Evenly matched teams: Strumska slava vs Ludogorets II match preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Mon 14.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (5000 seats)

Things are looking good for Strumska slava so far, with their 6th spot in the Vtora Liga table and looking forward to facing Ludogorets II (who are placed 7th).

Insights:
  • Strumska slava is in the best form (4-2-0) in Vtora Liga
  • Ludogorets II have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Vtora Liga

It's no vacation for neither Strumska slava nor Ludogorets II 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.

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Strumska slava form and stats

Strumska slava have played 14 Vtora Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Gradski stadion.

Strumska's last game was hosting Ludogorets II (placed 7th) and winning 2-1.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Levski Lom that finished 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Strumska slava have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost zero.

The Strumska slava fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. Strumska slava have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ludogorets II form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Ludogorets II playing as the away team in the Vtora Liga this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Ludogorets have lost on their last two travels.

There might be some fixture complaints from Ludogorets II as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Strumska slava.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Montana wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Ludogorets in our archives, and the results are: one win for Ludogorets II, one draw and four defeats.

Ludogorets II are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ludogorets have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Strumska slava - Ludogorets II 2-1 was the product when these two participants last did battle, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Strumska slava victories, one draw and four Ludogorets II wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Strumska slavaB. Nikolov
B. Nikolov
10 goals
Ludogorets IIV. Sevdalinov Naydenov
V. Sevdalinov Naydenov
8 goals
Strumska slavaA. Asparuhov
A. Asparuhov
6 goals

Strumska slava missing players

Ludogorets II missing players

Strumska slava Ludogorets II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 14 4 Played P 3 14 26
13 8 2 Won W 1 4 12
5 2 1 Drew D 0 3 6
8 4 1 Lost L 2 7 8
31 16 2 Scored S 5 19 48
25 10 1 Conceded C 7 23 34
96% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
62% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 77%
35% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 65%
15% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 42%
8% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 23%
42% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 79% 69%
38% 57% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 19%
23% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 15%
 
4.5 5.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.7 4.2
3.8 3.3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.7 5.5
2.2 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7 6.1 2.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 6 7.7
3.2 3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 4
38% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 37% 47%
 
6.2 4.4 3.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 8.3 8.6
2.7 2.2 0.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Vtora Liga this season:
  • Ludogorets II have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Vtora Liga
  • Ludogorets II have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Vtora Liga
  • Ludogorets II have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Vtora Liga
  • Ludogorets II have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Vtora Liga
  • Strumska slava have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Vtora Liga
  • Strumska slava is in the best form (4-2-0) in Vtora Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Etar 27 17 5 5 56 27 13 10 1 2 33 10 14 7 4 3 23 17 29 56
2 Spartak Varna 26 16 5 5 46 27 13 10 2 1 24 9 13 6 3 4 22 18 19 53
3 Hebar 1918 26 15 4 7 35 22 13 9 3 1 21 8 13 6 1 6 14 14 13 49
4 FK Minyor Pernik 27 13 10 4 35 23 13 8 4 1 23 10 14 5 6 3 12 13 12 49
5 Septemvri Sofia 26 14 5 7 52 27 13 10 1 2 37 14 13 4 4 5 15 13 25 47
6 Strumska slava 26 13 5 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 16 10 12 5 3 4 15 15 6 44
7 Ludogorets II 26 12 6 8 48 34 12 8 3 1 29 11 14 4 3 7 19 23 14 42
8 Montana 27 11 9 7 26 21 14 5 6 3 10 8 13 6 3 4 16 13 5 42
9 Maritsa Plovdiv 26 11 7 8 39 31 13 7 4 2 26 14 13 4 3 6 13 17 8 40
10 Sportist Svoge 27 11 4 12 24 33 14 5 3 6 13 17 13 6 1 6 11 16 -9 37
11 Sozopol 27 7 11 9 28 32 14 7 5 2 21 11 13 0 6 7 7 21 -4 32
12 Yantra 1919 27 7 8 12 20 33 13 5 5 3 11 7 14 2 3 9 9 26 -13 29
13 Botev Plovdiv II 27 6 10 11 23 34 14 5 6 3 14 10 13 1 4 8 9 24 -11 28
14 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 26 7 6 13 29 37 14 6 2 6 22 20 12 1 4 7 7 17 -8 27
15 Dobrudzha 1919 26 5 11 10 22 34 12 2 4 6 14 17 14 3 7 4 8 17 -12 26
16 Septemvri Simitli 27 5 10 12 30 47 13 4 5 4 20 19 14 1 5 8 10 28 -17 25
17 Lovech 26 5 9 12 24 33 13 4 3 6 10 11 13 1 6 6 14 22 -9 24
18 Marek 26 4 11 11 14 30 13 4 6 3 11 9 13 0 5 8 3 21 -16 23
19 Neftohimik 16 0 16 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 16
20 Levski Lom 26 1 6 19 12 44 13 0 6 7 8 16 13 1 0 12 4 28 -32 9

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.