It's early days in the Vtora Liga and both Neftohimik and Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 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.
It's no vacation for neither Neftohimik nor Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Neftohimik form and stats
Neftohimik lost their last game at Septemvri Simitli (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that, Neftohimik played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa.
The game against Septemvri Simitli was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.
There will be little rest for Neftohimik after this match as they are travelling to FK Minyor Pernik for a Vtora Liga game in only four days.
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Vtora Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 11 matches.
The Lokomotiv goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 570 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Lokomotiv had fun at their own home (Stadion Lazur) last time out, beating Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sportist Svoge at their stadium, the result 2-0.
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Neftohimik won zero, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 won two and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Stanchev 1 goals | V. Valentinov Nikolov 1 goals | S. Dikov 1 goals |
Neftohimik missing players
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 missing players
| Neftohimik | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 8.5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 38 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 24% |
| Neftohimik | Last season | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 25% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 45% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 27% | ||
| 35% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 59% | ||
| 25% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 18% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 183 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 134 | 250 | ||
| 77 | 42 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 106 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 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 Simitli | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Ludogorets II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | OFK Pirin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | FK Minyor Pernik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Kariana Erden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Lovech | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Yantra 1919 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Hebar 1918 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Strumska slava | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sozopol | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Neftohimik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Septemvri Sofia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Sportist Svoge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 | 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 |