Match preview Parva Liga: Etar - Montana at Stadion Ivailo

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Tue 18.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ivailo (25000 seats)

Etar are welcoming Montana for another important game after their 2-0 result against Botev Vratsa.

Insights:
  • Etar have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Parva Liga
  • Montana have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Parva Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Etar and Montana.

For Etar relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Montana are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Etar form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Parva Liga this season. Etar have only managed 2 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadion Ivailo.

A nice win for Etar last time playing, versus Botev Vratsa. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Preslav Borukov and Lovre Knezevic scoring for the victors. The goalie Hristo Ivanov was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 0.0 out of ten. Ivanov .

Preceding that match was the home game against Slavia Sofia that was lost 0-3.

Etar are traveling soon after this match as the Parva Liga match at Slavia Sofia awaits in three days.

Etar aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Ivailo in the league, with only 10 goals from 13 games. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Montana form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Montana, who have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Parva Liga, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.

The attacking players of Montana have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 206 minutes.

Montana failed to get anything from their last game, a Parva Liga home match vs Slavia Sofia that ended with defeat 0-2. Goalkeeper Blagoy Makendzhiev got the top player rating of the team with 0.0/10. Makendzhiev .

Prior to that match, the Montana manager A. Atanasov faced defeat when travelling to Botev Vratsa and losing 0-1.

A new game in only three days for Montana, the Parva Liga home match versus Botev Vratsa. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Montana's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 13 matches. Montana struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Montana - Etar 1-0 entered in the official records. Etar-Montana H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Etar three wins, Montana five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

EtarP. Borukov
P. Borukov
10 goals
MontanaT. Tasev
T. Tasev
5 goals
EtarM. Angelov
M. Angelov
3 goals

Etar missing players

Montana missing players

Etar Montana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
5 3 1 Won W 0 0 5
10 7 3 Drew D 2 6 9
15 5 1 Lost L 3 9 16
22 12 3 Scored S 3 5 23
51 19 4 Conceded C 7 26 50
80% 67% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
63% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 67%
43% 40% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 33% 40%
30% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 23%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
40% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 27% 40%
30% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
50% 53% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 73% 50%
 
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 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.1 2.4
10 5 1 Red cards R C 1 5 7
 
8.3 8.6 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 8 8.4
3.2 3.3 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.2 2.9
23% 24% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 15% 27%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Etar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Montana have scored away.
  • Etar have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Parva Liga
  • Etar have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Parva Liga
  • Montana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Montana have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Parva Liga
  • Montana have the fewest points (5) away in Parva Liga
  • Montana have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Parva Liga
  • Montana have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Parva Liga
  • Montana have the the worst goal difference (-20) away in Parva Liga
  • Montana have yet to win a 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.