Football match betting preview: Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs OFK Pirin

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 09.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (13000 seats)

This match has been long awaited by followers of both teams, as it's the first Parva Liga game of the season. Both Lokomotiv Plovdiv and OFK Pirin are hoping for a good start to their season.

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

The previous season, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's league results were 9 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, leading to 7th spot in the Parva Liga. Over these 26 matches they scored 30 goals and gave away 35. Playing as the host team in the previous season Lokomotiv Plovdiv managed 6-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 15 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Lokomotiv Plovdiv friendly games in pre-season: Lokomotiv Plovdiv played five friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Lokomotiv Plovdiv scored 6 goals and conceded 7 in these five games.

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OFK Pirin form and stats

Let's have a look at how OFK Pirin performed last season in the Parva Liga: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 14/21 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, OFK Pirin have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 OFK Pirin wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: seven wins for Lokomotiv, zero draws and three wins for OFK Pirin. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

OFK Pirin missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv OFK Pirin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Last season OFK Pirin
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
9 6   Won W   3 9
11 7   Drew D   3 6
12 3   Lost L   10 17
36 20   Scored S   15 40
43 17   Conceded C   25 53
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
66% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 75%
41% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 59%
25% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 25%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 16%
53% 62%   BTTS BTTS   44% 56%
25% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 12%
34% 19%   Failed to Score F T   44% 34%
 
4.7 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   2.2 3.4
4 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.3
2.8 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.8
6 2   Red cards R C   1 5
 
8.6 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   6.4 7.8
3.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.4
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 37%
 
9.5 9   Shots against (avg) S A   12 11.2
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botev Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botev Vratsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cherno More 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hebar 1918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Levski Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 OFK Pirin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Septemvri Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Slavia Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Spartak Varna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 26 21 1 4 64 23 13 12 0 1 37 9 13 9 1 3 27 14 41 64
2 CSKA Sofia 26 15 7 4 39 25 13 10 2 1 21 8 13 5 5 3 18 17 14 52
3 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 7 6 34 28 13 11 0 2 24 13 13 2 7 4 10 15 6 46
4 Cherno More 26 12 9 5 35 18 13 6 5 2 18 7 13 6 4 3 17 11 17 45
5 Levski Sofia 26 12 6 8 33 25 13 7 3 3 18 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 8 42
6 Slavia Sofia 26 9 9 8 30 26 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 5 5 15 16 4 36
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 9 7 10 30 35 13 6 4 3 18 15 13 3 3 7 12 20 -5 34
8 Beroe 26 9 5 12 23 27 13 6 5 2 11 8 13 3 0 10 12 19 -4 32
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 8 6 12 36 37 13 6 3 4 24 17 13 2 3 8 12 20 -1 30
10 Arda 26 7 8 11 27 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 13 2 3 8 9 18 -7 29
11 OFK Pirin 26 7 6 13 34 41 13 5 3 5 20 20 13 2 3 8 14 21 -7 27
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 26 6 7 13 22 42 13 6 3 4 15 17 13 0 4 9 7 25 -20 25
13 Botev Vratsa 26 5 7 14 23 48 13 3 6 4 11 17 13 2 1 10 12 31 -25 22
14 Tsarsko selo 26 3 7 16 15 36 13 3 3 7 10 17 13 0 4 9 5 19 -21 16

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.