Botev Vratsa vs Beroe Stara Zagora Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Botev Vratsa

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Botev Vratsa prepare for this game following on from a 1-1 First League drawn match against Spartak Varna.

The only scorer from Botev Vratsa was Krasimir Todorov (89'). Rumen Rumenov (8') scored for Spartak Varna.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Botev Vratsa haven’t conceded. In fact, Botev Vratsa have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals in the process.

Coming into this fixture, Botev Vratsa haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Beroe Stara Zagora

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Beroe Stara Zagora head into the encounter following on from a 2-0 First League win with the defeat of Septemvri Sofia in their last game.

In that game, Beroe Stara Zagora had 48% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Beroe Stara Zagora, the goals were scored by Tonislav Yordanov (28') and Uerdi Mara (62'). Septemvri Sofia got 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

A tendency of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Beroe Stara Zagora has been apparent recently. Checking on their last six outings reveals that it has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal aggregate of 6 while Beroe Stara Zagora have scored 4. We will just have to see if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Their past results show that Beroe Stara Zagora:

• have left without a victory over Botev Vratsa in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 28/08/2020 shows that Botev Vratsa have won 2 of these games and Beroe Stara Zagora 4, with the tally of draws being 0.

An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for Vratsa and 11 belonging to Zelenite. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was First League match day 16 on 31/10/2022 and the score finished Botev Vratsa 2-0 Beroe Stara Zagora.

The referee was Ivajilo Stoyanov.

🗞️ Team News: Botev Vratsa

There’s just one fitness concern for the Botev Vratsa boss Daniel Morales to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Antonio Georgiev (Nose surgery) won’t play.

In our view, Botev Vratsa could line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation for this one, handing starts to Krasimir Kostov, Diego Ferraresso, M. Biatoumoussoka, Martin Kavdanski, Bryan Mendoza, Momchil Tsvetanov, Chavdar Ivaylov, Diogo Barbosa, Miroslav Marinov, Klery Serber and Daniel Genov.

ℹ️ Team News: Beroe Stara Zagora

Thanks to a completely healthy group ready to go, the Beroe Stara Zagora manager Nikolay Kirov does not have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.

We believe Zelenite seem likely to begin the game with a 4-1-4-1 system, choosing Ivan Karadzhov, Vasil Vasilev, Maks Juraj Celic, Pedro Henrique, Boubacar Traore, Klaidher Macedo, Spas Georgiev, Yoan Baurenski, Simeon Mechev, Romario Moise and Tonislav Yordanov.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Beroe Stara Zagora and Botev Vratsa could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We’re therefore predicting a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:53 18/05/2023