Slavia Sofia hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 7 points and a 13th position in the Parva Liga table. Visiting Botev Plovdiv holds 9th place with 12 pts.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
10 - 8 - 19 with 38-55. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Botev Plovdiv when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Botev Plovdiv play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Slavia Sofia form and stats
The story so far in the Parva Liga for Slavia Sofia, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Parva Liga, at their home stadium (Stadion Slavija) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Slavija.
In their previous game, the manager A. Slavkov led his Slavia Sofia to a defeat in the Parva Liga match away at CSKA 1948 Sofia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Slavija.
Slavia were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Slavia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn four and lost two.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Slavia here at Stadion Slavija in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). On the other hand, Slavia have conceded 5 goals.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
Botev Plovdiv are still without points from their Parva Liga away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. Bitter travels for Plovdiv as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the CSKA Sofia match.
Dimitar Tonev and Atanas Iliev scored in Botev Plovdiv's previous match, the home game against Botev Vratsa that ended 2-0.
We have checked recent matches where Botev Plovdiv have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, three draws and one defeat.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Botev Plovdiv have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Botev Plovdiv can't defend away. 13 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Slavia Sofia-Botev Plovdiv H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Slavia Sofia four wins, Botev Plovdiv four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Iliev 8 goals |  T. Nedelev 3 goals |  A. Hristov 1 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| Slavia Sofia | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 30% |
| 40% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 81 | 46 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 27 | 97 |
| 24 | 13 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 12 | 39 |
| 25% | 23% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 36% |
- All of Botev Plovdiv's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Botev Plovdiv has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Parva Liga
- Botev Plovdiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Botev Plovdiv have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Botev Plovdiv have lost all their away matches so far.
- Botev Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Botev Plovdiv have scored more than double the goals of Slavia Sofia.
- Botev Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Slavia Sofia has the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Parva Liga
- Slavia Sofia has the fewest scored goals (6) in Parva Liga
- Slavia Sofia has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Parva Liga
- Slavia Sofia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Slavia Sofia 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 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | Beroe | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Arda | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Tsarsko selo | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Botev Vratsa | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Levski Sofia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Montana | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 7 |
| 14 | Etar | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 2 |