev Vratsa faced with a tough challenge when Levski Sofia visits

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 08.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (12000 seats)

The visiting Levski Sofia side should be favourites in this visit to Botev Vratsa, as the away team holds a 27 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.

The visiting Levski Sofia played their last game only three days ago, a Bulgarian Cup match.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

Overall Parva Liga stats at home this season for Botev Vratsa are 3-3-5 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager A. Zdravkov led his Botev Vratsa to a defeat in the Bulgarian Cup match away at CSKA Sofia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Hristo Botev. A 0-0 draw away in the Parva Liga before that, with Dunav 2010 the opponent.

Botev Vratsa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Botev Vratsa defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Levski Sofia have produced an overall stat of 4-5-2 so far. One point away has become something of a habit for Levski Sofia who have played out draws in their last three away games.

There were no winners in Levski Sofia's previous match, a Bulgarian Cup home game that ended 0-0 vs Ludogorets (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) (placed 1st). A 1-2 loss hosting Slavia Sofia before that.

Levski Sofia are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. Levski Sofia 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

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Levski Sofia - Botev Vratsa 3-1. Botev Vratsa-Levski Sofia H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Botev Vratsa one win, Levski Sofia six wins, zero draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Levski Sofia
N. Robertha
9 goals
Levski Sofia
S. Ivaylov Ivanov
8 goals
Levski Sofia
P. de Menezes Melo
7 goals

Botev Vratsa missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

Botev Vratsa Levski Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
4 3 0 Won W 3 4 13
6 3 0 Drew D 1 5 6
13 5 3 Lost L 0 2 4
20 12 1 Scored S 10 17 40
45 17 8 Conceded C 1 9 17
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 87%
83% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 78%
57% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 48%
35% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 30%
13% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 4%
48% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 39%
17% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 45% 52%
43% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 22%
 
4 5.1 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.4 6.1
4.7 4.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.2 2.8 3.1
3.1 3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.6 2
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
191 112 19 Total Shots T S 56 105 256
92 57 7 Shots on Target S O 25 48 108
22% 21% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 37%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Vratsa has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
  • Botev Vratsa has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Botev Vratsa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Levski Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals 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 22 15 7 0 37 9 11 8 3 0 22 3 11 7 4 0 15 6 28 52
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 24 13 7 4 46 22 12 7 5 0 20 6 12 6 2 4 26 16 24 46
3 CSKA Sofia 24 13 7 4 39 16 12 8 3 1 24 9 12 5 4 3 15 7 23 46
4 Levski Sofia 23 13 6 4 40 17 12 9 1 2 23 8 11 4 5 2 17 9 23 45
5 Slavia Sofia 23 11 6 6 29 22 11 4 3 4 16 16 12 7 3 2 13 6 7 39
6 Cherno More 24 9 10 5 30 21 12 5 5 2 18 11 12 4 5 3 12 10 9 37
7 Beroe 24 12 1 11 37 32 12 8 1 3 21 9 12 4 0 8 16 23 5 37
8 Botev Plovdiv 23 8 6 9 24 25 12 5 3 4 13 10 11 3 3 5 11 15 -1 30
9 Arda 23 7 8 8 25 29 11 4 3 4 11 13 12 3 5 4 14 16 -4 29
10 Etar 24 5 9 10 26 40 12 3 6 3 10 18 12 2 3 7 16 22 -14 24
11 Tsarsko selo 24 6 4 14 22 39 12 4 3 5 14 17 12 2 1 9 8 22 -17 22
12 Dunav 2010 23 4 6 13 17 39 12 2 3 7 8 19 11 2 3 6 9 20 -22 18
13 Botev Vratsa 23 4 6 13 20 45 11 3 3 5 12 17 12 1 3 8 8 28 -25 18
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 24 1 3 20 15 51 12 1 1 10 10 29 12 0 2 10 5 22 -36 6

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.