Botev vs Slavia Sofia Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Botev

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Botev are hoping to win again following a 0-4 First League triumph over Lokomotiv Sofia.

For Botev, the goals were scored by Umeh Emmanuel (19', 42') and Dylan Mertens (65', 67').

An interesting theme in more recent Botev games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their prior sextet of clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 6 of them a wager on BTTS would have been a losing one.

Slavia Sofia

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Krumovgrad in First League competition, Slavia Sofia and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

Serkan Yusein (36') and Patrick Luan (44') scored for Krumovgrad.

The numbers tell their own story, and Slavia Sofia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. Defensively, Slavia Sofia have seen their frailties exposed. Despite that, time will tell whether that trend will be replicated in this upcoming game or not.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes going back to 30/09/2022 shows us that Botev have won 2 of these and Slavia Sofia 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A combined total of 10 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 from The Canaries and 4 netted by The White Avalanche. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league fixture between the two was First League match day 23 on 02/03/2024 when it ended Slavia Sofia 2-2 Botev.

That day, Slavia Sofia had 42% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Toni Tasev (10', 50').

For their opponents, Botev got 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Yanis Karabelyov (48') and Georgi Nikolov (87') scored.

The match was refereed by Volen Chinkov.

📋 Team News: Botev

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Botev gaffer Dušan Kerkez to be concerned about from an otherwise complete squad. Federico Barrios (Adductor injury) won’t play.

ℹ️ Team News: Slavia Sofia

Thanks to a largely healthy squad, there is just the sole fitness worry for the Slavia Sofia gaffer Zlatomir Zagorčić to contend with. Denislav Aleksandrov (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Botev have it within them to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

Conversely, Slavia Sofia could well struggle to get a goal of their own but do we see them converting at least once.

Our tip is for a controlled 3-1 winning score for Botev by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 04:18 27/04/2024