Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs Beroe Stara Zagora Live Stream, Predictions

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv prepare for this match coming off the back of a 1-1 First League drawn match vs CSKA Sofia.

In that game, Lokomotiv Plovdiv had 40% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Lokomotiv Plovdiv was Erik Sorga (41'). On the other side, CSKA Sofia had 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Duckens Nazon (9') scored for CSKA Sofia.

Over their past 6 games, Aleksandar Tomash's Lokomotiv Plovdiv have netted 6 times which gives them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Lokomotiv Plovdiv:

• have not beaten Beroe Stara Zagora in their last 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.

Beroe Stara Zagora

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Septemvri Sofia in First League competition, Beroe Stara Zagora will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Beroe Stara Zagora had 50% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. On the other side, Septemvri Sofia got 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Konstantin Cheshmedjiev (41' Own goal), Dimitar Kostadinov (54') and Martin Detelinov Petkov (85') scored for Septemvri Sofia.

The numbers tell their own story, and Beroe Stara Zagora have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in all. In defence, Beroe Stara Zagora have seen their frailties exposed.

Analysis of their past results shows that Beroe Stara Zagora:

• have not won against Lokomotiv Plovdiv when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league games. Not good at all.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 11/05/2021 shows that Lokomotiv Plovdiv have won 1 of these & Beroe Stara Zagora 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

An aggregate of 8 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 3 for Smarfovete and 5 for Zelenite. That’s an average goals per game of 1.33.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was First League match day 8 on 26/08/2022 when it finished Beroe Stara Zagora 2-0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

The referee was Vladimir El-Khatib.

🗞️ Team News: Lokomotiv Plovdiv

The Lokomotiv Plovdiv manager Aleksandar Tomash has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all before this game with a completely injury-free squad ready to go.

ℹ️ Team News: Beroe Stara Zagora

In an otherwise available squad, there’s just the one fitness issue for the Beroe Stara Zagora boss Nikolay Kirov to contend with. Boubacar Traorè (Unknown Injury) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

It looks to us that Lokomotiv Plovdiv look set to create the chances to score more than once when they face Beroe Stara Zagora, who might well find it difficult getting on the scoresheet.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 2-0 win for Lokomotiv Plovdiv at the end of the match.

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

Lucas Pereira, 02:12 09/03/2023