Round two of the Parva Liga campaign and the squads have learned from the first game. Here's the Ludogorets - Lokomotiv Plovdiv preview:
These are busy days for the home side, as they had a match only three days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sutjeska.
Ludogorets form and stats
In the previous season, Ludogorets's league statistics were 21 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, ending with 1st spot in the Parva Liga. In these 26 matches they scored 64 goals and conceded 23. Playing as the home side in the former season Ludogorets generated 12-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 9 conceded.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sergio Padt not having conceded a league goal in 315 minutes.
Ludogorets are returning here after guesting Sutjeska in a Champions League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Septemvri Sofia and winning 3-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ludogorets home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
Let's have a look at how Lokomotiv Plovdiv performed last season in the Parva Liga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 12/20 goals scored/conceded.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against OFK Pirin (placed 10th).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs CSKA 1948 Sofia.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Ludogorets won six games, one match ended in a draw and Lokomotiv Plovdiv managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  A. Menezes Santana 1 goals |  C. Oliveira Souza 1 goals |  P. Soteriou 1 goals |
Ludogorets missing players
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
| Ludogorets | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ludogorets | Last season | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 77 | 47 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 81% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 66% | ||
| 65% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 41% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 25% | ||
| 23% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 53% | ||
| 42% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 25% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 34% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13.2 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 44% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Beroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Hebar 1918 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Slavia Sofia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Botev Vratsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | OFK Pirin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Botev Plovdiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Spartak Varna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Arda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Septemvri Sofia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 52 | 79 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 31 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 58 |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 53 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 52 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 37 |
