Early sportsbook lines indicate Spartak Pleven advantage when facing Lovech

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Fri 04.November
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Pleven Stadium (21940 seats)

It's looking good for Spartak Pleven so far this season, with the 2nd spot in the Vtora Liga table and welcoming Lovech (who are sitting at 7th).

Insights:
  • Spartak Pleven have the most scored goals (25) in Vtora Liga
  • Lovech have the most points from losing position (7) in Vtora Liga

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.

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Spartak Pleven form and stats

Spartak Pleven have performed here at Pleven Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 Vtora Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Spartak after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Spartak Pleven are confident in defense, having played 220 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Spartak Pleven's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Lovech (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that, Spartak Pleven had a home game versus Etar which ended with a victory 1-0.

A decent goal production from Spartak in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Spartak Pleven are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pleven Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.

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Lovech form and stats

Lovech have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Vtora Liga, after 2-1-5 (8 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Lovech are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Lovech play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Spartak Pleven (placed 2nd).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Strumska slava.

A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's last 10 league matches have seen two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Lovech in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this match year: Spartak - Lovech 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Spartak Pleven one win, one draw and Lovech zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SpartakP. Antonov
P. Antonov
6 goals
Spartak PlevenV. Shopov
V. Shopov
6 goals
LovechI. Kapitanov
I. Kapitanov
4 goals

Spartak Pleven missing players

Lovech missing players

Spartak Pleven Lovech
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 9 1 Played P 2 8 16
8 6 1 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 1 0 Lost L 2 5 6
25 16 4 Scored S 0 5 18
16 8 0 Conceded C 3 9 14
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 81%
75% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 38% 50%
50% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
31% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 25%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
44% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 31%
44% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
19% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 44%
 
4.5 5.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 4.6 4.9
5.5 5.2 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5 4
2.5 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.5 11.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7 9.6
5.5 6.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.7 3.9
29% 30% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 31%
 
9.9 10.1 18 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8 7.4
4.2 4.5 10 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.9 2.9
Key stats in Vtora Liga this season:
  • Lovech have the most points from losing position (7) in Vtora Liga
  • Spartak Pleven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spartak Pleven have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lovech have scored away.
  • Spartak Pleven have the most points (20) at home in Vtora Liga
  • Spartak Pleven have the most scored goals (16) at home in Vtora Liga
  • Spartak Pleven have the most scored goals (25) in Vtora Liga
  • Spartak Pleven haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 II 15 8 5 2 23 9 8 5 2 1 11 5 7 3 3 1 12 4 14 29
2 Spartak Pleven 16 8 4 4 25 16 9 6 2 1 16 8 7 2 2 3 9 8 9 28
3 Levski Krumovgrad 15 8 3 4 18 13 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 4 2 2 8 6 5 27
4 Etar 15 7 5 3 16 9 7 4 1 2 8 5 8 3 4 1 8 4 7 26
5 Belasitsa 15 7 4 4 16 10 8 5 2 1 9 3 7 2 2 3 7 7 6 25
6 Sportist Svoge 15 7 4 4 23 20 8 3 2 3 13 15 7 4 2 1 10 5 3 25
7 Lovech 16 6 4 6 18 14 8 4 3 1 13 5 8 2 1 5 5 9 4 22
8 Montana 15 6 4 5 17 14 8 5 0 3 14 10 7 1 4 2 3 4 3 22
9 Maritsa Plovdiv 15 6 4 5 15 16 7 5 2 0 10 2 8 1 2 5 5 14 -1 22
10 Ludogorets II 15 6 2 7 12 18 7 5 2 0 9 3 8 1 0 7 3 15 -6 20
11 Dunav 2010 15 5 3 7 23 22 7 3 2 2 12 6 8 2 1 5 11 16 1 18
12 Strumska slava 15 4 6 5 14 21 8 3 2 3 6 11 7 1 4 2 8 10 -7 18
13 FK Minyor Pernik 15 4 5 6 17 16 8 3 3 2 12 7 7 1 2 4 5 9 1 17
14 Yantra 1919 15 3 7 5 10 14 7 2 3 2 5 5 8 1 4 3 5 9 -4 16
15 Vitosha Bistritsa 15 4 4 7 16 21 8 2 4 2 9 8 7 2 0 5 7 13 -5 16
16 Botev Plovdiv II 15 4 3 8 10 19 7 3 2 2 7 6 8 1 1 6 3 13 -9 15
17 Sozopol 15 3 4 8 13 27 7 2 3 2 7 8 8 1 1 6 6 19 -14 13
18 Dobrudzha 1919 15 3 3 9 16 23 7 3 1 3 9 8 8 0 2 6 7 15 -7 12

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.