Parva Liga match preview: Slavia Sofia believed to be the weaker party when Ludogorets pays a visit

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 12.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Slavia Sofia have their presumed home advantage while Ludogorets are ahead 17 points in the Parva Liga table.

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.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Parva Liga numbers at home for Slavia Sofia so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Slavia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Parva Liga game against Beroe. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Levski Sofia.

A decent goal production from Slavia in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ludogorets, who have the the best goal difference (+34) in Parva Liga, collect 29 points from their 13 away matches in the Parva Liga. 8 victories and 5 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Two points from the last two away games for Ludogorets, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Ludogorets won their last game, 3-0 versus Levski Sofia played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus CSKA Sofia that ended 1-1.

Ludogorets find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Slavia - Ludogorets 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Slavia Sofia won zero games, four matches ended with a draw and Ludogorets has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsC. Keșerü
C. Keșerü
12 goals
SlaviaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
7 goals
LudogoretsM. Tchibota
M. Tchibota
7 goals

Slavia Sofia missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Slavia Sofia Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 4 14 30
15 5 0 Won W 3 8 21
7 4 2 Drew D 1 6 9
8 5 2 Lost L 0 0 0
39 20 2 Scored S 8 18 58
31 21 5 Conceded C 4 8 15
87% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
63% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 73%
43% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 14% 33%
23% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 7% 17%
13% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 13%
50% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 47%
37% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 53%
27% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
3.5 4.8 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.3 7.1
5 4.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 3.5 3
2.9 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3 2.5
7 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
247 128 21 Total Shots T S 38 146 367
118 59 7 Shots on Target S O 19 60 164
33% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 35%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (12)
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
  • Ludogorets has the most points (29) away
  • Ludogorets has the most points from losing position (22)
  • Ludogorets has the the best goal difference (+34)
  • Ludogorets have created more than twice as many corners as Slavia Sofia.
  • Ludogorets have not yet lost a game.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Slavia Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Slavia Sofia have won significantly more corners at home than 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 18 8 0 46 12 13 10 3 0 29 5 13 8 5 0 17 7 34 62
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 14 8 4 49 23 13 8 5 0 22 6 13 6 3 4 27 17 26 50
3 CSKA Sofia 26 14 8 4 41 17 13 8 4 1 25 10 13 6 4 3 16 7 24 50
4 Levski Sofia 26 14 7 5 43 19 13 9 1 3 23 9 13 5 6 2 20 10 24 49
5 Slavia Sofia 26 13 6 7 36 28 13 5 3 5 20 21 13 8 3 2 16 7 8 45
6 Beroe 26 14 1 11 44 34 13 9 1 3 24 9 13 5 0 8 20 25 10 43
7 Cherno More 26 10 10 6 32 24 13 6 5 2 20 11 13 4 5 4 12 13 8 40
8 Arda 26 7 10 9 27 33 13 4 4 5 13 17 13 3 6 4 14 16 -6 31
9 Botev Plovdiv 26 8 6 12 26 30 13 5 3 5 13 11 13 3 3 7 13 19 -4 30
10 Etar 26 6 9 11 31 45 13 4 6 3 15 21 13 2 3 8 16 24 -14 27
11 Tsarsko selo 26 7 4 15 24 42 13 4 3 6 15 20 13 3 1 9 9 22 -18 25
12 Botev Vratsa 26 5 7 14 21 46 13 3 4 6 12 18 13 2 3 8 9 28 -25 22
13 Dunav 2010 26 4 7 15 21 49 13 2 4 7 8 19 13 2 3 8 13 30 -28 19
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 26 1 3 22 15 54 13 1 1 11 10 30 13 0 2 11 5 24 -39 6

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.