Second League preview: Can Montana edge out victory against Ludogorets II?

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Competition: Bulgaria Second League
Competition: Mon 14.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ogosta (8000 seats)

Montana get ready to host Ludogorets II for another appealing Second League fixture here at Stadion Ogosta.

Both participants have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's wish for an in-your-face match!

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Montana form and stats

The hosts won their first Second League game here at Stadion Ogosta, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Montana last season were 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 17 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Vasil Simeonov not having conceded a league goal in 276 minutes.

Montana enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lovech's place. The match ended 1-0 with Bemanga scoring.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Chernomorets Balchik.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Montana have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

At Stadion Ogosta, Montana has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Ludogorets II form and stats

The Second League season is young and Ludogorets II have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Ludogorets are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Strumska slava (placed 6th). That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league rounds without victory. Late drama in the previous game, when Petrov scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Strumska slava.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Dobrudzha 1919's place.

Ludogorets II are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ludogorets II has managed {2 goals} and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montana six wins, one draw and Ludogorets II three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ludogorets IIT. Plamenov Petrov
T. Plamenov Petrov
2 goals
MontanaA. Todorov
A. Todorov
1 goals
MontanaN. Borisov Borisov
N. Borisov Borisov
1 goals

Montana missing players

Ludogorets II missing players

Montana Ludogorets II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 1 2 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 1 1 Scored S 2 2 4
3 0 0 Conceded C 2 3 5
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
75% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2 4.5
5 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 8 5.5
3.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 4.5 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 16 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9 6.5 11.8
1.8 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.8
57% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 27%
 
6 1 1 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.5 10.5
2.5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6 4.8
Montana Last season Ludogorets II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 7   Won W   6 17
8 4   Drew D   0 6
14 6   Lost L   11 11
37 22   Scored S   14 41
39 17   Conceded C   25 35
82% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
53% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 62%
41% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 35%
29% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 21%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
41% 47%   BTTS BTTS   29% 38%
29% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 38%
47% 47%   Failed to Score F T   47% 26%
 
4.4 6   Corners for (avg) C F   2.3 3.8
2.9 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.1
2.5 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
5 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
9.6 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   6.7 8.6
3.8 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 3.2
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 39%
 
7 7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 10.5
2.6 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Septemvri Sofia 5 5 0 0 11 5 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 3 6 15
2 Yantra 1919 5 3 1 1 9 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 6 10
3 Marek 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 10
4 Spartak Varna 5 3 1 1 4 3 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 10
5 Dobrudzha 1919 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 7
6 Strumska slava 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 7
7 Montana 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 7
8 Maritsa Plovdiv 5 2 1 2 10 12 3 2 1 0 8 5 2 0 0 2 2 7 -2 7
9 Dunav 2010 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 2 0 0 3 0 -2 7
10 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 6
11 Chernomorets 1919 Burgas 5 1 3 1 6 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 4 4 -1 6
12 Belasitsa 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 4
13 Ludogorets II 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 4
14 Bdin 5 1 1 3 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4
15 Chernomorets Balchik 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 6 -3 4
16 Lovech 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 7 -5 4
17 Spartak Pleven 5 1 0 4 5 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 3 2 6 -3 3
18 Sportist Svoge 5 1 0 4 5 9 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 3 8 -4 3
Last season 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 34 22 8 4 60 17 17 12 4 1 25 5 17 10 4 3 35 12 43 74
2 Etar 34 18 9 7 47 22 17 11 1 5 26 12 17 7 8 2 21 10 25 63
3 Levski Krumovgrad 34 17 9 8 43 33 17 10 5 2 23 13 17 7 4 6 20 20 10 60
4 Ludogorets II 34 17 6 11 42 35 17 11 6 0 28 10 17 6 0 11 14 25 7 57
5 Sportist Svoge 34 14 10 10 41 40 17 9 4 4 25 18 17 5 6 6 16 22 1 52
6 Dunav 2010 34 13 11 10 47 38 17 8 5 4 28 17 17 5 6 6 19 21 9 50
7 Maritsa Plovdiv 34 14 5 15 36 46 17 11 2 4 25 13 17 3 3 11 11 33 -10 47
8 Lovech 34 11 11 12 32 28 17 7 6 4 21 12 17 4 5 8 11 16 4 44
9 Montana 34 12 8 14 37 39 17 7 4 6 22 17 17 5 4 8 15 22 -2 44
10 Yantra 1919 34 11 11 12 31 34 17 7 4 6 20 18 17 4 7 6 11 16 -3 44
11 Spartak Pleven 34 10 12 12 44 44 17 8 6 3 25 14 17 2 6 9 19 30 0 42
12 Belasitsa 34 12 5 17 33 41 17 8 2 7 21 18 17 4 3 10 12 23 -8 41
13 Dobrudzha 1919 34 10 9 15 38 40 17 7 5 5 24 17 17 3 4 10 14 23 -2 39
14 Strumska slava 34 9 12 13 35 44 17 7 3 7 15 18 17 2 9 6 20 26 -9 39
15 FK Minyor Pernik 34 9 11 14 33 35 17 8 6 3 25 12 17 1 5 11 8 23 -2 38
16 Sozopol 34 9 11 14 32 52 17 6 7 4 20 21 17 3 4 10 12 31 -20 38
17 Vitosha Bistritsa 34 9 9 16 34 50 17 6 7 4 21 19 17 3 2 12 13 31 -16 36
18 Botev Plovdiv II 34 7 7 20 25 52 17 5 5 7 19 23 17 2 2 13 6 29 -27 28

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.