Match Info

NBL - Round 1

Date: 5 October 2025, Sunday

Location: Arena Botevgrad (Botevgrad)

Referee: Mincheva M. (Bul)

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Bulgaria	Max Sport 2


	Balkan Botevgrad		Botev Academic

	1	2
			Watch
	1.28	3.26
	1.12	4.92	Watch
	1.4	2.78
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.27 ↑ (1.2)	3.65 ↑ (3.62)

The most likely Over/Under: 165.75

The most likely Handicap: 1 (-6)

The best margin for this event is 7.4%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Balkan Botevgrad
74.3%

Botev Academic
25.7%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

75.2%

24.8%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Balkan Botevgrad has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.9%)

Botev Academic has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.9%)

Balkan Botevgrad - Botev Academic Predictions

Expected Score (Market Odds): 86:80

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
34. Dimitrov D.	10. Bachev V. (C)
3. Elijah H.	4. Laane R.
33. Grozev N. (C)	11. Mihaylov N.
10. Pagenkopf J.	14. Tomic O.
7. Pishtikov I.	1. Yow J.
Substitutes
6. Alexander C.	24. Chalakov A.
0. Blackmon J.	8. Chokov M.
17. Mikov T.	32. Hemphill R.
55. Nikolov T.	31. Ivanov K.
9. Simeonov A.	0. Komitski I.
22. Toshkov K.	33. Ralchev P.
	13. Velikov A.
Coaches
. Hristov V.	. Yankov J.

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Balkan won 3.

Academic Plovdiv may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

In this match, Balkan is considered a favorite.

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Balkan won 14 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 6 matches, and goals 1605:1465. (average 80.3:73.3).

Including home matches between the teams, Balkan won 9 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 907:800. (average 82.5:72.7).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- BC Balkan Botevgrad
FIBA Europe Cup
01.10.25	Balkan Botevgrad - Rasta Vechta	79:86 ✺
24.09.25	Rasta Vechta - Balkan Botevgrad	79:63 ✺
Club Friendly Basketball
15.09.25	Rilski Sportist - Balkan Botevgrad	97:97 ✺
Bulgarian NBL
28.05.25	Balkan Botevgrad - Spartak Pleven	95:69 ✺
25.05.25	Spartak Pleven - Balkan Botevgrad	98:100 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 11.3 LLTWW
- Botev Academic Plovdiv
Club Friendly Basketball
16.09.25	Minyor - Botev Academic	90:94 ✺
11.09.25	Beroe - Botev Academic	72:75 ✺
Bulgarian NBL
05.05.25	Spartak Pleven - Botev Academic	92:54 ✺
03.05.25	Botev Academic - Spartak Pleven	84:88 ✺
01.05.25	Spartak Pleven - Botev Academic	86:98 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 13.8 WWLLW

Latest Head to Head

Bulgarian NBL
22.03.25	Balkan Botevgrad - Botev Academic	66:75
06.01.25	Botev Academic - Balkan Botevgrad	91:101
27.10.24	Balkan Botevgrad - Botev Academic	104:83
16.02.24	Balkan Botevgrad - Botev Academic	86:85
09.12.23	Botev Academic - Balkan Botevgrad	75:73
22.04.23	Botev Academic - Balkan Botevgrad	67:74
13.02.23	Botev Academic - Balkan Botevgrad	70:74

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