Soccer match preview: Ludogorets confident before travelling to OFK Pirin

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (7000 seats)

Another entertaining game in the Parva Liga. OFK Pirin is in the 11th place after playing four matches. They receive Ludogorets who are placed 4th after three games.

Insights:
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (11) in Parva Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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OFK Pirin form and stats

Only two Parva Liga home games for OFK Pirin so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

OFK Pirin are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus CSKA Sofia.

Before that, OFK Pirin had a home game versus CSKA 1948 Sofia which ended with a victory 4-1.

At Stadion Hristo Botev, OFK Pirin has the goal stats of 6-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Ludogorets form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Parva Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 2 matches.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ludogorets goalkeeper Sergio Padt is eager to challenge this, with his 203 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The supporters enjoyed Ludogorets's previous game versus Malmö FF, a Champions League 2-1 win played at home. Anton Nedyalkov was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.43. The defender Nedyalkov scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 14 of 15 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Lokomotiv Sofia 1929.

3 goals so far away for Ludogorets, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Pirin-Ludogorets H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: OFK Pirin zero wins, Ludogorets seven wins, one draw. six of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OFK PirinK. Stanoev
K. Stanoev
2 goals
LudogoretsE. Manu
E. Manu
2 goals
LudogoretsB. Tekpetey
B. Tekpetey
2 goals

OFK Pirin missing players

Ludogorets missing players

OFK Pirin Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 6 0 Scored S 3 3 11
7 4 0 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 5.7
5.8 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 4.7
2.5 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.8 5.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 17 14.7
3.8 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7 7
47% 86% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 43% 52%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Ludogorets have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (11) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+10) in Parva Liga
OFK Pirin Last season Ludogorets
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 31
20 13   Won W   8 22
5 1   Drew D   3 4
5 1   Lost L   4 5
66 45   Scored S   33 69
26 10   Conceded C   21 29
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
93% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 84%
57% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 65%
37% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   60% 45%
20% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 19%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   67% 55%
43% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 45%
10% 7%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5.5 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 5.6
2.7 2.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.1
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
5 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
10.5 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   11 11.7
4.8 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5.3
45% 54%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 42%

  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 5 3 2 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 11
2 Botev Plovdiv 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 10
3 Slavia Sofia 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 10
4 Ludogorets 3 3 0 0 11 1 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 10 9
5 Beroe 5 3 0 2 7 7 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 9
6 Botev Vratsa 5 2 2 1 5 3 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 8
7 CSKA Sofia 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 6
8 Tsarsko selo 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 5
9 Arda 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 4
10 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 4 1 1 2 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 7 -5 4
11 OFK Pirin 4 1 0 3 7 7 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
12 Levski Sofia 5 1 0 4 5 10 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 3
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 1
14 CSKA 1948 Sofia 5 0 1 4 6 15 3 0 1 2 5 8 2 0 0 2 1 7 -9 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 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
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

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.