With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Parva Liga game of the season. Lokomotiv Plovdiv look forward to welcoming Botev Vratsa in front of their home support.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
Lokomotiv Plovdiv faced defeat in their previous match, away at Botev Plovdiv (0-2). Preceding that match was a defeat to CSKA Sofia (1-2).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Lokomotiv Plovdiv home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
Last season, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Parva Liga. Over these 26 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Lokomotiv Plovdiv managed 8-5-0 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 6 conceded.
Botev Vratsa form and stats
Botev Vratsa won their last game, 3-1 versus Ludogorets played at home. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Dunav 2010.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Vratsa played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
Let's have a look at how Botev Vratsa performed last season in the Parva Liga: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 9/28 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Lokomotiv victories, three draws and two Botev Vratsa wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Atanasov 1 goals |  V. Domovchiyski 1 goals |  D. Genov 1 goals |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
Botev Vratsa missing players
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Botev Vratsa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Last season | Botev Vratsa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 53 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 29 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 32 | 50 | ||
| 90% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 84% | ||
| 77% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 71% | ||
| 48% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 32% | ||
| 23% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 13% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 42% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 45% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 288 | 156 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 281 | ||
| 134 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 130 | ||
| 40% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 22% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tsarsko selo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Botev Vratsa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Beroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Arda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Montana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | CSKA Sofia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Cherno More | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Slavia Sofia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ludogorets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Etar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 72 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 59 |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 55 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 53 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 53 |
| 6 | Beroe | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 49 |