Sports betting preview: Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs Tsarsko selo - predictions and stats

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (13000 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Lokomotiv Plovdiv in this game against Tsarsko selo, but the visitors will fight to the bitter end. Here's our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest scored goals (12) in Parva Liga

This looks to be an interesting game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

When playing at home in the Parva Liga, Lokomotiv Plovdiv have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

In their previous game, the manager Tunchev led his Lokomotiv Plovdiv to a defeat away at Levski Sofia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Lokomotiv.

Before that game, the home loss against Botev Vratsa with the scoreline 2-4.

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

Lokomotiv has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lokomotiv Plovdiv defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Tsarsko selo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tsarsko selo so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-7 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Tsarsko have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Slavia Sofia game.

Tsarsko selo failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Beroe (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 1-2.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Botev Plovdiv wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Goals are few and far between in Tsarsko selo's away league games. Only 4 goals from 10 travels. In the opposite end, Tsarsko selo have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other previously this season, with the final score Tsarsko selo - Lokomotiv 0-2 registered in the official records. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous nine meetings): Lokomotiv Plovdiv won seven games, two matches ended in a draw and Tsarsko selo got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / six

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv PlovdivD. Krasimirov Iliev
D. Krasimirov Iliev
8 goals
Tsarsko seloL. Baltanov
L. Baltanov
2 goals
Tsarsko seloL. Dias do Nascimento Serafim
L. Dias do Nascimento Serafim
2 goals

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Tsarsko selo missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv Tsarsko selo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 10 20
6 3 2 Won W 0 0 2
7 4 1 Drew D 1 3 5
7 3 1 Lost L 3 7 13
23 13 6 Scored S 1 4 12
24 15 6 Conceded C 5 16 30
85% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 80%
65% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 60% 60%
45% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 40%
25% 30% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 15%
10% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
60% 80% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 40%
20% 10% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 30%
35% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 60% 50%
 
4.8 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5 4.8
4.1 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.4 5.2
3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.8 11.1 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.6 8.2
4.2 5.1 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.2 2.8
27% 25% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 18% 22%
 
8.8 8.9 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 13.5 12.6
3.7 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.8 5.9
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tsarsko selo have scored away.
  • Tsarsko selo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest points (3) away in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest scored goals (12) in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have yet to win a game away.
  • Tsarsko selo is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 20 16 0 4 52 19 10 9 0 1 29 7 10 7 0 3 23 12 33 48
2 CSKA Sofia 20 13 5 2 34 21 10 8 1 1 16 8 10 5 4 1 18 13 13 44
3 Botev Plovdiv 20 10 5 5 25 21 10 8 0 2 18 12 10 2 5 3 7 9 4 35
4 Cherno More 20 8 8 4 23 15 10 4 4 2 10 6 10 4 4 2 13 9 8 32
5 Slavia Sofia 20 7 8 5 24 20 10 4 4 2 11 9 10 3 4 3 13 11 4 29
6 Levski Sofia 20 8 5 7 24 23 10 5 2 3 15 11 10 3 3 4 9 12 1 29
7 Beroe 20 8 4 8 21 21 10 5 4 1 9 6 10 3 0 7 12 15 0 28
8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 20 6 7 7 23 24 10 3 4 3 13 15 10 3 3 4 10 9 -1 25
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 20 6 4 10 28 32 10 5 2 3 18 13 10 1 2 7 10 19 -4 22
10 Arda 20 5 7 8 21 29 10 3 4 3 12 15 10 2 3 5 9 14 -8 22
11 Botev Vratsa 20 4 7 9 20 32 10 2 6 2 8 11 10 2 1 7 12 21 -12 19
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 19 4 7 8 18 30 10 4 3 3 12 13 9 0 4 5 6 17 -12 19
13 OFK Pirin 19 4 4 11 27 35 9 3 2 4 17 16 10 1 2 7 10 19 -8 16
14 Tsarsko selo 20 2 5 13 12 30 10 2 2 6 8 14 10 0 3 7 4 16 -18 11

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.