Friday’s First League - Play Offs action brings us Lokomotiv Plovdiv fighting it out with Marek.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Marek, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 0-1 First League loss in their previous game against CSKA 1948.
Emil Tsenov (2') scored for CSKA 1948.
It has not been often in recent times where Lokomotiv Plovdiv have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Lokomotiv Plovdiv have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 7 goals during that time. That sort of trend isn’t assured to follow through here, though.
Marek
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In their last fixture, Marek drew 1-1 in the First League - Play Offs match with Botev Vratsa.
The only name on the scoresheet from Marek was Aleksandr Bliznakov (83'). Martin Smolenski (50') scored for Botev Vratsa. Botev Vratsa won the match 2-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout.
A spate of fairly dire efforts from the Marek defensive players has resulted in a total of 18 goals being leaked by them in only their last 6 performances. They will certainly want to improve on this disappointing component of their play.
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Head to head
A review of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 22/09/2007 shows us that Lokomotiv Plovdiv have won 3 of these & Marek 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.
A total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from Smarfovete and 3 for Marek. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was First League match day 8 on 17/05/2015 which finished with the scoreline of Marek 1-4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
The referee was Nikolay Yordanov.
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Team News: Lokomotiv Plovdiv
There is just the lone fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Plovdiv manager Dušan Kosič to contend with from an otherwise complete squad. Kristiyan Peshov (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t play.
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Team News: Marek
Due to a fully injury-free squad to pick from, the Marek boss Tancho Kalpakov has no fitness concerns to speak of before this game.
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Prediction
In this game, Marek will do really well to find the net against a Lokomotiv Plovdiv team who have all the attributes to dominate proceedings.
We’re therefore predicting a commanding 3-0 victory for Lokomotiv Plovdiv at full-time.
Andre Moura,
15:00 30/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Formed: 1926
Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv (14,000)
Captain: Dimitar Iliev
Chairman: Hristo Krusharski
Manager: Dušan Kosič
Competitions: First League position 13, First League - Play Offs (Relegation Final)
⭐ Star Player: Juan Perea
Generally playing in the Striker position, Juan Perea was born in Medellin, Colombia. Having played his first senior match for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the 2024 - 2025 season, the accomplished Forward has bagged 5 league goals in the First League 2024 - 2025 campaign so far from a total of 24 appearances.