Can Botev Vratsa beat Slavia Sofia in Stadion Hristo Botev clash?

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Tue 18.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (12000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Parva Liga, Botev Vratsa holding 12th place and Slavia Sofia lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Botev Vratsa have had a bad season and will be relegated from Parva Liga. Slavia are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

Botev Vratsa's struggle is real here at Stadion Hristo Botev with only 11 points collected from 13 Parva Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-8. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Botev Vratsa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

In their previous game, the manager V. Velikov led his Vratsa to a defeat in the Parva Liga match away at Etar. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Hristo Botev. Krasimir Kostov, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 0.0 out of 10 in that game. Kostov .

Ahead of that match, Vratsa won a home game hosting Montana (1-0).

The manager V. Velikov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Montana in only three days.

Vratsa has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Botev Vratsa have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Slavia Sofia, who have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-9 (win-draw-lose). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Slavia, as they have won on their previous two travels.

350 minutes! That's how long the Slavia goalkeeper Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Slavia Sofia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Montana. Svetoslav Vutsov (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 0.0. Vutsov .

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Etar.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Etar in just three days.

The attacking power of Slavia Sofia when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Slavia have conceded 24 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Slavia Sofia - Vratsa 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vratsa three wins, two draws and Slavia Sofia five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Botev VratsaD. Genov
D. Genov
8 goals
Slavia SofiaP. Makrillos
P. Makrillos
7 goals
Slavia SofiaR. Kirilov Kirilov
R. Kirilov Kirilov
5 goals

Botev Vratsa missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

Botev Vratsa Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
8 5 4 Won W 3 4 9
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
18 8 1 Lost L 1 9 15
29 18 11 Scored S 8 15 27
43 18 3 Conceded C 3 24 41
87% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
70% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 73%
50% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 33%
17% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 13%
10% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
43% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 40%
30% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 60% 20% 27%
40% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.5
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 9.2 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.3 8.3
3.1 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 2.6 3
31% 35% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 38% 30%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest points (11) at home in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia 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 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

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.