The Parva Liga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Cherno More are placed 4th and 9th respectively.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Europa League match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Iskra, so at least Lokomotiv are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
The hosts won their first Parva Liga game here at Stadion Lokomotiv, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Lokomotiv Plovdiv last season were 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses from 3 games.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv are returning here after visiting Iskra in a Europa League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Dimitar Iliev scored the goal(s). In the game before, an away victory in the Parva Liga match versus Slavia Sofia with a 2-0 scoreline.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lokomotiv have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.
Early season league goal statistics from Lokomotiv Plovdiv's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Cherno More form and stats
Cherno More are still undefeated on their travels in the Parva Liga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Cherno failed to get anything from their last game, a Parva Liga home match vs Ludogorets (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-4. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Etar at their stadium, the result 4-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Cherno in our archives, and the results are: one win for Cherno More, zero draws and two defeats.
It's early days yet, but Cherno More has scored 5 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Lokomotiv-Cherno More H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lokomotiv Plovdiv three wins, Cherno More six wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Coureur 4 goals |  B. Karagaren 2 goals | L. Spinola Salinas 1 goals |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
Cherno More missing players
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Cherno More | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 7 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 43% |
- Cherno More has the the best goal difference (+4) away
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Last season | Cherno More | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 14 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 53 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 90% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 94% | ||
| 77% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 48% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 32% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 19% | ||
| 23% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 6% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 45% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 35% | ||
| 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 26% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 288 | 156 | Total Shots | T S | 151 | 301 | ||
| 134 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 135 | ||
| 40% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Ludogorets | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Arda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Beroe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Montana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Cherno More | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Botev Vratsa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Etar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 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 |