The visiting Ludogorets side should be favourites in this visit to Vitosha Bistritsa, as the away team holds a 35 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.
The visiting Ludogorets played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match. That game, against Espanyol, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ludogorets.
Vitosha Bistritsa form and stats
Vitosha Bistritsa's struggle is real here at Bistritsa Stadium with only 3 points collected from 7 Parva Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-6. Game days at Bistritsa Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Vitosha Bistritsa as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The home team returns to Bistritsa Stadium after sharing the points with Botev Vratsa (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Parva Liga game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Slavia Sofia with the scoreline 0-1.
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 points are very slim. When Vitosha Bistritsa have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 1 and lost 2 from three games. 2 defeats by at least two goals.
Vitosha Bistritsa aren't scoring a lot here at Bistritsa Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Vitosha Bistritsa have conceded 17 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Ludogorets form and stats
The strength of Ludogorets, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Parva Liga, on their travels this season is incredible with 19 points collected from 7 Parva Liga away games. Ludogorets has 6-1-0 on the road, with 12 goals scored and 4 conceded. Ludogorets have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Ludogorets's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Lokomotiv Plovdiv game.
Ludogorets play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-6 to Espanyol. Before that, Ludogorets secured a home win against Beroe with the score 3-1.
Ludogorets lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one. Ludogorets goalkeeper Plamen Iliev had a great day against Espanyol, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Ludogorets given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed nine matches with 7 wins as expected, 2 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 5 of these games by at least two goals.
Ludogorets has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Ludogorets as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ludogorets - Vitosha Bistritsa 2-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Vitosha Bistritsa 0 wins, 0 draws and Ludogorets 5 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Vitosha Bistritsa missing players
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| Vitosha Bistritsa | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 33 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 57% | 67% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 40% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 73% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 6.1 |
| 6.9 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Ludogorets have not yet lost a game.
- Ludogorets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ludogorets have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ludogorets have scored more than double the goals of Vitosha Bistritsa.
- Ludogorets have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ludogorets haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 36 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Cherno More | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Beroe | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Arda | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Etar | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
| 10 | Tsarsko selo | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Dunav 2010 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -23 | 4 |