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Saturday, 10/10/2026 at 16:30

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Match preview · Parva Liga (Bulgaria)

Lokomotiv Sofia – Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Lokomotiv Sofia 11th in Parva Liga (Bulgaria) Home 1.09 projected goals by the model
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 12th in Parva Liga (Bulgaria) Away 1.28 projected goals by the model

Model updated 6 October, 15:30 Best odds updated 10 October, 12:00

What the model expects

expected goals
1.09 1.28
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Lokomotiv Sofia
29%
Draw
32%
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
39%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Lokomotiv Sofia Draw Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Fair odds 3.48 3.08 2.58
Total goals
2.37
Over 2.5 goals
43%
Both teams to score
54%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

The model sees an edge in 6 outcomes.

  • Lokomotiv Sofia

    Model
    28.8%
    Market, margin removed
    42.9%
    Probability gap
    −14.1 pp
    Edge
    −38.2%
    Fair odds
    3.48
    Market odds
    2.15 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.65
    Bookmaker margin
    8.5%
  • Draw

    Model
    32.5%
    Market, margin removed
    28.4%
    Probability gap
    +4.1 pp
    Edge
    +5.5%
    Fair odds
    3.08
    Market odds
    3.25 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.24
    Bookmaker margin
    8.5%
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv

    Model
    38.8%
    Market, margin removed
    28.8%
    Probability gap
    +10.0 pp
    Edge
    +24.1%
    Fair odds
    2.58
    Market odds
    3.20 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    2.71
    Bookmaker margin
    8.5%

Best opportunity

Lokomotiv Plovdiv to win

odds · Bet365 3.20 value +24.1%

Model 38.8% vs. bookmaker 28.8%, margin removed.

Markets 6 / 17

Match result

Lokomotiv Plovdiv to win model 38.8% · book 28.8% (no margin) +24.1% 3.20 fair 2.58
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +7.20%.

Draw model 32.5% · book 28.4% (no margin) +5.5% 3.25 fair 3.08
Worth playing

No measured model skill on this market (-1.04%).

Lokomotiv Sofia to win model 28.8% · book 42.9% (no margin) -38.2% 2.15 fair 3.48
Stay away

Goals

Under 2.5 goals model 57.0% · book 54.6% (no margin) -1.5% 1.73 fair 1.75
Not worth it
Over 1.5 goals model 72.8% · book 70.9% (no margin) -2.9% 1.33 fair 1.37
Not worth it
Over 2.5 goals model 43.0% · book 45.4% (no margin) -10.8% 2.08 fair 2.33
Stay away
Under 1.5 goals model 27.2% · book 29.1% (no margin) -11.7% 3.25 fair 3.68
Stay away

Both teams to score

Both teams to score model 53.9% · book 50.0% (no margin) -1.3% 1.83 fair 1.86
Not worth it
Both teams not to score model 46.1% · book 50.0% (no margin) -15.4% 1.83 fair 2.17
Stay away

Goals by team

Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2+ goals model 37.4% · book 29.1% (no margin) +21.7% 3.25 fair 2.67
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +2.61%.

Lokomotiv Sofia not to score model 30.7% · book 25.0% (no margin) +15.1% 3.75 fair 3.26
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +3.77%.

Lokomotiv Sofia at most 1 goal model 70.2% · book 58.9% (no margin) +10.3% 1.57 fair 1.42
Worth playing

Measured model skill on this market: +3.62%.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv to score model 74.9% · book 64.5% (no margin) +8.2% 1.44 fair 1.33
Worth playing

Measured model skill on this market: +2.56%.

Lokomotiv Sofia to score model 69.3% · book 75.0% (no margin) -13.4% 1.25 fair 1.44
Stay away
Lokomotiv Plovdiv at most 1 goal model 62.6% · book 70.9% (no margin) -16.6% 1.33 fair 1.60
Stay away
Lokomotiv Sofia 2+ goals model 29.8% · book 41.1% (no margin) -32.9% 2.25 fair 3.35
Stay away
Lokomotiv Plovdiv not to score model 25.1% · book 35.5% (no margin) -34.2% 2.63 fair 3.99
Stay away
Hide the outcomes without value

Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →

Why the model disagrees with the market

The leading outcome: Lokomotiv Plovdiv to win

What the model's reading is made of

  • The model makes Lokomotiv Plovdiv to win 38.8%. The market, with the bookmaker's margin taken out, makes it 28.8%. The gap between the two is 10.0%.
  • The defence Lokomotiv Plovdiv plays against is Lokomotiv Sofia's, which the fit rates at 1.23 — above the competition's average of 1.00, so an average side creates more against them than against the field.

These are the parts of the model's own number, not an account of the bookmaker's. The fit reads two ratings a side, the competition's average home and away expected goals, the window it looks back over and how many matches it found in it — and nothing else is a reason this page can give.

What the model did not read

Readings for Lokomotiv Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv that the model does not use.
Reading Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Form — xG difference, the last 6 matches -0.94 -0.19
Goals scored minus expected +1.12 -4.19
Points won minus expected -0.21 -2.89
npxG per shot 0.09 0.12

All of this is in the database and none of it entered the fit. A reading here may point the other way from every line above it — where it does, both are true, and only one of them is in the model.

The model's case

Why the model leans Lokomotiv Plovdiv

39% Lokomotiv Plovdiv to win

Attack
11th vs 12th
Lokomotiv Plovdiv attack v Lokomotiv Sofia defence
Defence
4th vs 7th
Lokomotiv Plovdiv defence v Lokomotiv Sofia attack
Recent xG form
-0.19 vs -0.94
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.09 – 1.28
Lokomotiv Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Lokomotiv Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv
xG / match (better) 1.10 · 8th 1.02 · 11th
xGA / match 2.10 · 13th (better) 1.14 · 5th
xGD / match -1.00 · 12th (better) -0.12 · 7th
xPts / match 0.80 · 13th (better) 1.24 · 7th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.94 (better) -0.19

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 36% of the model's distribution.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv clean sheet
31%
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2+ goals
37%
Under 2.5 goals
57%
Both teams to score: no
46%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.7%
1:2
9.8%
0:0
9.6%
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Match result

Lokomotiv Sofia to win
28.8% 3.48 —
Draw
32.5% 3.08 —
Lokomotiv Plovdiv to win
38.8% 2.58 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
72.8% 1.37 —
Under 1.5 goals
27.2% 3.68 —
Over 2.5 goals
43.0% 2.33 —
Under 2.5 goals
57.0% 1.75 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
53.9% 1.86 —
Both teams not to score
46.1% 2.17 —

Team goals — Lokomotiv Sofia

Lokomotiv Sofia to score
69.3% 1.44 —
Lokomotiv Sofia not to score
30.7% 3.26 —
Lokomotiv Sofia 2+ goals
29.8% 3.35 —
Lokomotiv Sofia at most 1 goal
70.2% 1.42 —

Team goals — Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Lokomotiv Plovdiv to score
74.9% 1.33 —
Lokomotiv Plovdiv not to score
25.1% 3.99 —
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2+ goals
37.4% 2.67 —
Lokomotiv Plovdiv at most 1 goal
62.6% 1.60 —

Model details

Show
Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Lokomotiv Sofia sample
20 matches
Lokomotiv Plovdiv sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Lokomotiv Sofia
3 matches
Away xG sample · Lokomotiv Plovdiv
5 matches
Computed
Tuesday, 06/10/2026 at 15:30
Odds updated
1 minute ago

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.