All the pressure is on Etar before Vitosha Bistritsa game

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Mon 02.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vitosha (2500 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Parva Liga, with both Vitosha Bistritsa and Etar experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 10th place.

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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Vitosha Bistritsa form and stats

Vitosha Bistritsa's struggle is real here at Stadion Vitosha with only 4 points collected from 11 Parva Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-9. All in all it has been a very rough period for Vitosha Bistritsa who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Tsarsko selo, 183 days ago. Vitosha Bistritsa are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadion Vitosha with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Tsarsko selo match.

The Vitosha Bistritsa fans got no joy from their last match, a Parva Liga game also here at Stadion Vitosha: A 1-2 defeat against Beroe (placed 5th). Prior to that, an away loss at Tsarsko selo.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Vitosha Bistritsa have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost three from three games. two defeats by at least two goals.

Vitosha Bistritsa have scored 8 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vitosha Bistritsa with 23 goals conceded in these matches.

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Etar form and stats

There's been little loot from Etar's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Parva Liga. Etar only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Etar's last game was the home draw against Ludogorets (1-1). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Beroe wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Etar as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Etar have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Etar - Vitosha Bistritsa 1-0. Vitosha Bistritsa-Etar H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Vitosha Bistritsa one win, Etar five wins, three draws. one of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Vitosha BistritsaE. Nikolaev Gargorov
E. Nikolaev Gargorov
3 goals
Vitosha Bistritsa
G. Amzin
2 goals
Vitosha Bistritsa
I. Asenov Dimitrov
2 goals

Vitosha Bistritsa missing players

Etar missing players

Vitosha Bistritsa Etar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
1 1 1 Won W 1 1 4
2 1 1 Drew D 1 3 8
19 9 1 Lost L 1 7 10
12 8 4 Scored S 5 10 19
44 23 5 Conceded C 4 20 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
77% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
36% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 45%
27% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 23%
14% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
36% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 18%
64% 55% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 36%
 
3.6 4.3 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 2.7 3.8
6.8 5.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 7.9 7
2.5 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 2.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
141 71 23 Total Shots T S 24 68 149
54 24 9 Shots on Target S O 14 33 66
22% 33% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 29%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • All of Etar's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Etar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Etar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Etar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 (12)
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the most conceded goals (23) at home
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the most conceded goals in the second half (28)
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the the worst goal difference (-15) at home
  • Vitosha Bistritsa has the the worst goal difference (-32)
  • 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 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 22 15 7 0 37 9 11 8 3 0 22 3 11 7 4 0 15 6 28 52
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 23 13 6 4 45 21 11 7 4 0 19 5 12 6 2 4 26 16 24 45
3 Levski Sofia 22 13 6 3 39 15 11 9 1 1 22 6 11 4 5 2 17 9 24 45
4 CSKA Sofia 22 12 7 3 36 14 11 7 3 1 22 9 11 5 4 2 14 5 22 43
5 Beroe 23 12 1 10 37 30 12 8 1 3 21 9 11 4 0 7 16 21 7 37
6 Slavia Sofia 22 10 6 6 27 21 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 6 3 2 11 5 6 36
7 Cherno More 22 8 9 5 28 20 11 4 5 2 17 11 11 4 4 3 11 9 8 33
8 Botev Plovdiv 22 8 5 9 23 24 11 5 2 4 12 9 11 3 3 5 11 15 -1 29
9 Arda 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 4 3 4 11 13 11 3 4 4 13 15 -4 28
10 Etar 22 4 8 10 19 37 11 3 5 3 9 17 11 1 3 7 10 20 -18 20
11 Tsarsko selo 22 5 4 13 20 37 11 3 3 5 12 16 11 2 1 8 8 21 -17 19
12 Dunav 2010 23 4 6 13 17 39 12 2 3 7 8 19 11 2 3 6 9 20 -22 18
13 Botev Vratsa 23 4 6 13 20 45 11 3 3 5 12 17 12 1 3 8 8 28 -25 18
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 22 1 2 19 12 44 11 1 1 9 8 23 11 0 1 10 4 21 -32 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.