Etar expected to fight losing battle when facing Ludogorets

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Mon 15.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Huvepharma Arena

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Ludogorets fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Etar's 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Ludogorets has the most scored goals (34) in Parva Liga
  • Etar has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Parva Liga

The hosts Ludogorets saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Bulgarian Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sportist Svoge.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets, who have the most scored goals (34) in Parva Liga, have been outstanding at home so far in the Parva Liga with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Ludogorets has a nice streak going on as they have played 15 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Botev Vratsa defeat 190 days ago. Ever since the Tsarsko selo game Ludogorets has been unbeatable here at Huvepharma Arena producing four straight wins.

A good away victory last time out for Ludogorets, who won 3-1 against Sportist Svoge. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Botev Plovdiv.

B. Tekpetey was absolutely essential when Ludogorets beat Sportist Svoge 3-1, scoring three goals.

A decent goal production from Ludogorets in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Ludogorets have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Etar form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Etar, who have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Parva Liga, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Etar have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Hristo Ivanov. It's been 477 minutes since they last conceded in Parva Liga.

Etar's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Montana that finished 0-0. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Montana.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Etar we find five games. Results are zero Etar wins, one draw and four defeats.

The attacking power of Etar when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Etar have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Etar - Ludogorets 0-2. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: eight - one - zero (Ludogorets wins - draws - Etar wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsC. Keșerü
C. Keșerü
8 goals
EtarP. Borukov
P. Borukov
6 goals
LudogoretsH. Marín Escavy
H. Marín Escavy
4 goals

Ludogorets missing players

Etar missing players

Ludogorets Etar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 0 8 16
12 7 3 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
1 0 0 Lost L 0 5 9
34 15 7 Scored S 0 5 11
13 4 2 Conceded C 0 17 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 88% 81%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 62%
62% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
38% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 19%
56% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 44%
44% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 31%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.9 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
12.4 12.1 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.9 7
5.4 5.5 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.1 3
39% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 23%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Etar has the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Parva Liga
  • Etar has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Parva Liga
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets has the most points (22) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets has the most scored goals (34) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets has the the best goal difference (+21) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ludogorets have scored more than double the goals of Etar.
  • Ludogorets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 12 3 1 34 13 8 7 1 0 15 4 8 5 2 1 19 9 21 39
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 16 10 3 3 30 14 8 5 3 0 17 6 8 5 0 3 13 8 16 33
3 CSKA Sofia 16 9 6 1 26 15 8 6 2 0 12 5 8 3 4 1 14 10 11 33
4 Arda 16 7 8 1 23 14 8 4 4 0 15 8 8 3 4 1 8 6 9 29
5 Beroe 16 8 4 4 29 14 8 4 2 2 16 5 8 4 2 2 13 9 15 28
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 16 6 6 4 24 17 8 5 1 2 20 9 8 1 5 2 4 8 7 24
7 Cherno More 16 6 3 7 21 21 8 4 1 3 13 11 8 2 2 4 8 10 0 21
8 Tsarsko selo 16 4 5 7 13 18 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 2 2 4 6 9 -5 17
9 Levski Sofia 16 4 3 9 17 18 8 3 1 4 8 8 8 1 2 5 9 10 -1 15
10 Botev Vratsa 16 4 3 9 18 24 8 3 2 3 12 7 8 1 1 6 6 17 -6 15
11 Montana 16 3 5 8 16 30 8 3 1 4 14 18 8 0 4 4 2 12 -14 14
12 Botev Plovdiv 16 3 5 8 15 32 8 3 4 1 10 8 8 0 1 7 5 24 -17 14
13 Slavia Sofia 16 3 3 10 10 26 8 2 3 3 3 7 8 1 0 7 7 19 -16 12
14 Etar 16 2 5 9 11 31 8 1 3 4 6 14 8 1 2 5 5 17 -20 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.