While we have made these predictions for Botev Vratsa v Beroe Stara Zagora for this match preview with the best of intentions, no profits are guaranteed. Always gamble responsibly, and with what you can afford to lose. Good luck if you do place a bet today.
Botev Vratsa vs Beroe Stara Zagora Live Stream Global Listings (May 22)
Predictions and Tips
Botev Vratsa will do battle with visiting opponents Beroe Stara Zagora at Stadion Hristo Botev in this First League clash on Friday.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Botev Vratsa v Beroe Stara Zagora game - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
Botev Vratsa
DWDDWW 📈
Botev Vratsa will be looking for another win after the 1-2 First League victory against Dobrudzha Dobrich.
The only scorer from Botev Vratsa was Daniel Genov (3', 30'). Georgi Trifonov (50') scored for Dobrudzha Dobrich.
Botev Vratsa have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, but they’ve also found ways to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Botev Vratsa have conceded in 5 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches. We will see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Botev Vratsa:
- are winless against Beroe Stara Zagora in their last 4 league games.
- are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.
Beroe Stara Zagora
WWDWDL
Following on from a loss in their previous game against Septemvri Sofia in First League competition, Beroe Stara Zagora and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
Valentine Ozornwafor (73') was the scorer for Septemvri Sofia.
Josu Uribe's Beroe Stara Zagora have converted 9 times in the course of their most recent sextet of matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 5.
Leading up to this clash, Beroe Stara Zagora:
- are undefeated by Botev Vratsa when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 3 away league matches.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 15/03/2024 shows that Botev Vratsa have won 1 of them & Beroe Stara Zagora 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.
An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 5 from Vratsa and 11 for Zelenite. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.
The last league game between the two was First League match day 23 on 28/02/2026 when it ended Botev Vratsa 0-0 Beroe Stara Zagora.
The match was refereed by Volen Chinkov.
ℹ️ Team News: Botev Vratsa
Looking at personnel, there is just a single fitness concern for the Botev Vratsa manager Todor Simov to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Martin Achkov (unknown injury) is sidelined.
💭 Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Botev Vratsa will do well to score against this Beroe Stara Zagora lineup who will likely just have the edge.
We’re therefore anticipating a 0-1 win for Beroe Stara Zagora at the conclusion of the game.
We’ll see what happens.
Peter Guest, 14:11 22/05/2026
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
🏟️ Team Focus:
Botev Vratsa
Formed: 1921
Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev (25,000)
Captain: Daniel Genov
Chairman: Hristo Iliev
Manager: Todor Simov
Competitions: First League position 9
🔑 Star Player: Martin Detelinov Petkov
Usually played in the Striker position, Martin Detelinov Petkov was born in Bulgaria. Having made his senior debut playing for Levski Sofia in the 2019 - 2020 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 6 league goals in the First League 2025 - 2026 campaign so far from a total of 30 appearances.
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Beroe Stara Zagora |
|
Botev Vratsa |
| Beroe Stara Zagora |
|
Botev Vratsa |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Beroe Stara Zagora |
|
Botev Vratsa |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
35 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 80 | WWLDW |
| 2 |
|
35 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 66 | WLLDW |
| 3 |
|
35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 64 | LLWDL |
| 4 |
|
35 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 63 | LWWDL |
| 5 |
|
35 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 54 | WDWWL |
| 6 |
|
35 | 13 | 13 | 9 | -6 | 52 | LWWLL |
| 7 |
|
35 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 51 | LDLWW |
| 8 |
|
35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 46 | WLLLW |
| 9 |
|
36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 50 | WDDWW |
| 10 |
|
36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 47 | WDDDW |
| 11 |
|
37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 46 | WLLLW |
| 12 |
|
36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -32 | 35 | DLDWW |
| 13 |
|
36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -21 | 34 | WDWDL |
| 14 |
|
36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -25 | 34 | LDWLW |
| 15 |
|
36 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -24 | 30 | LDLWL |
| 16 |
|
37 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -34 | 23 | DDLLL |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich |
|
Botev Vratsa |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Montana |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Septemvri Sofia |
| Lokomotiv Sofia |
|
Botev Vratsa |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Spartak Varna |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Beroe Stara Zagora |
|
Septemvri Sofia |
| Lokomotiv Sofia |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Beroe Stara Zagora |
|
Montana |
| Beroe Stara Zagora |
|
Slavia Sofia |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Montana |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Septemvri Sofia |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Spartak Varna |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Lokomotiv Sofia |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Arda Kardzhali |
| Lokomotiv Sofia |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Spartak Varna |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Lokomotiv Sofia |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Montana |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Goals scored | 0.9 |
| Goals conceded | 0.7 |
| Time first goal scored | 57 |
| Time first goal conceded | 54 |
| Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 4.7 |
| Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
| Goals scored | 0.8 |
| Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Time first goal scored | 53 |
| Time first goal conceded | 41 |
| Yellow cards | 2.4 |
| Red cards | 0.3 |
| Subs used | 3.6 |
| Biggest victory | 3-2 |
| Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
| Daniel Genov | 6 |
| Martin Detelinov Petkov | 6 |
| Mitchy Ntelo | 5 |
| Radoslav Tsonev | 3 |
| Martin Smolenski | 2 |
| Alberto Salido | 10 |
| Ismael Ferrer | 4 |
| Facundo Alarcón | 3 |
| Nene | 2 |
| Yesid Valbuena | 2 |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |
| Botev Vratsa |
|
Beroe Stara Zagora |