📏 Form Guide

Slavia Sofia

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Slavia Sofia will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 2-0 First League loss in their previous game against Levski Sofia.

Ricardinho (38') and Marin Petkov (90') scored for Levski Sofia.

Zlatomir Zagorčić's Slavia Sofia have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 9 times over their last six outings. The corresponding tally of goals that they have conceded in those games amounts to 6.

Pre-game facts show that Slavia Sofia:

• have not been beaten in the league by Pirin in their previous 7 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Pirin

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Pirin will go into this encounter following on from a 2-1 First League win as they beat Etar Veliko Tarnovo in their previous match.

The only name on the scoresheet from Pirin was Ivan Tasev (24'). Joachim Carcela-González (11') scored for Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

The numbers tell their own story, and Pirin have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals overall. In defence, Pirin could really do with shoring things up. Let’s find out if that trend can be continued on here.

Their prior results show that Pirin:

• have not emerged victorious against Slavia Sofia when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. Not good at all.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 28/04/2018 shows that Slavia Sofia have won 3 of these and Pirin 0, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 from The White Avalanche and 4 coming from Orletata. The average goals per game has been 2.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was First League match day 12 on 02/10/2023 when the final score was Pirin 1-1 Slavia Sofia.

On that occasion, Pirin had 57% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Andrey Yordanov (81').

At the other end, Slavia Sofia got 3 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Sibiry Keita (13') scored.

The referee was Volen Chinkov.

📰 Team News: Slavia Sofia

Toni Tasev (Muscle strain) and Denislav Aleksandrov (unknown injury) won’t be available for Slavia Sofia boss Zlatomir Zagorčić. Emil Martinov is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

ℹ️ Team News: Pirin

With a completely healthy group available to select from, the Pirin manager Oleksandr Babych has no fitness concerns to speak of before this clash.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Slavia Sofia should really create enough chances to score more than one when they line up against Pirin, who could well struggle finding the net themselves.

We’re predicting a comfortable 2-0 winning score for Slavia Sofia by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 16:04 02/04/2024