Delightful dogfight as daring Slavia Sofia duels with determined Etar

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 21.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

Develop their own game plan or focus more on the opponent? Both Slavia Sofia and Etar need to try something different than what they have done so far. Read more!

Insights:
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga
  • Etar have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Parva Liga

It's no vacation for neither Slavia nor Etar as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

For Slavia relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Etar are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Slavia Sofia, who have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga, have to build on here at Stadion Slavija in the Parva Liga.

Slavia drew their last game, 1-1 away at Botev Vratsa.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Montana.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Slavia handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and three defeats.

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 (9 from 13 games). 16 goals have been conceded.

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Etar form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Etar, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Parva Liga, so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-8 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Tomash Tomovski, the Etar manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Etar in their previous game, as they lost their Parva Liga-match, hosting Montana, 1-2. Etar were so close to getting something from the game against Montana, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Botev Vratsa.

Etar are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Etar as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. The Etar manager A. Tomash Tomovski has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Etar - Slavia 0-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Slavia wins - draws - Etar wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EtarP. Borukov
P. Borukov
11 goals
SlaviaP. Makrillos
P. Makrillos
7 goals
Slavia SofiaR. Kirilov Kirilov
R. Kirilov Kirilov
6 goals

Slavia Sofia missing players

Etar missing players

Slavia Sofia Etar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
9 5 2 Won W 0 2 5
7 4 2 Drew D 1 3 10
15 6 1 Lost L 4 10 16
28 12 5 Scored S 2 10 23
42 17 4 Conceded C 10 32 53
94% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 81%
74% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 65%
32% 20% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 47% 45%
13% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 29%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 16%
42% 33% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 42%
26% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 29%
39% 47% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 48%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 5 10
 
8.4 9.3 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 8 8.3
3 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.1
30% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 21% 24%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Etar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Parva Liga
  • Etar have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Parva Liga
  • Etar have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (19) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Parva Liga

  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.