Second League fixture information: Sozopol vs Lovech

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Competition: Bulgaria Second League
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (18037 seats)

Here's all you must learn, and a little bit more, before the Sozopol - Lovech match!

Insights:
  • Sozopol have the most conceded goals (36) in Second League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sozopol form and stats

Sozopol have played 9 Second League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Sozopol, facing Spartak Pleven in a game that ended 0-0.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Strumska slava.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sozopol defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Lovech form and stats

Lovech have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Second League, after 2-2-5 (9 played).

Lovech's previous game was their home loss versus Maritsa Plovdiv (1-2).

A 1-1 draw at Dunav 2010's stadium before that.

Low on goals? 10 of this team's most recent 13 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Lovech have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Lovech - Sozopol 4-0. Statistics for the last seven meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Sozopol, one draw and five wins for Lovech. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

LovechI. Kapitanov
I. Kapitanov
5 goals
LovechE. Ignatov
E. Ignatov
3 goals
SozopolA. Laskov
A. Laskov
2 goals

Sozopol missing players

Lovech missing players

Sozopol Lovech
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 4 9 19
3 2 1 Won W 2 2 6
6 4 1 Drew D 1 2 6
10 3 0 Lost L 1 5 7
15 9 4 Scored S 5 6 21
36 15 3 Conceded C 4 10 18
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 84%
84% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 58%
53% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 37%
26% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 21%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 5%
53% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 42%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 37%
47% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 56% 37%
 
3.8 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.5 4.8
5.4 3.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.9 4.1
2.8 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 3
4 4 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
5.1 5.1 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 7.1 9.4
1.7 2.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.6 3.8
44% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 29% 31%
 
9.6 6.6 4 Shots against (avg) S A 5.8 7.8 7.5
3.7 2.9 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.8 2.9
Key stats in Second League this season:
  • Sozopol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sozopol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sozopol have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Second League
  • Sozopol have the fewest points (10) at home in Second League
  • Sozopol have the most conceded goals (36) in Second League
  • Sozopol have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Second League
  • Sozopol have the the worst goal difference (-21) 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 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.