Lovech club members want points in home fixture against Maritsa Plovdiv

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (21940 seats)

Maritsa Plovdiv know they are going on a back-breaking excursion to Lovech and their Gradski stadion. This guide has all the information you need before the game.

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

This pitch has grass, which is not Maritsa Plovdiv's normal surface at their own football field. When appearing on grass Maritsa Plovdiv have performed like this: Played 33 matches producing 19 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats with the goal numbers 60-37 (scored/conceded).

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Lovech form and stats

Lovech have played 13 Vtora Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-6 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Zhelev led his Lovech to a defeat away at CSKA 1948 Sofia II. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gradski stadion.

Ahead of that match, Lovech won a home game hosting Spartak Varna (2-1).

Lovech have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Lovech have conceded only 11 goals.

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Maritsa Plovdiv form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Vtora Liga.

Maritsa go into this game after a win, the home game against Marek that ended 3-0.

A draw for Maritsa Plovdiv before that, at their own venue hosting CSKA 1948 Sofia II (1-1).

17 goals have been conceded by Maritsa Plovdiv in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played previously this season: Maritsa Plovdiv - Lovech 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Lovech one win, two draws and Maritsa Plovdiv zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Maritsa PlovdivM. Tonev
M. Tonev
17 goals
LovechI. Kapitanov
I. Kapitanov
6 goals
Maritsa PlovdivV. Domovchiyski
V. Domovchiyski
6 goals

Lovech missing players

Maritsa Plovdiv missing players

Lovech Maritsa Plovdiv
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 5 13 26
5 4 2 Won W 1 4 11
9 3 0 Drew D 2 3 7
12 6 3 Lost L 2 6 8
24 10 6 Scored S 5 13 39
33 11 5 Conceded C 6 17 31
88% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 85% 92%
65% 46% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 77%
42% 38% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 46% 46%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 31%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
54% 23% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 46% 58%
23% 46% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 31%
35% 54% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 19%
 
3.9 4.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.5 3.9
5 3.3 1.6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.8 3.9
2.3 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.5 12 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.1 6.9
3.2 4.2 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.6 3.1
28% 16% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 45%
 
8.8 7.2 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 3.2 6.1 7.4
3.8 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.8 3
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 Etar 27 17 5 5 56 27 13 10 1 2 33 10 14 7 4 3 23 17 29 56
2 Spartak Varna 26 16 5 5 46 27 13 10 2 1 24 9 13 6 3 4 22 18 19 53
3 Hebar 1918 26 15 4 7 35 22 13 9 3 1 21 8 13 6 1 6 14 14 13 49
4 FK Minyor Pernik 27 13 10 4 35 23 13 8 4 1 23 10 14 5 6 3 12 13 12 49
5 Septemvri Sofia 26 14 5 7 52 27 13 10 1 2 37 14 13 4 4 5 15 13 25 47
6 Strumska slava 26 13 5 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 16 10 12 5 3 4 15 15 6 44
7 Ludogorets II 26 12 6 8 48 34 12 8 3 1 29 11 14 4 3 7 19 23 14 42
8 Montana 27 11 9 7 26 21 14 5 6 3 10 8 13 6 3 4 16 13 5 42
9 Maritsa Plovdiv 26 11 7 8 39 31 13 7 4 2 26 14 13 4 3 6 13 17 8 40
10 Sportist Svoge 27 11 4 12 24 33 14 5 3 6 13 17 13 6 1 6 11 16 -9 37
11 Sozopol 27 7 11 9 28 32 14 7 5 2 21 11 13 0 6 7 7 21 -4 32
12 Yantra 1919 27 7 8 12 20 33 13 5 5 3 11 7 14 2 3 9 9 26 -13 29
13 Botev Plovdiv II 27 6 10 11 23 34 14 5 6 3 14 10 13 1 4 8 9 24 -11 28
14 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 26 7 6 13 29 37 14 6 2 6 22 20 12 1 4 7 7 17 -8 27
15 Dobrudzha 1919 26 5 11 10 22 34 12 2 4 6 14 17 14 3 7 4 8 17 -12 26
16 Septemvri Simitli 27 5 10 12 30 47 13 4 5 4 20 19 14 1 5 8 10 28 -17 25
17 Lovech 26 5 9 12 24 33 13 4 3 6 10 11 13 1 6 6 14 22 -9 24
18 Marek 26 4 11 11 14 30 13 4 6 3 11 9 13 0 5 8 3 21 -16 23
19 Neftohimik 16 0 16 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 16
20 Levski Lom 26 1 6 19 12 44 13 0 6 7 8 16 13 1 0 12 4 28 -32 9

Read more about Vtora Liga

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.