Spartak Varna vs Maritsa Plovdiv preview for betting prediction

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Competition: Bulgaria Second League
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Spartak (30000 seats)

A vital game in Second League as both teams are challenging for the top spots. With Spartak Varna in 3rd position and Maritsa Plovdiv located at 6th, this promises to be an exciting fight. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Spartak Varna have the most points (15) at home in Second League
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Second League

This stadium has grass, unlike Maritsa Plovdiv's home ground. The latest 21 games by the guests on grass have given 2 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses.

It's no vacation for neither Spartak Varna nor Maritsa Plovdiv 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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Spartak Varna form and stats

The story so far in the Second League for Spartak Varna at their home stadium (Stadion Spartak) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. After failing to beat CSKA 1948 Sofia II here at Stadion Spartak, Spartak Varna has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The Spartak goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 223 minutes without conceding a goal in the Second League.

Spartak Varna's last game was hosting Maritsa Plovdiv (placed 6th) and winning 2-0.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Marek in a game that was won 4-0.

A betting fact: This side have finished 7 league matches in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.

As for guarding their own goal, Spartak Varna have only let in {1 goals} at home.

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Maritsa Plovdiv form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Second League.

Maritsa Plovdiv play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Spartak Varna (placed 3rd). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.

Before that, Maritsa secured a home win against Belasitsa with the score 2-0.

The attacking power of Maritsa Plovdiv when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. The Maritsa Plovdiv manager Dimitrov has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Spartak have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) facing Maritsa Plovdiv.

Spartak Varna - Maritsa Plovdiv 2-0 was the score in these squads' previous h2h match, played this season. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Maritsa PlovdivS. Malamov
S. Malamov
4 goals
Maritsa PlovdivV. Domovchiyski
V. Domovchiyski
4 goals
Maritsa PlovdivV. Marchev
V. Marchev
4 goals

Spartak Varna missing players

Maritsa Plovdiv missing players

Spartak Varna Maritsa Plovdiv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 5 2 Played P 1 4 8
5 5 2 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
10 10 5 Scored S 1 3 13
5 1 0 Conceded C 4 9 14
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
25% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 62%
12% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 25%
12% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 62%
62% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
38% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
6.2 7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.5 5.5
2 2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 8 5.9
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11 11 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 5.2 7.8
4.9 5.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 2.8
26% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 59%
 
4.5 3.8 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 15.8 12.2
1.6 0.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 8.2 5.6
Key stats in Second League this season:
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Second League
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spartak Varna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spartak Varna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Spartak Varna have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Maritsa Plovdiv have scored away.
  • Spartak Varna have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Spartak Varna have the most points (15) at home in Second League
  • Spartak Varna have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Second League
  • Spartak Varna have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Spartak Varna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Spartak Varna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Septemvri Sofia 8 6 0 2 15 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 3 0 1 9 7 5 18
2 Yantra 1919 8 5 1 2 15 9 4 4 0 0 12 6 4 1 1 2 3 3 6 16
3 Spartak Varna 8 5 1 2 10 5 5 5 0 0 10 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 5 16
4 Montana 8 4 3 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 15
5 Marek 8 4 3 1 6 5 4 2 2 0 3 1 4 2 1 1 3 4 1 15
6 Maritsa Plovdiv 8 4 1 3 13 14 4 3 1 0 10 5 4 1 0 3 3 9 -1 13
7 Dobrudzha 1919 7 3 3 1 10 6 4 3 1 0 7 0 3 0 2 1 3 6 4 12
8 Dunav 2010 8 3 3 2 8 9 4 0 2 2 3 8 4 3 1 0 5 1 -1 12
9 Strumska slava 8 3 2 3 12 10 4 2 1 1 8 6 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 11
10 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 8 3 2 3 10 9 4 2 0 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 11
11 Chernomorets 1919 Burgas 7 2 4 1 8 8 4 1 2 1 3 4 3 1 2 0 5 4 0 10
12 Spartak Pleven 8 3 0 5 10 11 4 2 0 2 7 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 -1 9
13 Belasitsa 8 2 2 4 7 8 5 2 2 1 6 3 3 0 0 3 1 5 -1 8
14 Ludogorets II 8 2 2 4 7 9 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 0 2 3 4 7 -2 8
15 Sportist Svoge 8 1 3 4 9 13 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 0 1 3 4 9 -4 6
16 Lovech 8 1 3 4 6 14 3 0 2 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 5 12 -8 6
17 Bdin 8 1 2 5 4 8 5 1 1 3 2 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -4 5
18 Chernomorets Balchik 8 1 1 6 4 10 3 1 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 5 1 9 -6 4

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.