Tsarsko selo vs Botev Vratsa match preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Thu 09.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tsarsko selo Complex (2000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Parva Liga, Tsarsko selo holding 11th place and Botev Vratsa lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

The visiting Botev Vratsa played their last game only three days ago, a Parva Liga match.

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Tsarsko selo form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Tsarsko selo have to build on here at Tsarsko selo Complex in the Parva Liga. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Tsarsko, their manager L. Penev and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Tsarsko selo crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Cherno More here at Tsarsko selo Complex in a Parva Liga match. Before that match, a win away at Vitosha Bistritsa.

Tsarsko are traveling soon after this match as the Parva Liga match at Dunav 2010 awaits in four days.

Tsarsko selo has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Tsarsko selo defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

There's been little loot from Botev Vratsa's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Parva Liga. Botev Vratsa only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Botev Vratsa have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 182 minutes ago. D. Yankov was the goal scorer. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Vratsa goalkeeper Krasimir Kostov is eager to challenge this, with his 189 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

There were no winners in Vratsa's previous match, a Parva Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs Dunav 2010. A draw for Vratsa before that, at their own venue hosting Arda (0-0).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vratsa as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. The Vratsa manager A. Zdravkov has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Tsarsko selo and Botev Vratsa have met before this season: Botev Vratsa - Tsarsko 0-1. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Tsarsko victories, zero draws and two Botev Vratsa wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Botev VratsaV. Domovchiyski
V. Domovchiyski
7 goals
Botev VratsaP. Atanasov
P. Atanasov
5 goals
TsarskoG. Minchev
G. Minchev
3 goals

Tsarsko selo missing players

Botev Vratsa missing players

Tsarsko selo Botev Vratsa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 4 15 30
9 4 1 Won W 2 3 6
4 3 1 Drew D 2 3 9
16 7 1 Lost L 0 9 15
27 16 4 Scored S 6 14 26
46 24 4 Conceded C 2 32 50
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 83%
76% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 70%
45% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 60% 50%
24% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 47% 33%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 13%
38% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 43%
28% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 27%
38% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 47%
 
4 4.2 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3 4.1
4.6 4.7 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.5 4.6
2.8 2.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
284 158 50 Total Shots T S 38 113 271
107 66 17 Shots on Target S O 15 46 122
25% 24% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 21%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Botev Vratsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botev Vratsa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tsarsko selo has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Tsarsko selo have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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.