Parva Liga fixture prognosis and stats, news and lineups for the Botev Vratsa vs OFK Pirin meet

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 10:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (12000 seats)

Botev Vratsa - OFK Pirin: Parva Liga dungeon teams desperate for points and greatness. Here are all the relevant numbers and information before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Botev Vratsa have the most conceded goals (39) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Parva Liga

Both sides have had enough days rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an animated match!

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

When playing at home in the Parva Liga, Botev Vratsa have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Vratsa with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Lokomotiv Plovdiv game, 99 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager Morales led his Botev Vratsa to a defeat away at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Hristo Botev.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Ludogorets (1-2).

Vratsa aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Hristo Botev in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. Botev Vratsa have conceded 13 in these home matches. Botev Vratsa has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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OFK Pirin form and stats

There's been little loot from OFK Pirin's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Parva Liga. OFK Pirin only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Pirin played 0-0 against Slavia Sofia in their previous match.

Before that, OFK Pirin travelled to Cherno More and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as OFK Pirin have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When OFK Pirin is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Tsarsko selo, OFK Pirin, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 and Arda.

Head 2 Head

OFK Pirin - Vratsa 3-1 was the product when these two squads previously played each other, some time ago this season. Data for the former four meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Botev Vratsa, zero draws and three wins for OFK Pirin. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

OFK PirinS. Yordanov Kostov
S. Yordanov Kostov
6 goals
OFK PirinS. Manolev
S. Manolev
4 goals

Botev Vratsa missing players

OFK Pirin missing players

Botev Vratsa OFK Pirin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 6
7 6 3 Drew D 0 3 6
12 3 0 Lost L 2 7 11
21 9 2 Scored S 1 11 31
39 13 2 Conceded C 5 20 37
78% 64% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
61% 55% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 78%
52% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 55% 61%
39% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 30%
17% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 17%
48% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 70%
30% 55% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
43% 45% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 26%
 
3 3.4 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 2 3.5
7.2 7.2 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.5 5.7
2.7 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.5 3.1
5 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
7 7.6 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.2 7.7
3.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.5
29% 24% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 38%
 
14.8 14.5 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.6 11.3
6.3 5.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.8 5
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Botev Vratsa have the most conceded goals (39) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • OFK Pirin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • OFK Pirin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 23 19 0 4 59 22 12 11 0 1 34 9 11 8 0 3 25 13 37 57
2 CSKA Sofia 23 14 7 2 38 21 12 9 2 1 20 8 11 5 5 1 18 13 17 49
3 Botev Plovdiv 23 11 7 5 30 25 11 9 0 2 20 13 12 2 7 3 10 12 5 40
4 Cherno More 23 10 9 4 29 16 12 5 5 2 13 7 11 5 4 2 16 9 13 39
5 Slavia Sofia 23 8 9 6 28 23 11 5 4 2 14 9 12 3 5 4 14 14 5 33
6 Levski Sofia 23 9 6 8 27 25 11 5 3 3 15 11 12 4 3 5 12 14 2 33
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 23 8 7 8 27 26 12 5 4 3 16 15 11 3 3 5 11 11 1 31
8 Beroe 23 8 5 10 22 25 11 5 5 1 10 7 12 3 0 9 12 18 -3 29
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 23 7 5 11 32 36 12 5 3 4 20 17 11 2 2 7 12 19 -4 26
10 Arda 23 6 7 10 22 32 11 4 4 3 13 15 12 2 3 7 9 17 -10 25
11 OFK Pirin 23 6 6 11 31 37 12 5 3 4 20 17 11 1 3 7 11 20 -6 24
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 23 5 7 11 20 38 12 5 3 4 13 16 11 0 4 7 7 22 -18 22
13 Botev Vratsa 23 4 7 12 21 39 11 2 6 3 9 13 12 2 1 9 12 26 -18 19
14 Tsarsko selo 23 2 6 15 12 33 11 2 2 7 8 16 12 0 4 8 4 17 -21 12

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.