Parva Liga match preview: Vitosha Bistritsa believed to be the weaker party when Beroe pays a visit

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vitosha (2500 seats)

Vitosha Bistritsa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 14th position in the Parva Liga table. Visiting Beroe holds 6th place with 31 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Vitosha Bistritsa form and stats

With 1 Parva Liga win, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Vitosha Bistritsa, who have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Parva Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Vitosha Bistritsa who hasn’t won a game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Tsarsko selo, 174 days ago.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 307 minutes without scoring a league goal. E. Gargorov was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that Vitosha Bistritsa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Parva Liga game against Tsarsko selo (placed 10th). Before that game, the home loss against Botev Plovdiv with the scoreline 0-2.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vitosha Bistritsa here at Stadion Vitosha in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vitosha Bistritsa with 21 goals conceded in these matches.

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Beroe form and stats

Beroe have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Parva Liga, after 3-0-7 (10 played).

The Beroe goalkeeper Dusan Pernis is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 208 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Beroe go into this game after a win, the home game against Etar that ended 2-0. Before that, Beroe secured a home win against Tsarsko selo with the score 2-0.

Beroe have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. For Beroe, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Beroe - Vitosha Bistritsa 1-0. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for Vitosha Bistritsa, one draw and three wins for Beroe. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

BeroeM. Kamburov
M. Kamburov
10 goals
BeroeI. Conté
I. Conté
7 goals
BeroeZ. Josipovic
Z. Josipovic
5 goals

Vitosha Bistritsa missing players

Beroe missing players

Vitosha Bistritsa Beroe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 4 10 21
1 1 0 Won W 2 3 10
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
18 8 4 Lost L 2 7 10
11 7 1 Scored S 8 14 33
42 21 8 Conceded C 5 20 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
33% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 62%
29% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 50% 33%
14% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
33% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 70% 52%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 10% 33%
67% 60% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 14%
 
3.6 4.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.8 5.4
6.9 5.8 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 4.1 3.8
2.6 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.3 2.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
136 66 28 Total Shots T S 48 95 224
51 21 6 Shots on Target S O 25 45 100
22% 33% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 31% 33%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • All of Beroe's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Beroe has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
  • Beroe has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Beroe has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Beroe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Beroe have scored more than double the goals of Vitosha Bistritsa.
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the fewest points (4) at home
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the fewest scored goals (11)
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the most conceded goals (21) at home
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the most conceded goals in the second half (27)
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the the worst goal difference (-14) at home
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the the worst goal difference (-31)
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa 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 Ludogorets 21 15 6 0 36 8 11 8 3 0 22 3 10 7 3 0 14 5 28 51
2 Levski Sofia 21 13 5 3 37 13 11 9 1 1 22 6 10 4 4 2 15 7 24 44
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 21 12 6 3 41 19 10 6 4 0 15 5 11 6 2 3 26 14 22 42
4 CSKA Sofia 21 11 7 3 35 14 10 6 3 1 21 9 11 5 4 2 14 5 21 40
5 Slavia Sofia 21 9 6 6 24 20 10 3 3 4 13 15 11 6 3 2 11 5 4 33
6 Cherno More 21 8 8 5 26 18 10 4 4 2 15 9 11 4 4 3 11 9 8 32
7 Beroe 21 10 1 10 33 29 11 7 1 3 19 9 10 3 0 7 14 20 4 31
8 Botev Plovdiv 21 8 5 8 23 23 11 5 2 4 12 9 10 3 3 4 11 14 0 29
9 Arda 21 7 7 7 23 25 11 4 3 4 11 13 10 3 4 3 12 12 -2 28
10 Tsarsko selo 21 5 4 12 20 33 11 3 3 5 12 16 10 2 1 7 8 17 -13 19
11 Etar 21 4 7 10 18 36 10 3 4 3 8 16 11 1 3 7 10 20 -18 19
12 Dunav 2010 21 4 5 12 16 36 11 2 2 7 8 19 10 2 3 5 8 17 -20 17
13 Botev Vratsa 21 3 5 13 17 44 10 2 3 5 9 16 11 1 2 8 8 28 -27 14
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 21 1 2 18 11 42 10 1 1 8 7 21 11 0 1 10 4 21 -31 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.