Lokomotiv Plovdiv face off with Marek in Friday’s forthcoming First League - Play Offs clash.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Marek can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 0-1 First League losing effort in their last 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 the game prior to this, Marek drew 1-1 in the First League - Play Offs tie with Botev Vratsa.
The only scorer from Marek was Aleksandr Bliznakov (83'). Martin Smolenski (50') scored for Botev Vratsa. After a tense 2-4 penalty shootout, Botev Vratsa were victorious.
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 glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 22/09/2007 shows us that Lokomotiv Plovdiv have won 3 of them & Marek 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.
A combined sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 for Smarfovete and 3 belonging to Marek. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.
The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was First League match day 8 on 17/05/2015 when it ended Marek 1-4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
The match was refereed by Nikolay Yordanov.
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Team News: Lokomotiv Plovdiv
There’s just one fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Plovdiv manager Dušan Kosič to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Kristiyan Peshov (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t play.
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Team News: Marek
Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, the Marek boss Tancho Kalpakov doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report before this clash.
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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,
03:00 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.