Second League fixture sneak peek: Lovech against Belasitsa

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Competition: Bulgaria Second League
Competition: Fri 05.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (21940 seats)

Second League: The average league table placements illustrates the road Lovech and Belasitsa have undertaken so far. Both teams are up for it; let's get this boat on the water!

Insights:
  • Lovech have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Belasitsa have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Second League

The visiting Belasitsa played their last game only four days ago, a Second League match.

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Lovech form and stats

The story so far in the Second League for Lovech at their home stadium (Gradski stadion) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Lovech shared the glory with Sportist Svoge in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that, Lovech drew at home versus Vitosha Bistritsa.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Lovech's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Low on goals? In this team's last 15 league games, 14 have produced two goals or less.

Lovech are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Lovech have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Belasitsa form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Belasitsa playing as the away team in the Second League this season.

The followers enjoyed Belasitsa's previous game versus Spartak Pleven (placed 10th), a 3-1 win played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Strumska slava.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Belasitsa have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Belasitsa - Lovech 1-0 was the story when these participants formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Lovech-Belasitsa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lovech seven wins, Belasitsa two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BelasitsaZ. Georgiev Dinev
Z. Georgiev Dinev
11 goals
LovechI. Kapitanov
I. Kapitanov
6 goals
BelasitsaM. Vangelov
M. Vangelov
5 goals

Lovech missing players

Belasitsa missing players

Lovech Belasitsa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 12
9 5 0 Drew D 2 3 5
11 4 2 Lost L 0 7 11
25 16 3 Scored S 4 11 29
25 11 5 Conceded C 2 17 28
86% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
50% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 64%
25% 36% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 36%
14% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 11%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 36% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 36%
36% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 43%
43% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 29%
 
4.3 5.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.3 4.1
4.1 3.1 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4.7
3.2 3.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.2 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.1 11.8 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 5.8 7.6
3.3 4.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.2 3.2
28% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 32%
 
7.2 7.2 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 10.2 10.1
2.7 2.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Second League this season:
  • Belasitsa have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Second League
  • Belasitsa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lovech have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lovech have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 28 18 6 4 49 15 14 10 3 1 20 5 14 8 3 3 29 10 34 60
2 Etar 29 15 9 5 37 17 14 9 1 4 21 10 15 6 8 1 16 7 20 54
3 Levski Krumovgrad 28 12 9 7 32 28 14 7 5 2 17 11 14 5 4 5 15 17 4 45
4 Ludogorets II 28 13 5 10 33 31 14 9 5 0 23 7 14 4 0 10 10 24 2 44
5 Sportist Svoge 28 12 8 8 36 36 14 7 4 3 22 17 14 5 4 5 14 19 0 44
6 Montana 28 12 6 10 34 29 14 7 2 5 22 16 14 5 4 5 12 13 5 42
7 Belasitsa 28 12 5 11 29 28 14 8 2 4 18 11 14 4 3 7 11 17 1 41
8 Maritsa Plovdiv 28 12 5 11 30 35 14 9 2 3 20 9 14 3 3 8 10 26 -5 41
9 Dunav 2010 28 9 10 9 38 32 14 5 5 4 21 14 14 4 5 5 17 18 6 37
10 Spartak Pleven 28 9 9 10 40 37 14 7 4 3 21 13 14 2 5 7 19 24 3 36
11 Dobrudzha 1919 29 8 9 12 35 35 15 6 5 4 22 15 14 2 4 8 13 20 0 33
12 Lovech 28 8 9 11 25 25 14 5 5 4 16 11 14 3 4 7 9 14 0 33
13 Strumska slava 28 7 11 10 27 36 14 5 3 6 10 15 14 2 8 4 17 21 -9 32
14 FK Minyor Pernik 28 7 10 11 27 26 14 6 5 3 21 11 14 1 5 8 6 15 1 31
15 Yantra 1919 28 7 10 11 20 31 14 4 4 6 10 16 14 3 6 5 10 15 -11 31
16 Sozopol 28 6 10 12 23 45 14 4 6 4 14 20 14 2 4 8 9 25 -22 28
17 Vitosha Bistritsa 28 6 9 13 28 42 14 4 7 3 18 17 14 2 2 10 10 25 -14 27
18 Botev Plovdiv II 28 7 6 15 22 37 14 5 5 4 17 14 14 2 1 11 5 23 -15 27

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.