Another adrenaline-fuelled match in Vtora Liga as Marek welcome Maritsa Plovdiv

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Mon 30.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bonchuk (16050 seats)

Marek believe to sell many tickets for this fixture despite that the season has been strenuous up to now with 7 points and a 14th position in the Vtora Liga table. Visiting Maritsa Plovdiv have 7th place with 13 pts.

Insights:
  • Marek have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have scored more than double the goals of Marek.

Marek and Maritsa Plovdiv should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This pitch has grass, unlike Maritsa Plovdiv's home arena. The former 39 games by the visitors on grass have produced 20 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses.

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Marek form and stats

Marek have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Vtora Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. In general it's been a long time since Marek tasted defeat here at Stadion Bonchuk, as they have taken at least one point from their last 20 home games in the league.

Marek are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 218 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by D. Atanasov).

The fans are hoping that Marek will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-6 away loss in the Vtora Liga game against Etar (placed 5th). Marek were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

In the match before that, Marek hosted CSKA 1948 Sofia II and drew the game 0-0.

Marek has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Marek are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Bonchuk in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Maritsa Plovdiv form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vtora Liga travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Two away games in a row for Maritsa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus CSKA 1948 Sofia II in the Vtora Liga.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 3-5 defeat against Spartak Varna.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Maritsa are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, Maritsa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Maritsa PlovdivM. Tonev
M. Tonev
8 goals
Maritsa PlovdivV. Marchev
V. Marchev
2 goals
MarekA. Bliznakov
A. Bliznakov
1 goals

Marek missing players

Maritsa Plovdiv missing players

Marek Maritsa Plovdiv
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 4 7
1 1 0 Won W 2 3 4
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 3 0 Scored S 6 9 17
11 2 0 Conceded C 3 7 14
71% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 71%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 57%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 43%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 86%
29% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 14%
43% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.3
5.8 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.5 3.9
3.7 4.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 11.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 6 7.7
4 5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.5 4.1
21% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 64% 59%
Key stats in Vtora Liga this season:
  • All of Maritsa Plovdiv's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Marek have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Marek have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have scored more than double the goals of Marek.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hebar 1918 7 5 1 1 13 6 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 3 0 1 7 3 7 16
2 Spartak Varna 7 5 1 1 17 11 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 11 9 6 16
3 FK Minyor Pernik 7 4 3 0 14 7 4 2 2 0 10 6 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 15
4 Strumska slava 7 4 2 1 10 6 4 3 1 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 14
5 Etar 7 4 1 2 19 12 4 3 0 1 14 5 3 1 1 1 5 7 7 13
6 Septemvri Sofia 7 4 1 2 13 8 3 2 0 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 13
7 Maritsa Plovdiv 7 4 1 2 17 14 3 1 1 1 8 7 4 3 0 1 9 7 3 13
8 Ludogorets II 7 3 3 1 14 11 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 1 2 1 6 7 3 12
9 Botev Plovdiv II 7 2 5 0 12 8 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 0 3 0 6 6 4 11
10 Septemvri Simitli 7 3 1 3 14 13 4 2 1 1 10 7 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 10
11 Sozopol 7 2 3 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 9
12 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 0 2 2 1 4 -2 8
13 Montana 7 2 2 3 6 9 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 8
14 Marek 7 1 4 2 5 11 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 0 2 2 2 9 -6 7
15 Sportist Svoge 7 2 0 5 5 10 4 0 0 4 2 7 3 2 0 1 3 3 -5 6
16 Lovech 7 1 2 4 5 7 3 1 0 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 3 5 -2 5
17 Dobrudzha 1919 7 1 1 5 5 11 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 2 6 -6 4
18 Neftohimik 7 1 1 5 7 15 4 1 1 2 6 8 3 0 0 3 1 7 -8 4
19 Levski Lom 7 1 1 5 3 11 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 4 1 10 -8 4
20 Yantra 1919 7 0 3 4 4 12 4 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 1 2 4 9 -8 3

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.