Betting preview: Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs Slavia Sofia should be interesting

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (13000 seats)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv get ready to host Slavia Sofia for another engaging Parva Liga game here at Stadion Lokomotiv.

Insights:
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the fewest scored goals (1) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the most points from losing position (6) in Parva Liga

Both sides have had time to rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Parva Liga game of the season here at Stadion Lokomotiv. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses from Lokomotiv Plovdiv's 3 home games.

Lokomotiv haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 203 minutes ago. D. Iliev scored that one.

The home team returns to Stadion Lokomotiv after being equal after 90 minutes with Cherno More (placed 1st) on their last time out; the Parva Liga game ended 0-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929.

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 seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost two.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

Slavia Sofia are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Parva Liga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Slavia go into this game after a win, the home game against Beroe that ended 3-2.

A 0-1 defeat away at Botev Plovdiv before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Slavia Sofia in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Slavia, three draws and zero defeats.

It's early days yet, but Slavia Sofia has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Lokomotiv wins - draws - Slavia Sofia wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Slavia SofiaK. Krastev
K. Krastev
2 goals
LokomotivD. Krasimirov Iliev
D. Krasimirov Iliev
1 goals
Slavia SofiaE. Viyachki
E. Viyachki
1 goals

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 2 2 5
4 3 0 Conceded C 1 2 4
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
33% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
4 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 9 6.2
4.3 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 5.5
2.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.3 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 13.5 12
2.7 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3 3
12% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 42%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the fewest scored goals (1) in Parva Liga
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the most points from losing position (6) in Parva Liga
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Last season Slavia Sofia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
31 16   Played P   16 32
17 9   Won W   4 9
10 7   Drew D   3 7
4 0   Lost L   9 16
48 27   Scored S   16 28
23 10   Conceded C   25 44
84% 81%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
68% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 75%
39% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 31%
23% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 12%
10% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
42% 50%   BTTS BTTS   50% 41%
48% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 25%
26% 19%   Failed to Score F T   31% 41%
 
4.5 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.5
3.9 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.8
2.3 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
8.7 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   7.6 8.5
3.8 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3
40% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cherno More 4 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 8
2 Botev Vratsa 4 2 2 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 8
3 Slavia Sofia 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
4 Botev Plovdiv 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 7
5 Ludogorets 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 6
6 Beroe 4 2 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 6
7 Arda 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
9 CSKA Sofia 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
10 OFK Pirin 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
11 Levski Sofia 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 3
12 Tsarsko selo 4 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 2
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -3 1
14 CSKA 1948 Sofia 4 0 1 3 4 12 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 7 -8 1
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 2 0 3 10 11 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 0 0 2 2 7 -1 70
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 5 2 3 0 7 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 61
3 CSKA Sofia 5 3 0 2 7 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 59
4 Arda 5 1 2 2 6 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 50
5 CSKA 1948 Sofia 5 2 3 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 47
6 Beroe 5 0 2 3 4 10 2 0 1 1 3 5 3 0 1 2 1 5 -6 39

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.