Vtora Liga: Maritsa Plovdiv - Lovech pre-match guide and all the data

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Maritsa (8000 seats)

Game week two of the Vtora Liga season and the sides have learned from the first fixture. Here's the Maritsa Plovdiv - Lovech guide:

This has all the signs of an exciting match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Maritsa Plovdiv form and stats

The previous season, Maritsa Plovdiv's league results were 14 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, producing 9th position in the Vtora Liga. During these 36 matches they scored 51 goals and gave away 48. Performing as the home side in the previous season Maritsa Plovdiv managed 9-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 21 conceded.

Maritsa Plovdiv lost their last game at Spartak Pleven (placed 2nd) after a 0-4 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Maritsa suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

2-2 away at Botev Plovdiv II before that.

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Lovech form and stats

Let's have a look at how Lovech performed last season in the Vtora Liga: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 22/29 goals scored/conceded.

Lovech might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dunav 2010 proved too strong as Lovech slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Gradski stadion. That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Sozopol.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - two - two (Maritsa wins - draws - Lovech wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Maritsa Plovdiv missing players

Lovech missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maritsa Plovdiv Lovech
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
10 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Maritsa Plovdiv Last season Lovech
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
14 9   Won W   4 12
8 5   Drew D   6 9
14 4   Lost L   8 15
51 32   Scored S   22 41
48 21   Conceded C   29 42
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
81% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 67%
47% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 47%
31% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 19%
11% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 6%
56% 67%   BTTS BTTS   72% 47%
25% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 28%
22% 6%   Failed to Score F T   22% 33%
 
3.2 3.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.7
4 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 4.8
2.6 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.3
3 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
6.9 8   Shots (avg) S (   5.5 8.5
3.1 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.4
40% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 30%
 
8 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 8.8
3.2 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FK Minyor Pernik 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Spartak Pleven 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Dunav 2010 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Levski Krumovgrad 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Strumska slava 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Belasitsa 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Etar 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Vitosha Bistritsa 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yantra 1919 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Dobrudzha 1919 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Botev Plovdiv II 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Montana 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Lovech 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Sozopol 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Sportist Svoge 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Ludogorets II 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Maritsa Plovdiv 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
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 Septemvri Sofia 36 21 7 8 77 35 18 14 2 2 50 18 18 7 5 6 27 17 42 70
2 Spartak Varna 36 21 7 8 64 39 18 13 3 2 32 13 18 8 4 6 32 26 25 70
3 Hebar 1918 36 22 4 10 54 33 18 14 3 1 33 11 18 8 1 9 21 22 21 70
4 Etar 36 21 5 10 69 42 18 13 0 5 42 18 18 8 5 5 27 24 27 68
5 FK Minyor Pernik 36 18 9 9 50 35 18 12 4 2 32 13 18 6 5 7 18 22 15 63
6 Ludogorets II 36 18 7 11 70 48 18 12 4 2 44 18 18 6 3 9 26 30 22 61
7 Montana 36 15 13 8 39 31 18 8 7 3 17 12 18 7 6 5 22 19 8 58
8 Strumska slava 36 15 9 12 40 37 18 9 3 6 18 13 18 6 6 6 22 24 3 54
9 Maritsa Plovdiv 36 14 8 14 51 48 18 9 5 4 32 21 18 5 3 10 19 27 3 50
10 Sportist Svoge 36 13 9 14 38 46 18 5 7 6 19 23 18 8 2 8 19 23 -8 48
11 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 36 12 9 15 53 50 18 10 2 6 34 22 18 2 7 9 19 28 3 45
12 Lovech 36 12 9 15 41 42 18 8 3 7 19 13 18 4 6 8 22 29 -1 45
13 Dobrudzha 1919 36 11 12 13 39 45 18 6 6 6 25 22 18 5 6 7 14 23 -6 45
14 Yantra 1919 36 10 10 16 30 46 18 7 6 5 17 13 18 3 4 11 13 33 -16 40
15 Sozopol 36 9 12 15 40 56 18 8 6 4 25 23 18 1 6 11 15 33 -16 39
16 Botev Plovdiv II 36 8 14 14 34 47 18 7 8 3 25 17 18 1 6 11 9 30 -13 38
17 Marek 36 8 12 16 29 46 18 7 6 5 21 18 18 1 6 11 8 28 -17 36
18 Septemvri Simitli 36 8 9 19 41 68 18 5 5 8 27 29 18 3 4 11 14 39 -27 33
19 Levski Lom 36 1 5 30 12 77 18 0 5 13 8 34 18 1 0 17 4 43 -65 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 FK Minyor Pernik 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Spartak Pleven 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Dunav 2010 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Levski Krumovgrad 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Strumska slava 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Belasitsa 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Etar 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Vitosha Bistritsa 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yantra 1919 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Dobrudzha 1919 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Botev Plovdiv II 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Montana 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Lovech 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Sozopol 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Sportist Svoge 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Ludogorets II 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Maritsa Plovdiv 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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.