Parva Liga: Ludogorets anticipated to overcome Lokomotiv Sofia 1929

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Huvepharma Arena

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have journeyed here for an exciting battle versus the home side Ludogorets. Get ready for the match with this thorough Parva Liga preview!

The hosts Ludogorets saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Malmö FF.

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Ludogorets form and stats

The hosts won their first Parva Liga game here at Huvepharma Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Ludogorets last season were 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from 3 games.

In their previous game, the manager V. Dambrauskas led his Ludogorets to a defeat in the Champions League match away at Malmö FF. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Huvepharma Arena. Midfield player Stéphane Badji got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Badji had 67 successful passes (of 76 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Olympiakos Piraeus (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties).

Ludogorets are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won ten, drew zero and lost zero.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Malmö FF are coming to town in three days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ludogorets at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 form and stats

The Parva Liga season is young and Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at CSKA 1948 Sofia (placed 14th). As mentioned above, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 drew the match against CSKA 1948 Sofia. Manager I. Venkov Kolev brought on Iliya Dimitrov to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

You'll want to know how Lokomotiv managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

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Ludogorets missing players

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 missing players

Ludogorets Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 2 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
6 3 0 Scored S 0 1 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 1 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 33%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
7 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 4.3
4.5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.7
2 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4 4.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.5 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8 6.3
6 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 3.7
50% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 18%
Ludogorets Last season Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
31 16   Played P   15 30
22 14   Won W   7 19
4 1   Drew D   4 5
5 1   Lost L   4 6
69 36   Scored S   27 65
29 8   Conceded C   18 30
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
84% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 83%
65% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 53%
45% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 43%
19% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 30%
55% 44%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
45% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 43%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   20% 13%
 
5.6 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.1
4.1 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   2.9 2.3
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
4 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.7 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.6
5.3 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 5.4
42% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 34%

  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 Tsarsko selo 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 5
8 Arda 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 4
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
10 CSKA Sofia 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
11 OFK Pirin 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
12 Levski Sofia 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 3
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
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 OFK Pirin 30 20 5 5 66 26 15 13 1 1 45 10 15 7 4 4 21 16 40 65
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 30 19 5 6 65 30 15 12 1 2 38 12 15 7 4 4 27 18 35 62
3 Septemvri Sofia 30 17 5 8 54 29 15 9 3 3 27 10 15 8 2 5 27 19 25 56
4 Ludogorets II 30 14 8 8 56 38 15 10 3 2 36 16 15 4 5 6 20 22 18 50
5 Sportist Svoge 30 14 7 9 43 36 15 8 4 3 26 12 15 6 3 6 17 24 7 49
6 Hebar 1918 30 13 9 8 50 36 15 8 5 2 30 15 15 5 4 6 20 21 14 48
7 Lovech 30 9 12 9 36 31 15 6 6 3 23 17 15 3 6 6 13 14 5 39
8 Sozopol 30 10 9 11 35 40 15 7 7 1 22 14 15 3 2 10 13 26 -5 39
9 FK Minyor Pernik 30 10 9 11 30 37 15 7 6 2 15 8 15 3 3 9 15 29 -7 39
10 Strumska slava 30 8 10 12 31 37 15 7 5 3 24 14 15 1 5 9 7 23 -6 34
11 Yantra 1919 30 10 4 16 30 47 15 6 2 7 17 19 15 4 2 9 13 28 -17 34
12 Septemvri Simitli 30 9 6 15 34 42 15 7 3 5 25 16 15 2 3 10 9 26 -8 33
13 Kariana Erden 30 9 4 17 29 59 15 5 2 8 18 30 15 4 2 9 11 29 -30 31
14 Dobrudzha 1919 30 7 9 14 28 46 15 7 1 7 19 19 15 0 8 7 9 27 -18 30
15 Neftohimik 30 7 6 17 27 61 15 5 3 7 14 25 15 2 3 10 13 36 -34 27
16 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 30 5 10 15 24 43 15 3 7 5 11 11 15 2 3 10 13 32 -19 25
17 Vitosha Bistritsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.