Beroe Stara Zagora will face off against visiting club Botev at Stadion Beroe in this First League meeting on Wednesday.
All Beroe Stara Zagora v Botev game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - plus the latest match odds.
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Beroe Stara Zagora
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Beroe Stara Zagora will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-2 First League triumph vs Spartak Varna.
The only name on the scoresheet from Beroe Stara Zagora was Kevin Ceijas (50').
It’s not been often in recent games that Beroe Stara Zagora have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Beroe Stara Zagora have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 7 goals along the way.
Their past results show that Beroe Stara Zagora:
- haven't lost in the league to Botev in their previous 2 games.
- haven't beaten Botev in their previous 9 league games.
Botev
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Since tasting defeat last time out to CSKA Sofia in First League competition, Botev will be aiming to make amends here.
Marcelino Carreazo (12'), Stanislav Shopov (27') and Ioannis Pittas (58') scored for CSKA Sofia.
The numbers tell their own story, and Botev have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals overall. Defensively, Botev certainly have room for improvement. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.
Leading up to this clash, Botev:
- have not been beaten by Beroe Stara Zagora in away games against them for the last 4 matches in the league. A very good record, indeed.
- are without an away win for the past 7 league matches.
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Head to head
An examination of their past head to head results stretching back to 26/02/2023 reveals that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Beroe Stara Zagora. They have not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas Botev have maintained the edge over them, running out winners in 67 per cent of those ties.
A total of 12 goals were produced between them in these games, with 2 for Zelenite and 10 belonging to The Canaries. The average goals per game has been 2.
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Team News: Beroe Stara Zagora
Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Beroe Stara Zagora manager Josu Uribe to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Stefan Gavrilov (Knee surgery) is out of contention.
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Team News: Botev
Botev manager Dušan Kerkez has to choose a team with limited availability. Anthony Ujah (Patellar tendon rupture) and Georgi Nikolov (Shoulder injury) are not ready for selection.
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Prediction
We believe that Beroe Stara Zagora will need to apply a lot of pressure to put one past this Botev side who we think will likely emerge victorious.
We therefore see a 0-1 advantage for Botev when the full-time whistle blows.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at the bookies’ prices in the 90 minute result market, the win for Beroe Stara Zagora is best priced at 3, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.4 and staking on a win for Botev comes in at 2.3. These are the top market prices that can be secured at present.
Peter Guest,
13:10 14/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Beroe Stara Zagora
Formed: 1916
Stadium: Stadion Beroe (12,128)
Captain: Franco Ramos
Chairman: Hernan Banato
Manager: Josu Uribe
Competitions: First League position 8
🔑 Star Player: Juanca Pineda
Normally taking up the Left Wing position, Juanca Pineda was born in Azua, Dominican Republic. Having played his first senior match for Beroe Stara Zagora in the 2024 - 2025 season, the accomplished Forward has managed 6 league goals in the First League 2024 - 2025 season to date in a total of 32 appearances.