Lokomotiv Sofia vs Botev Vratsa Live Stream, Predictions (May 07)

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Lokomotiv Sofia

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Lokomotiv Sofia prepare for this match following a 1-1 First League drawn match versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

The only name on the scoresheet from Lokomotiv Sofia was Ryan Bidounga (53'). Parvizdzhon Umarbayev (42') was the scorer for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Lokomotiv Sofia have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Lokomotiv Sofia have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 10 goals in the process.

Coming into this contest, Lokomotiv Sofia have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Botev Vratsa

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Botev Vratsa go into this clash after a 3-2 First League win over Septemvri Sofia in their last outing.

For Botev Vratsa, the scorers were Martin Smolenski (10') and Brayan Perea (45', 48'). Martin Hristov (53') and Bertrand Fourrier (87') scored for Septemvri Sofia.

The stats don’t lie, and Botev Vratsa have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. Defensively, Botev Vratsa could really do with shoring things up. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, however.

Ahead of this clash, Botev Vratsa have not lost to Lokomotiv Sofia when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes dating back to 02/05/2023 shows us that Lokomotiv Sofia have won 3 of these and Botev Vratsa 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 12 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 of them for The Railwaymen and 4 coming from Vratsa. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league encounter featuring the two was First League match day 21 on 14/02/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Botev Vratsa 0-3 Lokomotiv Sofia.

The match was refereed by Georgi Kabakov.

ℹ️ Team News: Lokomotiv Sofia

There is just a single fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Sofia manager Ratko Dostanić to be concerned with from an otherwise complete squad. Donaldo Acka (Torn knee ligaments) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Botev Vratsa

From a largely healthy group, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Botev Vratsa manager Hristo Yanev to be concerned about. Miroslav Marinov (Muscle fiber tear) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Botev Vratsa should be able to find the back of the net against this Lokomotiv Sofia side, but it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re predicting both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Lokomotiv Sofia when the full-time whistle blows. It’s a very tough call.

Andre Moura, 16:07 03/05/2025