Vtora Liga match prediction and preview for Spartak Varna vs Strumska slava clash

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Spartak (30000 seats)

Game week two of the Vtora Liga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Spartak Varna - Strumska slava preview:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Spartak Varna form and stats

Last season, Spartak Varna's league statistics were 22 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 1st position in the 3. League Northeast. Over these 28 matches they scored 81 goals and conceded 11. Playing at home last season Spartak Varna managed 14-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 46 goals and 1 conceded. Spartak has a nice streak going on as they have played 28 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Shumen 2007 defeat 356 days ago.

Spartak are returning here after visiting Neftohimik in a Vtora Liga game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the 3. League Northeast match versus Ustrem Donchevo with a 3-1 scoreline.

There will be little rest for Spartak after this match as they are travelling to Septemvri Sofia for a Vtora Liga game in only four days.

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Strumska slava form and stats

Let's have a look at how Strumska slava performed last season in the Vtora Liga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 7/23 goals scored/conceded.

Strumska delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Septemvri Sofia (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Vtora Liga game.

A 0-2 defeat away at OFK Pirin before that.

After this away game Strumska return home for a Vtora Liga game against CSKA 1948 Sofia II. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Spartak zero wins, zero draws and Strumska slava two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

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Spartak Varna Strumska slava
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
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% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
43% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Spartak Varna Last season Strumska slava
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   15 30
22 14   Won W   1 8
5 0   Drew D   5 10
1 0   Lost L   9 12
81 46   Scored S   7 31
11 1   Conceded C   23 37
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 83%
82% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 70%
64% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 33%
46% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 20%
21% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 13%
29% 7%   BTTS BTTS   33% 37%
71% 93%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 37%
7% 0%   Failed to Score F T   60% 43%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.8
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.5
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   5.9 7.2
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.2
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sozopol 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Spartak Varna 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Hebar 1918 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Maritsa Plovdiv 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Septemvri Simitli 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Septemvri Sofia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Strumska slava 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Botev Plovdiv II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Etar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FK Minyor Pernik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Levski Lom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lovech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ludogorets II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Marek 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Neftohimik 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Sportist Svoge 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Yantra 1919 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Dobrudzha 1919 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Spartak Varna 28 22 5 1 81 11 14 14 0 0 46 1 14 8 5 1 35 10 70 71
2 Chernomorets Balchik 28 19 3 6 72 28 14 12 1 1 45 10 14 7 2 5 27 18 44 60
3 Septemvri Tervel 28 18 4 6 58 23 14 10 2 2 33 8 14 8 2 4 25 15 35 58
4 Svetkavitsa Targovishte 28 18 1 9 67 25 14 10 1 3 36 10 14 8 0 6 31 15 42 55
5 Dunav 2010 28 16 5 7 60 33 14 10 2 2 37 10 14 6 3 5 23 23 27 53
6 Ludogorets III 28 15 6 7 75 29 14 10 4 0 50 11 14 5 2 7 25 18 46 51
7 Shumen 2007 28 16 2 10 67 36 14 11 1 2 43 11 14 5 1 8 24 25 31 50
8 Chernolomets 28 15 5 8 60 33 14 10 2 2 36 16 14 5 3 6 24 17 27 50
9 Ustrem Donchevo 28 14 2 12 62 48 14 9 1 4 42 16 14 5 1 8 20 32 14 44
10 Dorostol 28 12 2 14 33 50 14 6 2 6 18 26 14 6 0 8 15 24 -17 38
11 Sportist General Toshevo 28 8 2 18 35 85 14 5 1 8 23 29 14 3 1 10 12 56 -50 26
12 Botev Novi Pazar 28 6 3 19 24 66 14 4 2 8 13 20 14 2 1 11 11 46 -42 21
13 Topolite 28 5 1 22 25 75 14 3 0 11 16 35 14 2 1 11 9 40 -50 16
14 Kubrat 28 2 2 24 9 82 14 2 2 10 5 33 14 0 0 14 4 49 -73 8
15 Inter Dobrich 28 2 1 25 22 126 14 1 1 12 14 57 14 1 0 13 8 69 -104 7
16 Benkovski Byala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 OFK Pirin 30 20 5 5 66 26 15 13 1 1 45 10 15 7 4 4 21 16 40 65
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 30 19 5 6 65 30 15 12 1 2 38 12 15 7 4 4 27 18 35 62
3 Septemvri Sofia 30 17 5 8 54 29 15 9 3 3 27 10 15 8 2 5 27 19 25 56
4 Ludogorets II 30 14 8 8 56 38 15 10 3 2 36 16 15 4 5 6 20 22 18 50
5 Sportist Svoge 30 14 7 9 43 36 15 8 4 3 26 12 15 6 3 6 17 24 7 49
6 Hebar 1918 30 13 9 8 50 36 15 8 5 2 30 15 15 5 4 6 20 21 14 48
7 Lovech 30 9 12 9 36 31 15 6 6 3 23 17 15 3 6 6 13 14 5 39
8 Sozopol 30 10 9 11 35 40 15 7 7 1 22 14 15 3 2 10 13 26 -5 39
9 FK Minyor Pernik 30 10 9 11 30 37 15 7 6 2 15 8 15 3 3 9 15 29 -7 39
10 Strumska slava 30 8 10 12 31 37 15 7 5 3 24 14 15 1 5 9 7 23 -6 34
11 Yantra 1919 30 10 4 16 30 47 15 6 2 7 17 19 15 4 2 9 13 28 -17 34
12 Septemvri Simitli 30 9 6 15 34 42 15 7 3 5 25 16 15 2 3 10 9 26 -8 33
13 Kariana Erden 30 9 4 17 29 59 15 5 2 8 18 30 15 4 2 9 11 29 -30 31
14 Dobrudzha 1919 30 7 9 14 28 46 15 7 1 7 19 19 15 0 8 7 9 27 -18 30
15 Neftohimik 30 7 6 17 27 61 15 5 3 7 14 25 15 2 3 10 13 36 -34 27
16 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 30 5 10 15 24 43 15 3 7 5 11 11 15 2 3 10 13 32 -19 25
17 Vitosha Bistritsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.