Betting preview: Sozopol vs FK Minyor Pernik - predictions and stats

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Competition: Bulgaria Second League
Competition: Tue 30.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (18037 seats)

This match involves two squads living in the lower parts of the Second League, Sozopol having 16th spot and FK Minyor Pernik lying 15th. A nice chance for one of the participants to boost their position.

Insights:
  • Sozopol have the most conceded goals (49) in Second League
  • FK Minyor Pernik have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Relegation threatens Sozopol who should definitely be looking for some points here. Minyor are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

It's no vacation for neither Sozopol nor FK Minyor Pernik as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sozopol form and stats

When playing at home in the Second League, Sozopol have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games.

A good away victory last time out for Sozopol, who won 3-2 against Belasitsa (placed 10th).

In the match before that, Sozopol hosted Sportist Svoge and drew the game 1-1.

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 Sozopol's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Sozopol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. Sozopol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FK Minyor Pernik form and stats

FK Minyor Pernik have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Second League, after 1-5-10 (16 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

FK Minyor Pernik are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Maritsa Plovdiv (placed 6th). Eureka; their first victory in the league after six matches not winning.

A 2-4 defeat away at Dunav 2010 before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Minyor when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Low on goals? 15 of this side's last 19 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

FK Minyor Pernik are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {8 goals} from 16 away games. As opposed to that, FK Minyor Pernik have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

FK Minyor Pernik have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Sozopol.

The latest past meeting involving both these teams is the FK Minyor Pernik - Sozopol 2-0 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

FK Minyor PernikG. Dolapchiev
G. Dolapchiev
5 goals
SozopolG. Dimov
G. Dimov
4 goals
SozopolE. Manev
E. Manev
4 goals

Sozopol missing players

FK Minyor Pernik missing players

Sozopol FK Minyor Pernik
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
8 5 1 Won W 1 1 8
11 7 2 Drew D 2 5 11
13 4 1 Lost L 1 10 13
31 19 5 Scored S 5 8 32
49 21 5 Conceded C 5 22 34
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 84%
78% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 66%
44% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 31%
25% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 9%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
50% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 34%
19% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 34%
41% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 69% 47%
 
4.5 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 3.8 4.3
4.6 3.3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 4.1
2.5 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 3
4 4 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
6.7 6.3 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 5.8 7
2.6 3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2 2.5
37% 40% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 39%
 
8.9 6.1 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 8.9 7.8
3.3 2.3 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Second League this season:
  • FK Minyor Pernik have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sozopol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FK Minyor Pernik have scored away.
  • Sozopol have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Second League
  • Sozopol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Second League
  • Sozopol have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Second League
  • Sozopol have the most conceded goals (49) in Second League
  • Sozopol have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Second League
  • Sozopol 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 32 20 8 4 54 17 16 11 4 1 22 5 16 9 4 3 32 12 37 68
2 Etar 32 17 9 6 43 20 16 11 1 4 26 11 16 6 8 2 17 9 23 60
3 Levski Krumovgrad 32 15 9 8 39 31 16 9 5 2 21 12 16 6 4 6 18 19 8 54
4 Ludogorets II 32 16 5 11 39 34 16 11 5 0 27 9 16 5 0 11 12 25 5 53
5 Sportist Svoge 32 13 9 10 39 39 16 8 4 4 24 18 16 5 5 6 15 21 0 48
6 Maritsa Plovdiv 32 14 5 13 35 40 16 11 2 3 25 10 16 3 3 10 10 30 -5 47
7 Dunav 2010 32 12 10 10 45 37 16 7 5 4 26 16 16 5 5 6 19 21 8 46
8 Montana 32 12 7 13 36 37 16 7 3 6 22 17 16 5 4 7 14 20 -1 43
9 Spartak Pleven 32 10 11 11 44 41 16 8 5 3 25 14 16 2 6 8 19 27 3 41
10 Belasitsa 32 12 5 15 32 35 16 8 2 6 21 16 16 4 3 9 11 19 -3 41
11 Yantra 1919 32 10 11 11 27 32 16 6 4 6 16 17 16 4 7 5 11 15 -5 41
12 Dobrudzha 1919 32 10 9 13 38 38 16 7 5 4 24 16 16 3 4 9 14 22 0 39
13 Lovech 32 9 11 12 28 28 16 6 6 4 18 12 16 3 5 8 10 16 0 38
14 Strumska slava 32 8 12 12 31 41 16 6 3 7 12 17 16 2 9 5 19 24 -10 36
15 FK Minyor Pernik 32 8 11 13 32 34 16 7 6 3 24 12 16 1 5 10 8 22 -2 35
16 Sozopol 32 8 11 13 31 49 16 5 7 4 19 21 16 3 4 9 12 28 -18 35
17 Vitosha Bistritsa 32 8 9 15 32 48 16 6 7 3 20 17 16 2 2 12 12 31 -16 33
18 Botev Plovdiv II 32 7 6 19 24 48 16 5 5 6 18 19 16 2 1 13 6 29 -24 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.