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 game after a 1-1 First League drawn match versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

The only player to score from Lokomotiv Sofia was Ryan Bidounga (53'). Parvizdzhon Umarbayev (42') scored 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 will go into the match following on from a 3-2 First League win with the downing of Septemvri Sofia in their previous outing.

For Botev Vratsa, the goalscorers 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 meetings stretching back to 02/05/2023 shows that Lokomotiv Sofia have won 3 of them & Botev Vratsa 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A total of 12 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 of them from The Railwaymen and 4 for Vratsa. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The previous league game between these sides was First League match day 21 on 14/02/2025 when the final score was Botev Vratsa 0-3 Lokomotiv Sofia.

The referee was Georgi Kabakov.

📰 Team News: Lokomotiv Sofia

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Sofia manager Ratko Dostanić to be concerned with from an otherwise complete set of players. Donaldo Acka (Torn knee ligaments) will miss out.

ℹ️ Team News: Botev Vratsa

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Botev Vratsa gaffer 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, 04:10 04/05/2025