📏 Form Guide

Botev

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Botev will be looking for another win after a 5-0 First League victory versus Spartak Varna.

For Botev, the scorers were Enock Kwateng (12'), Samuel Kalu (18', 53'), Todor Nedelev (45') and Mascote (72').

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that much respect should be given to the Botev defence. Botev have been stingy, resulting in the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last 6 matches standing at 3. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Heading into this fixture, Botev are unbeaten in the league by Lokomotiv Plovdiv in their previous 6 games.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv will come into the meeting after a 1-0 First League win with the defeat of Lokomotiv Sofia in their previous match.

The only name on the scoresheet from Lokomotiv Plovdiv was Joël Zwarts (70').

Dušan Kosič's Lokomotiv Plovdiv have slotted home 5 times in the course of their previous six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period comes to 8.

Looking at their past form shows that Lokomotiv Plovdiv:

• have not won against Botev when having played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• remain undefeated by Botev when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 19/03/2023 shows that Botev have won 2 of them & Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0, with the tally of drawn games being 4.

13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from The Canaries and 4 netted by Smarfovete. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The last league contest between the two was First League match day 14 on 01/11/2025 which ended up with the score at Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0-4 Botev.

The referee was Dragomir Draganov.

📰 Team News: Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Lokomotiv Plovdiv boss Dušan Kosič has not got a full squad to pick from. Kaloyan Kostov (Torn ligaments), Enzo Espinoza (Meniscus tear) and Christ Longville (Broken leg) won’t be making appearances. Efe Ali will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Lokomotiv Plovdiv will manage to find the back of the net against this Botev outfit, although that is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see a narrow 2-1 advantage for Botev by the conclusion of the game. Looking forward to this.

Renata Leite, 02:10 08/04/2026