Football betting preview: Spartak Varna with moderate expectations before welcoming Lokomotiv Plovdiv

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Mon 10.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Spartak (30000 seats)

A brief peek at the Parva Liga standings hint of an edge to Lokomotiv Plovdiv when they visit Spartak Varna. Even so; let's play the match before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals (27) in Parva Liga
  • Spartak Varna have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored away.

This looks to be an exciting fixture with lots of action and energy as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Spartak Varna form and stats

With 1 Parva Liga win, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Spartak Varna are certainly not brimming with confidence.

An away draw last time out for Spartak Varna, facing Septemvri Sofia in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that, Spartak Varna had a home game versus Botev Plovdiv which ended with a victory 3-2.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Spartak Varna had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 0 and lost 3. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Spartak Varna lost 0 similar games by at least two goals.

Spartak aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Spartak in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Spartak Varna defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in their Parva Liga matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus CSKA 1948 Sofia with 1-3 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

Before that, Lokomotiv secured a home win against Cherno More with the score 3-0.

Observe: 8 of the last 10 league matches featuring this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

Goals are few and far between in Lokomotiv Plovdiv's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. It's not easy to score on Lokomotiv as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Spartak Varna victories, one draw and three Lokomotiv Plovdiv wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv PlovdivB. Karagaren
B. Karagaren
4 goals
Lokomotiv PlovdivP. Borukov
P. Borukov
3 goals
Lokomotiv PlovdivB. Dione
B. Dione
3 goals

Spartak Varna missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Spartak Varna Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
1 1 0 Won W 2 2 7
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
9 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
9 5 0 Scored S 2 2 12
27 9 1 Conceded C 0 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 55%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 36%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
33% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 27%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 55%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 27%
 
3.2 4.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.8 4.5
6.1 4.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 4.7
2.6 2.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.6 9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.6 10.5
2.4 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3.4
31% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 14% 32%
 
15.6 12.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 10 9.6
6 4.7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.9
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Spartak Varna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Spartak Varna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Spartak Varna have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored away.
  • Spartak Varna have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Parva Liga
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals (27) in Parva Liga
  • Spartak Varna have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Spartak Varna 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 12 8 2 2 22 10 6 5 1 0 15 4 6 3 1 2 7 6 12 26
2 CSKA Sofia 10 8 1 1 18 6 7 7 0 0 16 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 12 25
3 Ludogorets 10 7 2 1 30 6 4 3 1 0 14 1 6 4 1 1 16 5 24 23
4 Cherno More 11 7 1 3 14 11 5 4 0 1 7 4 6 3 1 2 7 7 3 22
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11 7 1 3 12 9 6 5 0 1 10 5 5 2 1 2 2 4 3 22
6 Levski Sofia 9 7 0 2 19 4 5 5 0 0 14 0 4 2 0 2 5 4 15 21
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 12 6 3 3 16 11 7 4 2 1 10 6 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 21
8 Arda 12 6 2 4 12 11 6 4 1 1 6 3 6 2 1 3 6 8 1 20
9 Slavia Sofia 10 6 0 4 12 8 3 3 0 0 6 2 7 3 0 4 6 6 4 18
10 Beroe 12 3 2 7 11 22 7 3 2 2 9 7 5 0 0 5 2 15 -11 11
11 Botev Plovdiv 11 3 1 7 14 18 6 3 0 3 9 8 5 0 1 4 5 10 -4 10
12 Botev Vratsa 12 3 1 8 13 23 5 2 0 3 4 9 7 1 1 5 9 14 -10 10
13 Septemvri Sofia 12 2 3 7 11 19 7 1 3 3 5 10 5 1 0 4 6 9 -8 9
14 OFK Pirin 12 1 4 7 7 16 5 1 1 3 4 9 7 0 3 4 3 7 -9 7
15 Hebar 1918 12 2 1 9 4 23 5 0 1 4 1 9 7 2 0 5 3 14 -19 7
16 Spartak Varna 12 1 2 9 9 27 6 1 1 4 5 9 6 0 1 5 4 18 -18 5

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.