Botev Vratsa vs Arda Kardzhali — First League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 120+ matches
Botev Vratsa36%
Arda Kardzhali34%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 139 home / 120 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under63
- Over37
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No56
- Yes44
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Botev Vratsa ↓
Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Botev Vratsa at home — creates 1.04, concedes 1.12 · 139 matches
Arda Kardzhali away — creates 0.99, concedes 1.17 · 120 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Botev Vratsa attack 1.04 + Arda Kardzhali defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.10
Arda Kardzhali attack 0.99 + Botev Vratsa defence 1.12 → ÷2 → 1.06
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 36%?"
Botev Vratsa at 36% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 36% does not mean "Botev Vratsa will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
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Statistics
Botev Vratsa host Arda Kardzhali on Saturday, 7 March 2026 at 15:30. The match is part of the First League 2018/2019 season.
First League: Botev Vratsa 1–0 Arda Kardzhali
Botev Vratsa beat Arda Kardzhali 1-0 in First League on March 7, 2026.
Goals: M. Stoev (63').
Botev Vratsa controlled possession (57%) and registered 5 shots to 4.
The match was played at Hristo Botev Stadium in Vraca.