📏 Form Guide

Hebar Pazardzhik

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Hebar Pazardzhik will be wanting a better result here after a 0-3 First League defeat in their last game at the hands of Ludogorets Razgrad.

Bernard Tekpetey (7', 19') and Rwan Cruz (78') scored for Ludogorets Razgrad.

At least three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Hebar Pazardzhik have participated. Their opponents scored 12 of them in this period while Hebar Pazardzhik managed a tally of 9.

Lokomotiv Sofia

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Since being beaten in their last game against Botev in First League action, Lokomotiv Sofia and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Umeh Emmanuel (19', 42') and Dylan Mertens (65', 67') scored for Botev.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Lokomotiv Sofia has been fairly consistent in recent matches. Examining their last 6 games reveals that it has happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal total of 16 while Lokomotiv Sofia have scored 2. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

👥 Head to head

The previous league encounter between the two was First League match day 21 on 16/02/2024 which ended up with the score at Hebar Pazardzhik 0-1 Lokomotiv Sofia.

In that match, Hebar Pazardzhik managed 59% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

Lokomotiv Sofia got 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. França (5') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Stanimir Trenchev.

🗞️ Team News: Hebar Pazardzhik

The Hebar Pazardzhik manager Lyuboslav Penev will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all ahead of this match owing to a completely healthy group available for selection.

We are thinking that The Gravediggers may well kick off with a 4-1-4-1 system for this game with Petar Debarliev, Martin Mihaylov, Stefan Tsonkov, Joao Cesco, Lazar Marin, Georgi Valchev, Oleksiy Zbun, Angel Bastunov, Johan N'zi, Nicholas Penev and Mark-Emilio Papazov.

ℹ️ Team News: Lokomotiv Sofia

Lokomotiv Sofia boss Danilo Dončić has to choose a team with limited availability. Baboucarr Gaye (Meniscus injury) and Valentin Nikolov (unknown injury) are not ready for selection.

From our viewpoint, The Railwaymen will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Aleksandar Lyubenov, Stephane Lambese, Dime Dimov, Krasimir Stanoev, Bruno Franco, Simeon Mechev, Krasimir Miloshev, Steve Traore, Diogo Teixeira, Franca and Dimitar Mitkov.

💭 Prediction

For this match, we think that Lokomotiv Sofia have the firepower to score a goal against this Hebar Pazardzhik team, however it isn’t expected to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Hebar Pazardzhik when the full-time whistle blows. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 12:08 28/04/2024