Botev Vratsa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 13th position in the Parva Liga table. Visiting Slavia Sofia holds 6th place with 26 pts.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Bulgarian Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kariana Erden, was also a home game here at Hristo Botev Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Botev Vratsa form and stats
Botev Vratsa's results here at Hristo Botev Stadium in the Parva Liga have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Botev Vratsa to get some points in this home game.
The Botev Vratsa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kariana Erden in Bulgarian Cup and win 4-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Cherno More in the Parva Liga.
As mentioned above, Botev Vratsa "killed" Kariana Erden in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Botev Vratsa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Botev Vratsa defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Slavia Sofia form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Bulgarian Cup home defeat versus Botev Plovdiv with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away Parva Liga victory against Etar with the score of 2-0.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Botev Vratsa - Slavia Sofia 0-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Botev Vratsa victories, 3 draws and 3 Slavia Sofia wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Domovchiyski 5 goals |   G. Yomov 4 goals |  G. Ivanov 4 goals |
Botev Vratsa missing players
Slavia Sofia missing players
| Botev Vratsa | Slavia Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 35 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 33% | 56% |
| 61% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 39% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 44% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 39% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 33% |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 150 | 92 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 65 | 144 |
| 73 | 48 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 31 | 67 |
| 22% | 19% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | 30% |
- Botev Vratsa has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Botev Vratsa has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
- 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.
- Botev Vratsa is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Slavia Sofia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Slavia Sofia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 39 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 37 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Arda | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Beroe | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Etar | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Dunav 2010 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 12 | Tsarsko selo | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 16 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -19 | 13 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -26 | 5 |