Maritsa Plovdiv vs Levski Lom: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Vtora Liga
Competition: Tue 16.November
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Maritsa (8000 seats)

In total; 16 league matches are played and Maritsa Plovdiv are 19 points in front of Levski Lom. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Levski Lom have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Maritsa Plovdiv form and stats

Maritsa Plovdiv are steadily winning Vtora Liga games and points here at Stadion Maritsa. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Maritsa after three straight home wins.

A nice win for Maritsa last time playing, versus Etar. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at FK Minyor Pernik.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 7 games), Maritsa Plovdiv's attacking play is working. Maritsa have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Levski Lom form and stats

Levski Lom have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Vtora Liga, after 1-0-7 (8 played).

Levski Lom's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Septemvri Simitli that finished 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Hebar 1918's place.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Levski Lom's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 8 matches. The Levski manager I. Vasilev has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MaritsaM. Tonev
M. Tonev
15 goals
Maritsa PlovdivV. Marchev
V. Marchev
4 goals
Maritsa PlovdivV. Domovchiyski
V. Domovchiyski
3 goals

Maritsa Plovdiv missing players

Levski Lom missing players

Maritsa Plovdiv Levski Lom
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
8 4 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
5 1 0 Lost L 3 7 12
31 17 4 Scored S 1 3 10
24 10 2 Conceded C 7 16 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
56% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 50%
50% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
19% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
75% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 38%
12% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 62% 50%
 
4.5 4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.1 3.8
3.5 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 3.9
3 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.3 7.6 1 Shots (avg) S ( 5 4.1 4.4
3.2 3.6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 1.9 1.7
57% 61% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 23% 38%
 
6.5 8.8 1 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 7.4 5.7
2.7 3.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 3.4
Key stats in Vtora Liga this season:
  • All of Maritsa Plovdiv's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Levski Lom have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Levski Lom have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Levski Lom have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Levski Lom haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv have scored more than double the goals of Levski Lom.
  • Maritsa Plovdiv 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 FK Minyor Pernik 17 11 5 1 28 12 9 6 3 0 17 7 8 5 2 1 11 5 16 38
2 Etar 17 12 1 4 43 19 9 8 0 1 29 6 8 4 1 3 14 13 24 37
3 Hebar 1918 17 12 1 4 30 14 8 7 1 0 19 4 9 5 0 4 11 10 16 37
4 Spartak Varna 17 11 3 3 32 19 8 7 1 0 16 5 9 4 2 3 16 14 13 36
5 Septemvri Sofia 17 10 1 6 37 19 8 6 0 2 25 10 9 4 1 4 12 9 18 31
6 Ludogorets II 17 9 3 5 36 25 8 6 1 1 21 8 9 3 2 4 15 17 11 30
7 Montana 17 8 4 5 23 15 9 5 2 2 15 6 8 3 2 3 8 9 8 28
8 Sportist Svoge 17 9 1 7 17 18 9 3 1 5 8 11 8 6 0 2 9 7 -1 28
9 Maritsa Plovdiv 16 8 3 5 31 24 7 4 2 1 17 10 9 4 1 4 14 14 7 27
10 Strumska slava 17 8 3 6 18 18 9 5 1 3 8 7 8 3 2 3 10 11 0 27
11 Sozopol 17 4 7 6 17 21 9 4 3 2 13 8 8 0 4 4 4 13 -4 19
12 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 17 5 4 8 18 23 8 4 1 3 14 12 9 1 3 5 4 11 -5 19
13 Botev Plovdiv II 17 4 5 8 16 25 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 3 5 7 16 -9 17
14 Yantra 1919 17 4 5 8 13 22 9 3 3 3 6 6 8 1 2 5 7 16 -9 17
15 Lovech 17 3 7 7 15 19 8 2 2 4 5 7 9 1 5 3 10 12 -4 16
16 Marek 16 3 7 6 9 18 8 3 4 1 7 5 8 0 3 5 2 13 -9 16
17 Septemvri Simitli 17 3 6 8 21 34 9 2 4 3 14 14 8 1 2 5 7 20 -13 15
18 Dobrudzha 1919 17 3 5 9 14 25 8 1 2 5 8 11 9 2 3 4 6 14 -11 14
19 Levski Lom 16 2 2 12 10 27 8 1 2 5 7 11 8 1 0 7 3 16 -17 8
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.