It's early days in the Vtora Liga and both Lovech and Sportist Svoge are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Lovech form and stats
The hosts won their first Vtora Liga game here at Gradski stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Lovech last season were 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from 10 games.
Lovech are returning here after visiting Ludogorets II in a Vtora Liga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sozopol in a game that was won 3-2.
Early season league goal statistics from Lovech's 1 home game: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Sportist Svoge form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vtora Liga travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The supporters enjoyed Sportist's previous game versus Dobrudzha 1919 (placed 15th), a Vtora Liga 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FK Minyor Pernik wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
Sportist Svoge have the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Zhivkov 2 goals | D. Bonev 1 goals |  I. Harizanov 1 goals |
Lovech missing players
Sportist Svoge missing players
| Lovech | Sportist Svoge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 5.3 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | 8 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 13 | 35 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 36% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| Lovech | Last season | Sportist Svoge | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 85% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 78% | ||
| 35% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 61% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 25% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 50% | ||
| 55% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | ||
| 35% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 22% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 210 | 125 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 93 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | FK Minyor Pernik | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Septemvri Simitli | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Ludogorets II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Lovech | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Yantra 1919 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Hebar 1918 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Septemvri Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Kariana Erden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | OFK Pirin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Sportist Svoge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Sozopol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Strumska slava | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Neftohimik | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 41 | 55 |
| 2 | Septemvri Sofia | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 28 | 52 |
| 3 | Montana | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 45 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 42 |
| 5 | Neftohimik | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Hebar 1918 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Lovech | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 32 |
| 8 | Kariana Erden | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 10 | OFK Pirin | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Botev Galabovo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 12 | Ludogorets II | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 27 |
| 13 | Strumska slava | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 14 | Chernomorets Balchik | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -12 | 22 |
| 15 | Spartak Varna | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 26 | -33 | 13 |
| 16 | Spartak Pleven | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 10 |
| 17 | Pomorie | 30 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 40 | -57 | 6 |