Lokomotiv Sofia vs Botev Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Lokomotiv Sofia

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Lokomotiv Sofia will be hoping for a better result following the 5-0 First League loss in their previous game against Arda Kardzhali.

Plamen Krachunov (20'), Lachezar Kotev (35'), Chinonso Offor (45'), Svetoslav Kovachev (82') and Boris Todev (86') scored for Arda Kardzhali.

At least three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Lokomotiv Sofia have played. Opposition teams scored 13 of them in these games while Lokomotiv Sofia managed a tally of 7. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Lokomotiv Sofia:

• haven't won against Botev in their previous 4 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Botev

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Botev will come into the match after a 3-0 First League win versus Septemvri Sofia in their most recent fixture.

For Botev, the scorers were Ivelin Popov (38') and Samuel Akere (60').

During their 6 previous matches, Dušan Kerkez's Botev have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 6 times therefore giving them the goals per game average of 1.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Botev:

• haven't been defeated by Lokomotiv Sofia in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
• are without a win away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head meetings going back to 10/02/2023 shows us that Lokomotiv Sofia have won 1 of them and Botev 4, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A combined sum of 17 goals were produced between them in this period, with 3 of them from The Railwaymen and 14 netted by The Canaries. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league contest featuring these sides was First League match day 15 on 08/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Botev 2-0 Lokomotiv Sofia.

The match was refereed by Dimitar Dimitrov.

🗞️ Team News: Lokomotiv Sofia

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the lone fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Sofia gaffer Ratko Dostanić to contend with due to a largely intact squad. Donaldo Acka (Torn knee ligaments) misses out.

ℹ️ 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) won’t be making appearances.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that Botev and Lokomotiv Sofia should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought 1-1 score draw when the full-time whistle blows.

Victor Martins, 10:21 16/04/2025