Botev Plovdiv II vs Belasitsa pre-match information

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Competition: Bulgaria Second League
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (3500 seats)

Botev Plovdiv II will hope that their home advantage is enough to get some points from this gruelling dispute, vs dynamic Belasitsa.

Insights:
  • Botev Plovdiv II have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Second League
  • Belasitsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Belasitsa could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Second League game only four sleeps ago.

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Botev Plovdiv II form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Botev Plovdiv II have to build on here at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 in the Second League. After failing to beat Lovech here at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912, Botev Plovdiv II has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The fans are hoping that Plovdiv will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Sportist Svoge (placed 4th).

Ahead of that match, Botev Plovdiv II won a home game hosting Vitosha Bistritsa (2-0).

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 15 latest league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Botev Plovdiv II has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Plovdiv are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Belasitsa form and stats

Belasitsa have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Second League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Levski Krumovgrad with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

Before that, Belasitsa travelled to Dobrudzha 1919 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

A tale of few goals? 12 of this club's last 15 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Belasitsa have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Belasitsa - Botev Plovdiv II 1-0 was the output when these two sides formerly played each other, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

BelasitsaM. Vangelov
M. Vangelov
4 goals
BelasitsaZ. Georgiev Dinev
Z. Georgiev Dinev
4 goals

Botev Plovdiv II missing players

Belasitsa missing players

Botev Plovdiv II Belasitsa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 2 9 19
6 5 0 Won W 0 2 8
3 2 1 Drew D 2 3 5
10 2 0 Lost L 0 4 6
16 13 1 Scored S 1 8 19
24 7 1 Conceded C 1 11 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 89%
63% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 58%
26% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 32%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
26% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 37%
21% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 47%
53% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 26%
 
3.5 3.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.4
6.4 6.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 3.9
2.3 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.7 9.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 5.9 7.8
3.1 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3.4
28% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 39% 30%
 
12.7 12 26 Shots against (avg) S A 1 10 9.8
5.6 4.9 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.6 3.9
Key stats in Second League this season:
  • Belasitsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Belasitsa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Botev Plovdiv II have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Second League
  • Botev Plovdiv II 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 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 19 12 5 2 36 10 10 7 2 1 16 5 9 5 3 1 20 5 26 41
2 Etar 19 9 7 3 22 10 9 6 1 2 13 5 10 3 6 1 9 5 12 34
3 Levski Krumovgrad 19 10 4 5 25 20 9 5 2 2 13 9 10 5 2 3 12 11 5 34
4 Sportist Svoge 19 9 5 5 29 26 10 5 2 3 17 15 9 4 3 2 12 11 3 32
5 Spartak Pleven 19 8 5 6 27 21 10 6 3 1 16 8 9 2 2 5 11 13 6 29
6 Belasitsa 19 8 5 6 19 17 10 6 2 2 11 6 9 2 3 4 8 11 2 29
7 Montana 19 8 4 7 26 22 9 6 0 3 18 11 10 2 4 4 8 11 4 28
8 Maritsa Plovdiv 19 8 4 7 19 22 9 6 2 1 12 4 10 2 2 6 7 18 -3 28
9 Ludogorets II 19 8 2 9 16 23 9 7 2 0 13 3 10 1 0 9 3 20 -7 26
10 Dunav 2010 19 6 6 7 28 25 10 4 4 2 17 9 9 2 2 5 11 16 3 24
11 Lovech 19 6 6 7 21 18 10 4 4 2 15 8 9 2 2 5 6 10 3 24
12 Strumska slava 19 5 8 6 18 25 10 3 3 4 6 12 9 2 5 2 12 13 -7 23
13 Yantra 1919 19 5 7 7 13 18 9 3 3 3 7 8 10 2 4 4 6 10 -5 22
14 Botev Plovdiv II 19 6 3 10 16 24 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 1 1 8 3 17 -8 21
15 FK Minyor Pernik 19 5 5 9 19 19 10 4 3 3 14 8 9 1 2 6 5 11 0 20
16 Dobrudzha 1919 19 5 5 9 25 27 9 4 2 3 16 11 10 1 3 6 9 16 -2 20
17 Vitosha Bistritsa 19 4 5 10 20 31 10 2 5 3 11 13 9 2 0 7 9 18 -11 17
18 Sozopol 19 3 6 10 15 36 9 2 4 3 9 15 10 1 2 7 6 21 -21 15

Read more about Second League

The Second Professional First League (or Vtora Liga, earlier B Group or B Professional Football Group) is the second-highest level of football in Bulgaria. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures to set the final league table.