Moving closer to the top sides is the subject when these two mid-table sides do battle. Both will be trying to better their league table standing, Slavia Sofia in 7th and Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in 8th position.
- Slavia Sofia have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Parva Liga
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Slavia Sofia form and stats
The hosts won their first Parva Liga game here at Stadion Slavija, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Slavia Sofia last season were 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from 15 games.
Slavia Sofia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Arda. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points through three league rounds. Heartbreak for Slavia Sofia in their last match as Arda's Tilev scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Before that, Slavia had a home game versus Botev Vratsa which ended with a victory 2-1.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 Sofia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Early season league goal statistics from Slavia Sofia's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 form and stats
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Parva Liga, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the game against Spartak Varna (placed 16th). Late drama in the previous game, when Mitkov scored the winning goal twelve minutes into stoppage time to defeat Spartak Varna.
Prior to that match, the Lokomotiv manager Genchev faced defeat when travelling to CSKA 1948 Sofia and losing 0-2.We have checked recent matches where Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Slavia Sofia-Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Slavia one win, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last two encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Mitkov 6 goals |  E. Viyachki 1 goals | K. Nguena 1 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 missing players
| Slavia Sofia | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.7 | 9.8 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 33% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.3 | 10.2 |
| 2.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 4 |
- All of Lokomotiv Sofia 1929's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Slavia Sofia's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Parva Liga
- Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Parva Liga
- Slavia Sofia have won all their matches at home so far.
- 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 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Cherno More | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Arda | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Ludogorets | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Levski Sofia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Beroe | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Botev Vratsa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Septemvri Sofia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Hebar 1918 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 14 | Botev Plovdiv | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | OFK Pirin | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -16 | 1 |
