Soccer betting preview: Lovech welcomes Hebar 1918 in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (21940 seats)

Vtora Liga: Two participants in decent shape get together for this fixture. Hebar 1918 have a wee edge with their 4th position in the league table?

Insights:
  • Lovech have won significantly more corners at home than away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lovech and Hebar 1918.

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Lovech form and stats

The story so far in the Vtora Liga for Lovech at their home stadium (Gradski stadion) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. After failing to beat Strumska slava here at Gradski stadion, Lovech has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A nice win for Lovech last time playing, versus Hebar 1918. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Ludogorets II with a 2-1 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lovech have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost four.

The Lovech fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 15 matches. Lovech are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gradski stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hebar 1918 form and stats

6-1-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hebar 1918 in their Vtora Liga matches away. It's all red in the travel logs of Hebar 1918, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Hebar 1918 are travelling again after losing away to Lovech in their previous match (0-2).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Maritsa Plovdiv.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Hebar 1918 in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hebar 1918, zero draws and three defeats.

Hebar 1918 have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have fought earlier this season: Lovech - Hebar 1918 2-0. (Lovech) was sent off by the referee when these teams met earlier this season. Last five meetings between these contenders: Lovech won two, Hebar 1918 were winners in two and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last five encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Hebar 1918Z. Petkov
Z. Petkov
10 goals
Hebar 1918E. Manev
E. Manev
9 goals
LovechI. Kapitanov
I. Kapitanov
7 goals

Lovech missing players

Hebar 1918 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lovech Hebar 1918
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 6 16 31
9 7 1 Won W 1 6 17
8 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
13 6 3 Lost L 4 9 10
32 16 3 Scored S 6 16 42
36 12 5 Conceded C 11 21 31
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 97%
67% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 68%
43% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 39%
17% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 31% 23%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
53% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 42%
23% 47% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 31% 39%
30% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 23%
 
3.7 4.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.5 4.9
4.9 3.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.8 3.4
2.4 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 3.2 2.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
8.6 11.7 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.3 9.5
3.4 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.7 3.8
31% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 27% 35%
 
8.9 7.3 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 7.1 5.7
4 3.3 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Vtora Liga this season:
  • Lovech 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 Septemvri Sofia 32 19 5 8 67 33 16 13 1 2 46 17 16 6 4 6 21 16 34 62
2 Etar 31 18 5 8 61 35 15 11 0 4 36 14 16 7 5 4 25 21 26 59
3 Spartak Varna 30 18 5 7 54 32 15 11 2 2 27 11 15 7 3 5 27 21 22 59
4 Hebar 1918 31 17 4 10 42 31 15 11 3 1 26 10 16 6 1 9 16 21 11 55
5 Montana 32 15 10 7 36 26 16 8 5 3 16 11 16 7 5 4 20 15 10 55
6 Strumska slava 32 15 7 10 37 31 17 9 3 5 18 12 15 6 4 5 19 19 6 52
7 FK Minyor Pernik 30 14 9 7 38 30 15 9 4 2 24 13 15 5 5 5 14 17 8 51
8 Ludogorets II 30 14 7 9 56 41 15 9 4 2 35 17 15 5 3 7 21 24 15 49
9 Maritsa Plovdiv 31 13 7 11 46 39 16 8 5 3 29 17 15 5 2 8 17 22 7 46
10 Sportist Svoge 32 12 6 14 31 40 16 5 5 6 14 18 16 7 1 8 17 22 -9 42
11 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 30 10 7 13 42 42 15 8 1 6 28 21 15 2 6 7 14 21 0 37
12 Sozopol 31 8 12 11 35 41 15 7 6 2 23 13 16 1 6 9 12 28 -6 36
13 Lovech 30 9 8 13 32 36 15 7 2 6 16 12 15 2 6 7 16 24 -4 35
14 Yantra 1919 30 8 9 13 25 40 15 6 6 3 15 10 15 2 3 10 10 30 -15 33
15 Botev Plovdiv II 31 7 11 13 28 39 15 6 6 3 19 12 16 1 5 10 9 27 -11 32
16 Dobrudzha 1919 29 6 12 11 24 36 15 3 6 6 16 18 14 3 6 5 8 18 -12 30
17 Septemvri Simitli 31 7 9 15 36 57 15 4 5 6 22 25 16 3 4 9 14 32 -21 30
18 Marek 31 5 12 14 18 38 16 5 6 5 14 15 15 0 6 9 4 23 -20 27
19 Levski Lom 28 1 5 22 12 53 14 0 5 9 8 22 14 1 0 13 4 31 -41 8
20 Neftohimik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  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 32 19 5 8 67 33 16 13 1 2 46 17 16 6 4 6 21 16 34 62
2 Etar 31 18 5 8 61 35 15 11 0 4 36 14 16 7 5 4 25 21 26 59
3 Spartak Varna 30 18 5 7 54 32 15 11 2 2 27 11 15 7 3 5 27 21 22 59
4 Hebar 1918 31 17 4 10 42 31 15 11 3 1 26 10 16 6 1 9 16 21 11 55
5 Montana 32 15 10 7 36 26 16 8 5 3 16 11 16 7 5 4 20 15 10 55
6 Strumska slava 32 15 7 10 37 31 17 9 3 5 18 12 15 6 4 5 19 19 6 52
7 FK Minyor Pernik 30 14 9 7 38 30 15 9 4 2 24 13 15 5 5 5 14 17 8 51
8 Ludogorets II 30 14 7 9 56 41 15 9 4 2 35 17 15 5 3 7 21 24 15 49
9 Maritsa Plovdiv 31 13 7 11 46 39 16 8 5 3 29 17 15 5 2 8 17 22 7 46
10 Sportist Svoge 32 12 6 14 31 40 16 5 5 6 14 18 16 7 1 8 17 22 -9 42
11 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 30 10 7 13 42 42 15 8 1 6 28 21 15 2 6 7 14 21 0 37
12 Sozopol 31 8 12 11 35 41 15 7 6 2 23 13 16 1 6 9 12 28 -6 36
13 Lovech 30 9 8 13 32 36 15 7 2 6 16 12 15 2 6 7 16 24 -4 35
14 Yantra 1919 30 8 9 13 25 40 15 6 6 3 15 10 15 2 3 10 10 30 -15 33
15 Botev Plovdiv II 31 7 11 13 28 39 15 6 6 3 19 12 16 1 5 10 9 27 -11 32
16 Dobrudzha 1919 29 6 12 11 24 36 15 3 6 6 16 18 14 3 6 5 8 18 -12 30
17 Septemvri Simitli 31 7 9 15 36 57 15 4 5 6 22 25 16 3 4 9 14 32 -21 30
18 Marek 31 5 12 14 18 38 16 5 6 5 14 15 15 0 6 9 4 23 -20 27
19 Levski Lom 28 1 5 22 12 53 14 0 5 9 8 22 14 1 0 13 4 31 -41 8
20 Neftohimik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.