Match Info

NBL - Round 31

Date: 16 April 2026, Thursday

Location: Arena Shumen (Shumen)

Referee: Kifev K. (Bul)


	Shumen		Balkan Botevgrad

	1	2
			Watch
	7.3	1.04
	9.1	1.03
	8.1	1.04	Watch
	10	1.03
	10.5	1.01
Avarage Now (Initially)	9 ↑ (7.55)	1.03 ↓ (1.04)

The most likely Over/Under: 171.50

The most likely Handicap: 2 (-18)

The best margin for this event is 7.1%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Shumen
10.3%

Balkan Botevgrad
89.7%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

12.1%

87.9%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Shumen has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.8%)

Balkan Botevgrad has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.8%)

Shumen - Balkan Botevgrad Predictions

Expected Score (Market Odds): 77:95

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
2. Ellis W.	0. Blackmon J.
44. Lazarov K. (C)	34. Dimitrov D.
5. Marsh M.	12. Green T.
88. Stanev V.	33. Grozev N. (C)
9. Vuga K.	1. McConico T.
Substitutes
33. Barr J.	24. Ivanov A.
7. Mustafa B.	55. Nikolov T.
24. Sazdov A.	7. Pishtikov I.
11. Sazdov N.	9. Simeonov A.
8. Stamov D.	22. Toshkov K.
4. Stefanov Y.
15. Varbanov N.
Coaches
. Barchovski R.	. Popovic J.

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Shumen won 0.

Shumen has been struggling in recent matches (last 5 games: 0 wins).

Balkan's form has been unstable in recent games (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).

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

In this match, Balkan is the clear favorite.

In the last 14 head-to-head matches, Shumen won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 14 matches, and goals 1051:1313. (average 75.1:93.8).

Including home matches between the teams, Shumen won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 8 matches, and goals 588:713. (average 73.5:89.1).

Standings

		Pl	W	L		Pts
5	Balkan	0	0	0	0:0	0
10	Shumen	0	0	0	0:0	0

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- BC Shumen
Bulgarian NBL
09.04.26	Spartak Pleven - Shumen	102:55 ✺
04.04.26	Levski Sofia - Shumen	81:74 ✺
30.03.26	Botev Academic - Shumen	105:100 OT ✺
22.03.26	Shumen - Botev 2012	77:83 ✺
19.03.26	Shumen - Lokomotiv Plovdiv	83:94 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 0 LLLLL
- BC Balkan Botevgrad
Bulgarian NBL
06.04.26	Balkan Botevgrad - Cherno More Port Varna	80:79 ✺
30.03.26	Levski Sofia - Balkan Botevgrad	67:99 ✺
25.03.26	Minyor - Balkan Botevgrad	99:93 ✺
22.03.26	Balkan Botevgrad - Rilski Sportist	79:78 ✺
18.03.26	Balkan Botevgrad - Spartak Pleven	75:82 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 4.9 WWLWL

Latest Head to Head

Bulgarian NBL
07.02.26	Shumen - Balkan Botevgrad	83:101
22.11.25	Balkan Botevgrad - Shumen	102:67
29.03.25	Shumen - Balkan Botevgrad	75:102
11.01.25	Balkan Botevgrad - Shumen	103:76
02.11.24	Shumen - Balkan Botevgrad	67:68
17.12.23	Shumen - Balkan Botevgrad	90:96 OT
07.10.23	Balkan Botevgrad - Shumen	88:83

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