Match sneak peek for Parva Liga: Tsarsko selo - Botev Vratsa at Tsarsko selo Complex

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Mon 25.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tsarsko selo Complex (2000 seats)

This match features two contenders residing in the lower parts of the Parva Liga, Tsarsko selo holding 14th place and Botev Vratsa sitting at 13th. A good opportunity for one of the sides to boost their situation.

Insights:
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest scored goals (15) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa have the most conceded goals (48) in Parva Liga

Tsarsko selo have had a bad season and will be relegated from Parva Liga. Vratsa are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Tsarsko selo form and stats

Tsarsko selo's struggle is real here at Tsarsko selo Complex with only 12 points collected from 13 Parva Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-7. When Tsarsko selo hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Tsarsko selo, OFK Pirin, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 and Arda), they have won 3 of 3 matches!

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Khadim Ndiaye not having conceded a league goal in 200 minutes.

It's back home for Tsarsko selo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating OFK Pirin away with the result 2-0. Willian and Hristov found the net in that victory. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Hristov, having scored in three matches in a row.

Before that, Tsarsko selo had a home game versus OFK Pirin which ended with a victory 1-0.

Tsarsko have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Tsarsko selo have conceded 17 goals. Tsarsko selo has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botev Vratsa so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-10 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Vratsa, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Two away games in a row for Botev Vratsa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Lokomotiv Sofia 1929.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Slavia Sofia.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Botev Vratsa manager Dimitrov has some worries about the defense as 31 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Botev Vratsa - Tsarsko 0-0 written in the official records. Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Tsarsko selo won four games, one match ended with a tie and Botev Vratsa have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Tsarsko seloV. Hristov
V. Hristov
3 goals
Botev VratsaM. Kalinov Marinov
M. Kalinov Marinov
3 goals
Botev VratsaY. Nenov
Y. Nenov
3 goals

Tsarsko selo missing players

Botev Vratsa missing players

Tsarsko selo Botev Vratsa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 14 27
4 3 3 Won W 0 2 5
7 3 0 Drew D 0 1 7
16 7 0 Lost L 4 11 15
17 10 4 Scored S 3 12 23
36 17 0 Conceded C 8 32 49
81% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 81%
59% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 63%
33% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 56%
11% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 37%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 19%
37% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
33% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 26%
48% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 48%
 
4.3 4.2 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.9 3.3
4.7 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 7 6.8
2.9 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 3.4 2.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 2 4 6
 
7.9 8.3 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.4 7.3
2.7 3.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 3.1
23% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 27%
 
11.9 11.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 14.9 14.3
5.3 5.6 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 6.9 6.2
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Botev Vratsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botev Vratsa have the most conceded goals (31) away in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa have the most conceded goals (48) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Tsarsko selo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest points (12) at home in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest scored goals (15) in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Parva Liga
  • Tsarsko selo have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home 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 26 21 1 4 64 23 13 12 0 1 37 9 13 9 1 3 27 14 41 64
2 CSKA Sofia 26 15 7 4 39 25 13 10 2 1 21 8 13 5 5 3 18 17 14 52
3 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 7 6 34 28 13 11 0 2 24 13 13 2 7 4 10 15 6 46
4 Cherno More 26 12 9 5 35 18 13 6 5 2 18 7 13 6 4 3 17 11 17 45
5 Levski Sofia 26 12 6 8 33 25 13 7 3 3 18 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 8 42
6 Slavia Sofia 26 9 9 8 30 26 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 5 5 15 16 4 36
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 9 7 10 30 35 13 6 4 3 18 15 13 3 3 7 12 20 -5 34
8 Beroe 26 9 5 12 23 27 13 6 5 2 11 8 13 3 0 10 12 19 -4 32
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 8 6 12 36 37 13 6 3 4 24 17 13 2 3 8 12 20 -1 30
10 Arda 26 7 8 11 27 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 13 2 3 8 9 18 -7 29
11 OFK Pirin 26 7 6 13 34 41 13 5 3 5 20 20 13 2 3 8 14 21 -7 27
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 26 6 7 13 22 42 13 6 3 4 15 17 13 0 4 9 7 25 -20 25
13 Botev Vratsa 26 5 7 14 23 48 13 3 6 4 11 17 13 2 1 10 12 31 -25 22
14 Tsarsko selo 26 3 7 16 15 36 13 3 3 7 10 17 13 0 4 9 5 19 -21 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.