A home team triumph, the away team steals it or a point each? Anything can happen when the mid-table sides Lovech and Maritsa Plovdiv battle at Gradski stadion.
- Lovech have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Maritsa Plovdiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Maritsa Plovdiv have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-4-13 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
Lovech and Maritsa Plovdiv should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lovech form and stats
4-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Second League numbers at home for Lovech so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Lovech shared the glory with Dunav 2010 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Etar.Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 12 league games, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.
A decent goal production from Lovech in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Lovech are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gradski stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Maritsa Plovdiv form and stats
Maritsa Plovdiv have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Second League, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Impressive finishing from Apostolov secured the home win 1-0 against Spartak Pleven in their previous game.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home against Arda (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) in the Bulgarian Cup.
The attacking power of Maritsa when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Maritsa Plovdiv struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head game ended Maritsa Plovdiv - Lovech 1-0, played this season. Last five meetings between these teams: Lovech won two, Maritsa Plovdiv were winners in one and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Kapitanov 4 goals |  S. Malamov 4 goals |  V. Domovchiyski 4 goals |
Lovech missing players
Maritsa Plovdiv missing players
| Lovech | Maritsa Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 20 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 16 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 21 |
| 83% | 78% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 56% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 33% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 22% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 44% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 39% | 56% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 50% |
| 39% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 11.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.3 | 9.5 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| 32% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 15% | 26% |
| 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.4 | 9.3 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
- Lovech have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lovech have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lovech have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Maritsa Plovdiv have scored away.
- Maritsa Plovdiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Maritsa Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Etar | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Levski Krumovgrad | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Belasitsa | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Sportist Svoge | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Spartak Pleven | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Ludogorets II | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 18 | -5 | 26 |
| 8 | Montana | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Lovech | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Dunav 2010 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Strumska slava | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv II | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | FK Minyor Pernik | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Yantra 1919 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 17 |
| 18 | Sozopol | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -21 | 14 |
