Welcome to Stadion Rakovski and the fixture involving Spartak Pleven and Sozopol in the Second League. Here's all you must know!
- Spartak Pleven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sozopol have the most conceded goals (36) in Second League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Spartak Pleven form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 9 Second League games here at Stadion Rakovski for Spartak Pleven. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Spartak drew their last game, also a home match. Sozopol (placed 18th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Maritsa Plovdiv (0-1).The Spartak Pleven fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Spartak Pleven are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Rakovski in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sozopol form and stats
Sozopol have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Second League, after 1-1-7 (9 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Spartak Pleven (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Strumska slava.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sozopol playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
The attacking power of Sozopol when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Sozopol, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Sozopol has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the contenders faced each other previously this campaign; Sozopol - Spartak Pleven 0-2. Previous five meetings involving these sides: Spartak won one, Sozopol triumphed in three and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Shopov 6 goals | I. Varbanov 3 goals | S. Veselinov Hristov 2 goals |
Spartak Pleven missing players
Sozopol missing players
| Spartak Pleven | Sozopol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 27 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 21 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 36 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 68% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 84% |
| 47% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 53% |
| 32% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 16% |
| 42% | 40% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 53% |
| 42% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 60% | 47% |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9.5 | 10.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 29% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.5 | 9.1 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Sozopol have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sozopol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sozopol have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Second League
- Sozopol have the most conceded goals (21) away 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 less corners away then at home.
- Sozopol is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Spartak Pleven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Spartak Pleven have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sozopol have scored 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 | 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 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | Ludogorets II | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 18 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Montana | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Lovech | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 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 | 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 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -7 | 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 | 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 |
