Parva Liga match preview and statistics: Slavia Sofia fight Montana

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Parva Liga, Slavia Sofia holding 13th place and Montana lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (14) in Parva Liga
  • Montana have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Parva Liga

Montana could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Parva Liga game only four sleeps ago.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

The story so far in the Parva Liga for Slavia Sofia, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Parva Liga, at their home stadium (Stadion Slavija) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Slavia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tsarsko selo (0-2). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Montana (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) that ended 1-1.

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

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Slavia, as the Bulgarian Cup home game vs Levski Sofia is only four days away.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Slavia Sofia here at Stadion Slavija in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Montana form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Montana, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Parva Liga, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-5 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

The manager A. Atanasov was unhappy after their last game, a Parva Liga match played at their home ground Stadion Ogosta. Montana suffered a 0-1 loss to Botev Vratsa (placed 10th). Before that, Montana travelled to Slavia Sofia (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Bulgarian Cup game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Montana have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Montana's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 10 matches. Montana struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Montana - Slavia 2-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Slavia, one draw and one win for Montana. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

MontanaT. Tasev
T. Tasev
5 goals
Slavia SofiaR. Kirilov Kirilov
R. Kirilov Kirilov
3 goals

Slavia Sofia missing players

Montana missing players

Slavia Sofia Montana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
4 3 0 Won W 0 0 4
4 3 2 Drew D 2 5 6
12 4 0 Lost L 1 5 10
14 6 0 Scored S 1 3 18
32 10 0 Conceded C 3 15 34
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 70% 85%
70% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 70%
35% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 50%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 30%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
40% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 40%
20% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 25%
50% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 67% 80% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
7.3 8.6 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 8.7 9
2.5 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 2.2 3
27% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 14% 31%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Montana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Montana have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Parva Liga
  • Montana have yet to win a game away.
  • Slavia Sofia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (14) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 20 15 3 2 47 17 10 9 1 0 22 4 10 6 2 2 25 13 30 48
2 CSKA Sofia 20 11 7 2 28 16 10 7 3 0 13 5 10 4 4 2 15 11 12 40
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 20 11 6 3 34 17 10 6 4 0 21 9 10 5 2 3 13 8 17 39
4 Arda 20 10 8 2 31 19 10 6 4 0 19 10 10 4 4 2 12 9 12 38
5 Beroe 20 9 5 6 34 22 10 4 3 3 18 10 10 5 2 3 16 12 12 32
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 20 7 7 6 27 22 10 6 2 2 22 10 10 1 5 4 5 12 5 28
7 Cherno More 20 7 4 9 23 24 10 5 2 3 15 12 10 2 2 6 8 12 -1 25
8 Tsarsko selo 20 6 6 8 21 22 10 3 4 3 11 11 10 3 2 5 10 11 -1 24
9 Levski Sofia 20 5 6 9 21 20 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 1 4 5 9 10 1 21
10 Botev Vratsa 20 5 3 12 22 32 10 3 2 5 13 12 10 2 1 7 9 20 -10 18
11 Montana 20 4 6 10 18 34 10 4 1 5 15 19 10 0 5 5 3 15 -16 18
12 Botev Plovdiv 20 3 8 9 20 39 10 3 5 2 11 11 10 0 3 7 9 28 -19 17
13 Slavia Sofia 20 4 4 12 14 32 10 3 3 4 6 10 10 1 1 8 8 22 -18 16
14 Etar 20 3 7 10 15 39 10 2 4 4 9 15 10 1 3 6 6 24 -24 16

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.