Septemvri Sofia vs Botev Vratsa First League prediction & result
Final score: Septemvri Sofia 2-3 Botev Vratsa.
Before kick-off the model made it 41% Septemvri Sofia, 29% draw, 30% Botev Vratsa — fair odds of 2.44, 3.45 and 3.33. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 1-0.
The model got this one wrong.
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Has the model earned this number?
It puts Septemvri Sofia at 41% here. Across 2485 settled matches, 1122 forecasts have landed in the 40–50% band; those outcomes actually happened 44.4% of the time, against an average forecast of 43.8%. In this range the two line up, so the figure above can be read literally.
Every settled prediction on this site is scored against an uninformed baseline, band by band, and published whether or not it flatters the model — see the full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 5 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Septemvri Sofia vs Botev Vratsa
Line-ups
- 12V. IvanovG
- 8B. PenchevM
- 26V. OzornwaforD
- 4M. HristovD
- 13K. ÖnaşçıM
- 6Pedro FerreiraM
- 5Y. BaurenskiM
- 29F. HerardF
- 33G. IvanovM
- 19Pedro IgorF
- 7E. RibeiroF
- 24Z. AtanasovM
- 14A. VutovM
- 30Viktor DobrevM
- 11A. DzhamovF
- 15P. GospodinovD
- 21N. KrastevG
- 27André Filipe Rio LiberalF
- 16V. MihaylovM
- 23B. StoichkovF
- 98L. VasilevG
- 81K. HadjiM
- 36M. StoevD
- 4I. GoranovF
- 3S. SanyangD
- 7R. TsonevM
- 12I. YurukovM
- 97V. NaydenovF
- 79M. PetkovF
- 10J. GallegosM
- 99P. BorukovF
- 24M. SmolenskiM
- 17S. MechevF
- 6A. KichukovM
- 90Filip gigovF
- 9D. GenovD
- 21M. DimitrovD
- 25A. BuchkovD
- 88L. BoyanovD
- 11M. AchkovD
Form going into Septemvri Sofia vs Botev Vratsa
Septemvri Sofia
- D1-1away to Slavia Sofia28 August 2026
- W1-0CSKA 194823 August 2026
- W1-0away to Spartak Varna17 August 2026
Botev Vratsa
- L0-2away to Arda Kardzhali31 August 2026
- W1-0Botev Plovdiv24 August 2026
- L0-5away to CSKA Sofia16 August 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first. The model works from each side's rolling expected-goals ratings rather than from these results directly, so read them as context — how the ratings are built.
First League table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Septemvri Sofia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 8 |
| 9 | Botev Vratsa | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 8 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Septemvri Sofia vs Botev Vratsa
- 4 September 2026Septemvri Sofia 2–3 Botev VratsaFirst League
- 10 May 2026Botev Vratsa 1–1 Septemvri SofiaFirst League
- 6 April 2026Septemvri Sofia 0–0 Botev VratsaFirst League
- 25 October 2025Botev Vratsa 2–1 Septemvri SofiaFirst League
- 2 May 2025Botev Vratsa 3–2 Septemvri SofiaFirst League
- 8 February 2025Septemvri Sofia 2–2 Botev VratsaFirst League