On Sunday, 20 March, Pirin is visiting Botev (Vratsa) in a match of the 24th round of the First League. The match is starting at 12:45.
The Eagles are in a series of six consecutive games without a loss, not knowing the taste of loss through 2022 year. In the last round Pirin ended in a draw 0:0 with Slavia. Radoslav Mitrevski's team is in 11th place in the standings with an asset from 24 score, while the upcoming rival Botev is penultimate in the standings with an asset from 19 score.
Vratsa lost their last match in the First League, giving way to Lokomotiv (Sofia) from 0:1.
The first meeting between the two teams in Blagoevgrad ended with the success of the "eaglets" with 3:1. The goals were scored by Krassimir Stanoev from a penalty, Preslav Yordanov and Stanislav Kostov.
"We made good performances in the last rounds, but we must move forward in the same spirit, because we still have a lot of work to do to meet our goals. The match in Vratsa will be extremely difficult for us. The hosts are pressed against the wall and will do anything, to reach victory. We saw how they opposed the champion Ludogorets very soon. Unfortunately, we have punished players again, we end almost every match with a reduced squad, due to excessive cardboard, which confuses our plans. I hope this trend will stop. ", Pirin head coach Radoslav Mitrevski told www.fcpirin.com.
The punished Hristofor Hubchev and Svetoslav Dyakov remain outside the plans for the upcoming match. At the same time, Petar Zanev, who was cured after a viral illness, and Alexander Dyulgerov, who served his sentence, returned to the group..