Parva Liga match preview: Etar believed to be the weaker party when Ludogorets pays a visit

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ivailo (25000 seats)

The visiting Ludogorets side should be favourites in this visit to Etar, as the away team holds a 32 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Etar form and stats

3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Parva Liga numbers at home for Etar so far this season.

Etar faced defeat in their previous match, away at Beroe (0-2). In the match before that, Etar hosted Botev Vratsa and drew the game 1-1.

Etar have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ludogorets, who have the most clean sheets (14) in Parva Liga, collect 24 points from their 10 away matches in the Parva Liga. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Ludogorets has drawn their two previous away games.

Ludogorets go into this game after a win, the home game against Botev Vratsa that ended 6-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Slavia Sofia.

As you can tell from the results above, Ludogorets was very dominant against Botev Vratsa, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with C. Keșerü, J. Świerczok (2), Marcelinho (2) and A. Andrianantenaina providing the goals.

Ludogorets are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Ludogorets are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 5 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Ludogorets - Etar 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's zero Etar victories, zero draws and seven Ludogorets wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsC. Keșerü
C. Keșerü
10 goals
LudogoretsJ. Świerczok
J. Świerczok
6 goals
LudogoretsJ. Lukoki
J. Lukoki
3 goals

Etar missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Etar Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 10 21
4 3 0 Won W 4 7 15
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 6
10 3 2 Lost L 0 0 0
18 8 0 Scored S 5 14 36
36 16 9 Conceded C 0 5 8
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
86% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 50% 67%
48% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 24%
24% 30% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
5% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
48% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 33%
19% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 67%
38% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 14%
 
4 5.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.8 6.9
6.9 5.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.6 3
2.3 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 2.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
148 80 14 Total Shots T S 54 97 245
65 32 6 Shots on Target S O 21 45 111
28% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 31% 32%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Etar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (8)
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
  • Ludogorets has the most clean sheets (14)
  • Ludogorets has the most points (24) away
  • Ludogorets has the most points from losing position (11)
  • Ludogorets has the the best goal difference (+28)
  • Ludogorets have not yet lost a game.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have won at least twice as many corners 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 21 15 6 0 36 8 11 8 3 0 22 3 10 7 3 0 14 5 28 51
2 Levski Sofia 21 13 5 3 37 13 11 9 1 1 22 6 10 4 4 2 15 7 24 44
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 21 12 6 3 41 19 10 6 4 0 15 5 11 6 2 3 26 14 22 42
4 CSKA Sofia 21 11 7 3 35 14 10 6 3 1 21 9 11 5 4 2 14 5 21 40
5 Cherno More 21 8 8 5 26 18 10 4 4 2 15 9 11 4 4 3 11 9 8 32
6 Beroe 21 10 1 10 33 29 11 7 1 3 19 9 10 3 0 7 14 20 4 31
7 Slavia Sofia 20 8 6 6 23 20 10 3 3 4 13 15 10 5 3 2 10 5 3 30
8 Botev Plovdiv 21 8 5 8 23 23 11 5 2 4 12 9 10 3 3 4 11 14 0 29
9 Arda 20 7 7 6 23 24 10 4 3 3 11 12 10 3 4 3 12 12 -1 28
10 Tsarsko selo 21 5 4 12 20 33 11 3 3 5 12 16 10 2 1 7 8 17 -13 19
11 Etar 21 4 7 10 18 36 10 3 4 3 8 16 11 1 3 7 10 20 -18 19
12 Dunav 2010 21 4 5 12 16 36 11 2 2 7 8 19 10 2 3 5 8 17 -20 17
13 Botev Vratsa 21 3 5 13 17 44 10 2 3 5 9 16 11 1 2 8 8 28 -27 14
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 21 1 2 18 11 42 10 1 1 8 7 21 11 0 1 10 4 21 -31 5

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.