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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 14.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ogosta (8000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Parva Liga, Montana holding 14th place and Slavia Sofia lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Montana have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Montana have had a bad season and will be relegated from Parva Liga. Slavia are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Montana form and stats

Montana, who have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Parva Liga, have collected 15 points from their Parva Liga home games so far after 4-3-6.

In their previous game, the manager A. Atanasov led his Montana to a defeat in the Parva Liga match away at Botev Vratsa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Ogosta. Before that, Montana had a home game versus Etar which ended with a victory 1-0.

Montana are traveling soon after this match as the Parva Liga match at Etar awaits in four days.

Montana has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

There's been little loot from Slavia Sofia's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 13 away games in the Parva Liga. Slavia Sofia, who have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga, only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws.

260 minutes! That's how long the Slavia goalkeeper Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Slavia Sofia, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Etar in the Parva Liga last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Botev Vratsa.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Parva Liga trip to Botev Vratsa.

The attacking power of Slavia when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Slavia have conceded 24 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Slavia Sofia - Montana 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montana one win, two draws and Slavia Sofia seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Slavia SofiaP. Makrillos
P. Makrillos
6 goals
MontanaT. Tasev
T. Tasev
5 goals
Slavia SofiaR. Kirilov Kirilov
R. Kirilov Kirilov
5 goals

Montana missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

Montana Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
5 5 3 Won W 3 3 8
9 3 0 Drew D 1 2 6
15 6 1 Lost L 0 9 15
23 18 5 Scored S 7 13 25
48 22 2 Conceded C 2 24 41
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
66% 64% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 72%
41% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 34%
24% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
41% 57% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 41%
21% 21% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 24%
48% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.6
7 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.4 8.9 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 6.9 8.1
2.9 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.3 2.9
28% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 30%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Montana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Montana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montana have the fewest clean sheets (3) at home in Parva Liga
  • Montana have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Parva Liga
  • Montana haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Slavia Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 26 20 4 2 59 18 13 12 1 0 28 4 13 8 3 2 31 14 41 64
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 15 7 4 41 19 13 8 5 0 25 10 13 7 2 4 16 9 22 52
3 CSKA Sofia 26 14 8 4 39 20 13 9 4 0 21 6 13 5 4 4 18 14 19 50
4 Arda 26 12 9 5 36 29 13 8 4 1 23 14 13 4 5 4 13 15 7 45
5 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 10 8 8 34 30 13 8 3 2 24 10 13 2 5 6 10 20 4 38
6 Beroe 26 10 7 9 38 28 13 5 3 5 20 13 13 5 4 4 18 15 10 37
7 Cherno More 26 10 7 9 27 25 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 3 4 6 10 13 2 37
8 Tsarsko selo 26 9 7 10 29 27 13 5 5 3 18 13 13 4 2 7 11 14 2 34
9 Levski Sofia 26 7 7 12 25 27 13 5 2 6 13 15 13 2 5 6 12 12 -2 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 26 5 9 12 25 46 13 4 5 4 14 16 13 1 4 8 11 30 -21 24
11 Slavia Sofia 26 6 5 15 19 40 13 4 3 6 9 16 13 2 2 9 10 24 -21 23
12 Botev Vratsa 26 6 4 16 26 39 13 3 2 8 15 18 13 3 2 8 11 21 -13 22
13 Etar 26 4 10 12 20 45 13 2 7 4 10 16 13 2 3 8 10 29 -25 22
14 Montana 26 4 8 14 21 46 13 4 3 6 17 22 13 0 5 8 4 24 -25 20

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.