Etar vs Vitosha Bistritsa match guide

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Competition: Bulgaria Second League
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ivailo (25000 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will be enough for the Etar club members in this Stadion Ivailo battle with Vitosha Bistritsa, as they enjoy a healthy lead on the opposition in the Second League standings.

Insights:
  • Etar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Second League
  • Vitosha Bistritsa is in the worst form (0-2-4)

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Etar form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 Second League games here at Stadion Ivailo for Etar. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Etar has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Ivailo, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Etar goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 232 minutes without conceding a goal in the Second League.

The Etar coach Lukanov and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Dunav 2010 (placed 10th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Montana in a game that was won 2-0.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 latest league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Etar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Etar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Ivailo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.

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Vitosha Bistritsa form and stats

There's been little loot from Vitosha Bistritsa's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Second League. Vitosha Bistritsa only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Hristozov, the Vitosha Bistritsa manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Bistritsa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Montana proved too strong as Vitosha Bistritsa slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Vitosha.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Botev Plovdiv II wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Vitosha Bistritsa have the goal stats of 9-18 (for/against) from 9 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season. Vitosha Bistritsa has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Etar have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) against Vitosha Bistritsa.

This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Vitosha Bistritsa - Etar 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

EtarD. Mladenov
D. Mladenov
5 goals
Vitosha BistritsaE. Nikolaev Gargorov
E. Nikolaev Gargorov
4 goals
Vitosha BistritsaD. Hristov
D. Hristov
4 goals

Etar missing players

Vitosha Bistritsa missing players

Etar Vitosha Bistritsa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 4 9 19
9 6 4 Won W 1 2 4
7 1 0 Drew D 0 0 5
3 2 0 Lost L 3 7 10
22 13 7 Scored S 5 9 20
10 5 1 Conceded C 7 18 31
84% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
47% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 78% 74%
26% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 58%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 32%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 16%
32% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 68%
53% 44% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 21%
32% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
4.7 4.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.9 4.7
3.9 3.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 7.1 6.5
3.1 3.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3 2.6
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.8 10.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.4 9.9
3.8 4.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 4.2
32% 35% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 25%
 
7.4 7 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.3 12.1
2.8 3.1 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.3 5
Key stats in Second League this season:
  • Etar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Etar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Etar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Second League
  • Etar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Second League
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Second League
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vitosha Bistritsa is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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.