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Kristiyan Balov has been a prolific contributor in the 2025/26 First League season, recording 4 goals in 22 appearances and 3 assists, a striking output for a midfielder whose baseline is 0.11 goals per 90 minutes. With 21 shots and 9 on target, his conversion rate of 19% and 1.22 shots per 90 outpace the positional average of 0.89 shots per 90. Balov’s vision is evident in 22 key passes, translating to 1.27 per 90, higher than the baseline of 0.86, and he has successfully completed 4.17 dribbles per 90, well above the typical 1.55 for his role. Defensive contributions are modest, with 4 tackles and 17 interceptions over 1555 minutes, reflecting a focus on offensive duties. His overall match rating of 6.87 underscores his consistent performance throughout the season so far.
Kristiyan Balov has played 1,555 minutes across 22 appearances in First League, scoring 0.23 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.11, converting 19% of 21 shots and averaging 6.87 a match.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Drib % | Tackles | Interc. | Blocks | Duels won % | Fouls | Fouled | Yel | Red | Saves | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yanis Guermouche | F | 21 | 1797 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 18% | 28 | 75% | 42 | 60% | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33% | 19 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.98 | 7.4 |
| Emil Stoev | M | 22 | 1686 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 27% | 14 | 69% | 38 | 90% | 9 | 17 | 2 | 30% | 37 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 3.9 |
| Kristiyan Balov | M | 22 | 1555 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 19% | 22 | 67% | 72 | 69% | 4 | 17 | 0 | 35% | 25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 7.5 |
| Ivan Minchev | M | 21 | 1688 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 14% | 32 | 75% | 17 | 89% | 13 | 13 | 1 | 27% | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.13 | 7.5 |
| Roberto Raychev | M | 20 | 686 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 33% | 4 | 77% | 5 | 45% | 2 | 11 | 0 | 29% | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | 3.1 |
| Isaac Solet | M | 6 | 427 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 75% | 3 | 74% | 8 | 89% | 2 | 5 | 1 | 42% | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.10 | 6.5 |
| Iliyan Stefanov | M | 18 | 1025 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 12% | 7 | 78% | 8 | 89% | 5 | 13 | 1 | 31% | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.82 | 4.2 |
| Lazar Marin | D | 21 | 1831 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7% | 1 | 76% | 3 | 75% | 3 | 42 | 14 | 31% | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.82 | 4.8 |
| David Malembana | D | 6 | 467 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25% | 1 | 83% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 12 | 5 | 33% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.02 | 6.1 |
| Emilian Gogev | M | 9 | 182 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33% | 2 | 65% | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 7.1 |
| Luka Ivanov | D | 6 | 163 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 85% | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 3.2 |
| Toni Tasev | M | 4 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20% | 3 | 62% | 3 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.02 | – |
| Diego Ferraresso | D | 18 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 5 | 77% | 7 | 70% | 1 | 30 | 8 | 30% | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 4.5 |
| Levi Ntumba | G | 17 | 1504 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 83% | 0 | – | 0 | 15 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 7.50 | 5.5 |
| Nikola Savić | D | 15 | 1350 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 80% | 0 | – | 1 | 35 | 19 | 45% | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.17 | 5.3 |
| Mouhamed Dosso | M | 18 | 1211 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 5 | 84% | 8 | 73% | 1 | 36 | 4 | 33% | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.69 | 2.5 |
| Jordan Semedo Varela | D | 15 | 1087 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 79% | 2 | 100% | 4 | 22 | 2 | 29% | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.51 | 5.8 |
| Martin Georgiev | D | 12 | 1060 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 87% | 1 | 33% | 4 | 33 | 9 | 33% | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.97 | 6.3 |
| Kristiyan Stoyanov | M | 9 | 751 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 83% | 10 | 71% | 2 | 6 | 1 | 32% | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 5.1 |
| Ivan Andonov | G | 6 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 85% | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7.08 | 6.0 |
| Georgi Shopov | M | 7 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 70% | 2 | 67% | 3 | 10 | 3 | 34% | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | 7.6 |
| Marko Miletic | F | 18 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 64% | 4 | 80% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25% | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.44 | 4.9 |
| Boris Todorov | M | 9 | 288 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 4 | 86% | 1 | 100% | 0 | 8 | 3 | 38% | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 | 7.3 |
| Denislav Aleksandrov | F | 4 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 76% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Ivaylo Naydenov | D | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 55% | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.45 | – |
| Vladimir Medved | M | 5 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0% | 2 | 61% | 5 | 71% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | – |
| Trần Thành Trung | M | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 82% | 2 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Valentin Yotov | M | 2 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 79% | 0 | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | 39% | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | – |
| Maksimilian Lazarov | D | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 76% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Vasil Kazaldzhiev | M | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 83% | 2 | 50% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | – |
| Artyom Varganov | D | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 64% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Lyubomir Kostov | F | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 33% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Season | Club | Comp | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Tackles | Interc. | Duels won % | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Slavia Sofia | First League | 22 | 1555 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 19% | 22 | 67% | 72 | 4 | 17 | 35% | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 |
| 2024/25 | Slavia Sofia | First League | 5 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 74% | 10 | 4 | 4 | 40% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May | v Montana | W | 74 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.50 | 9.3 |
| 16 Apr | a Montana | D | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 5.0 |
| 05 Apr | a Cherno More Varna | W | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.60 | 6.5 |
| 20 Mar | v Botev Plovdiv | L | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 5.9 |
| 13 Mar | a Lokomotiv Sofia | D | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 3.9 |
| 06 Mar | v Spartak Varna | W | 71 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.90 | 10.0 |
| 03 Mar | a Beroe | W | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.90 | 6.9 |
| 27 Feb | v CSKA 1948 | L | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 4.3 |
| 21 Feb | a CSKA Sofia | L | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.60 | 2.1 |
| 14 Feb | a Arda Kardzhali | L | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 3.4 |
| 08 Dec | a Ludogorets | D | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 6.8 |
| 04 Dec | v Levski Sofia | W | 86 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2.8 |
| 30 Nov | v Dobrudzha | W | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 3.5 |
| 24 Nov | a Botev Vratsa | W | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | 1.7 |
| 09 Nov | v Montana | W | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 5.3 |
