Home advantage could prove decisive in Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Slavia Sofia battle

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 20.June
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Slavia Sofia can look both up and down from their 5th position.

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!

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Slavija as Lokomotiv Plovdiv, who have the most scored goals (49) in Parva Liga, have scored 22 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Parva Liga are 8-5-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Lokomotiv shared the glory with CSKA Sofia in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Ahead of that match, Lokomotiv Plovdiv won a home game hosting Levski Sofia (2-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lokomotiv Plovdiv handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lokomotiv as they are travelling to their away game against Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Lokomotiv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Slavija with 22 goals in 13 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Lokomotiv have only let in 6 goals at home.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

Slavia Sofia have an excellent away record in the Parva Liga so far with 8-3-2 from 13 games. A great winning streak in away games for Slavia Sofia as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the CSKA Sofia have they travelled home without three points.

Slavia might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Beroe proved too strong as Slavia Sofia slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Slavija. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tsarsko selo at their stadium, the result 3-1.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Beroe was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

We have checked recent matches where Slavia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, zero draws and one defeat.

Slavia Sofia find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Slavia Sofia as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Slavia Sofia have met before this season: Slavia Sofia - Lokomotiv 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lokomotiv won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Slavia Sofia has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv PlovdivD. Krasimirov Iliev
D. Krasimirov Iliev
12 goals
LokomotivB. Karagaren
B. Karagaren
7 goals
Slavia SofiaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
7 goals

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
14 8 2 Won W 1 8 13
8 5 2 Drew D 1 3 6
4 0 0 Lost L 1 2 7
49 22 5 Scored S 2 16 36
23 6 1 Conceded C 2 7 28
88% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 77% 88%
77% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 46% 65%
46% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 46%
35% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 27%
23% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
50% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 54%
42% 62% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 62% 35%
19% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 31% 23%
 
4.8 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 2.1 3.4
4.9 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.2 5
2.2 2.5 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 2.9
5 4 2 Red cards R C 2 5 7
 
232 120 44 Total Shots T S 23 97 217
113 56 18 Shots on Target S O 11 47 104
43% 39% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 34% 35%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv has the most scored goals (49)
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv has the most scored goals in the first half (27)
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Slavia Sofia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Slavia Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Slavia Sofia have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 18 8 0 46 12 13 10 3 0 29 5 13 8 5 0 17 7 34 62
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 14 8 4 49 23 13 8 5 0 22 6 13 6 3 4 27 17 26 50
3 CSKA Sofia 26 14 8 4 41 17 13 8 4 1 25 10 13 6 4 3 16 7 24 50
4 Levski Sofia 26 14 7 5 43 19 13 9 1 3 23 9 13 5 6 2 20 10 24 49
5 Slavia Sofia 26 13 6 7 36 28 13 5 3 5 20 21 13 8 3 2 16 7 8 45
6 Beroe 26 14 1 11 44 34 13 9 1 3 24 9 13 5 0 8 20 25 10 43
7 Cherno More 26 10 10 6 32 24 13 6 5 2 20 11 13 4 5 4 12 13 8 40
8 Arda 26 7 10 9 27 33 13 4 4 5 13 17 13 3 6 4 14 16 -6 31
9 Botev Plovdiv 26 8 6 12 26 30 13 5 3 5 13 11 13 3 3 7 13 19 -4 30
10 Etar 26 6 9 11 31 45 13 4 6 3 15 21 13 2 3 8 16 24 -14 27
11 Tsarsko selo 26 7 4 15 24 42 13 4 3 6 15 20 13 3 1 9 9 22 -18 25
12 Botev Vratsa 26 5 7 14 21 46 13 3 4 6 12 18 13 2 3 8 9 28 -25 22
13 Dunav 2010 26 4 7 15 21 49 13 2 4 7 8 19 13 2 3 8 13 30 -28 19
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 26 1 3 22 15 54 13 1 1 11 10 30 13 0 2 11 5 24 -39 6

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.
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