Strumska slava duels with Montana in Vtora Liga battle

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion (5000 seats)

Sneaking up on the top teams is at stake when these mid-table teams fight it out. Both are aiming to improve their league status, Strumska slava in 7th and Montana in 8th place.

Insights:
  • Strumska slava have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Vtora Liga
  • Montana have the most matches under the total-line (12) 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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Strumska slava form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 Vtora Liga games here at Gradski stadion for Strumska slava. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Strumska slava lost their last game at Sportist Svoge (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Before that, Strumska had a home game versus Botev Plovdiv II which ended with a victory 1-0.

Strumska slava has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Strumska slava have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Montana form and stats

As the visiting team in Vtora Liga matches, Montana have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Montana hope to make it five in this match.

The Montana goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

S. Tsonkov, L. Martis, M. Ouamri, R. Krastev and V. Tsekov (2) scored in Montana's previous match, the home game against Neftohimik that ended 7-0. As mentioned above, Montana was the only team on the pitch versus Neftohimik in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Marek.

Montana find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Montana in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding six meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Strumska, two draws and two wins for Montana. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

StrumskaB. Nikolov
B. Nikolov
6 goals
MontanaY. Yordanov
Y. Yordanov
5 goals
Strumska slavaA. Asparuhov
A. Asparuhov
4 goals

Strumska slava missing players

Montana missing players

Strumska slava Montana
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 7 16
8 5 2 Won W 1 2 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 2 0 Lost L 2 3 5
18 8 2 Scored S 4 7 22
17 6 0 Conceded C 6 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 38% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 62%
31% 12% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 29% 25%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 19%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 12%
44% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 44%
38% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 25%
 
4.3 5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.7 5.2
4.1 3.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.4 3
2.3 2.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.9 6.1 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 5.9 9.1
3.1 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.4 4
36% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 34%
 
7.2 4.4 2.5 Shots against (avg) S A 4 6.1 5.4
2.9 2 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3 2.7
Key stats in Vtora Liga this season:
  • Montana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Montana have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Vtora Liga
  • Montana have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Montana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strumska slava have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Vtora Liga
  • Strumska slava haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 12 1 3 43 17 9 8 0 1 29 6 7 4 1 2 14 11 26 37
2 Hebar 1918 16 12 1 3 29 11 8 7 1 0 19 4 8 5 0 3 10 7 18 37
3 FK Minyor Pernik 16 10 5 1 25 12 9 6 3 0 17 7 7 4 2 1 8 5 13 35
4 Spartak Varna 16 10 3 3 29 19 7 6 1 0 13 5 9 4 2 3 16 14 10 33
5 Septemvri Sofia 16 10 1 5 37 16 7 6 0 1 25 7 9 4 1 4 12 9 21 31
6 Ludogorets II 16 8 3 5 33 24 7 5 1 1 18 7 9 3 2 4 15 17 9 27
7 Strumska slava 16 8 3 5 18 17 8 5 1 2 8 6 8 3 2 3 10 11 1 27
8 Montana 16 7 4 5 22 15 9 5 2 2 15 6 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 25
9 Sportist Svoge 16 8 1 7 14 18 9 3 1 5 8 11 7 5 0 2 6 7 -4 25
10 Maritsa Plovdiv 15 7 3 5 29 24 6 3 2 1 15 10 9 4 1 4 14 14 5 24
11 Sozopol 16 4 6 6 16 20 9 4 3 2 13 8 7 0 3 4 3 12 -4 18
12 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 16 5 3 8 17 22 7 4 0 3 13 11 9 1 3 5 4 11 -5 18
13 Botev Plovdiv II 16 4 5 7 16 22 9 4 2 3 9 9 7 0 3 4 7 13 -6 17
14 Lovech 16 3 7 6 15 16 7 2 2 3 5 4 9 1 5 3 10 12 -1 16
15 Marek 16 3 7 6 9 18 8 3 4 1 7 5 8 0 3 5 2 13 -9 16
16 Dobrudzha 1919 16 3 5 8 14 24 7 1 2 4 8 10 9 2 3 4 6 14 -10 14
17 Yantra 1919 16 3 5 8 12 22 9 3 3 3 6 6 7 0 2 5 6 16 -10 14
18 Septemvri Simitli 16 3 5 8 20 33 9 2 4 3 14 14 7 1 1 5 6 19 -13 14
19 Levski Lom 15 2 1 12 9 26 7 1 1 5 6 10 8 1 0 7 3 16 -17 7
20 Neftohimik 16 1 3 12 12 43 8 1 3 4 10 15 8 0 0 8 2 28 -31 6

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.