Football betting preview: CSKA 1948 Sofia vs Montana

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Competition: Bulgaria B PFG
Competition: Thu 27.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

The CSKA 1948 Sofia & Montana managers Y. Yurukov and M. Mitev are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the B PFG league table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

9-1-0 is the performance here at Stadion Slavija so far in the B PFG, giving CSKA 1948 Sofia a total of 28 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as CSKA 1948 Sofia has won their last four matches.

A strong away win for CSKA 1948 Sofia against Spartak Varna the last match. Before that game, the 7-1 home victory against Spartak Pleven.

CSKA 1948 Sofia always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadion Slavija with 33 goals in 10 league games. Defensively CSKA 1948 Sofia have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Montana form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their B PFG travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Montana have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Montana are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The supporters enjoyed Montana's previous game versus Hebar 1918 (placed 5th), a B PFG 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Neftohimik at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Montana find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Montana are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Montana - CSKA 1948 Sofia 0-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): CSKA 1948 Sofia one win, two draws and Montana zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaA. Gushterov
A. Gushterov
26 goals
MontanaA. Iliev
A. Iliev
13 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaV. Shopov
V. Shopov
8 goals

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Montana missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia Montana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 9 19
16 9 2 Won W 2 4 12
1 1 0 Drew D 0 3 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
54 33 7 Scored S 4 10 38
18 4 0 Conceded C 1 6 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
84% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 74%
58% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 47%
53% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 11% 26%
42% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
47% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 47%
47% 70% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 37%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
6.1 6.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.3 4.7
2.8 2.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.6 4.1
1.8 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
204 101 11 Total Shots T S 20 92 167
97 42 4 Shots on Target S O 9 40 74
44% 55% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 25% 47%
Key stats in B PFG this season:
  • All of CSKA 1948 Sofia's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the most points (28) at home
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the most scored goals (33) at home
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the most scored goals (54)
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the the best goal difference (+29) at home
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia has the the best goal difference (+36)
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Montana have scored away.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Montana has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
  • Montana has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
  • Montana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CSKA 1948 Sofia 19 16 1 2 54 18 10 9 1 0 33 4 9 7 0 2 21 14 36 49
2 Septemvri Sofia 18 16 1 1 43 18 9 8 1 0 25 11 9 8 0 1 18 7 25 49
3 Montana 19 12 3 4 38 15 10 8 0 2 28 9 9 4 3 2 10 6 23 39
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 19 10 3 6 30 18 9 6 1 2 16 7 10 4 2 4 14 11 12 33
5 Hebar 1918 19 9 3 7 31 24 9 5 1 3 13 9 10 4 2 4 18 15 7 30
6 Neftohimik 19 9 3 7 32 27 10 6 2 2 17 9 9 3 1 5 15 18 5 30
7 Kariana Erden 19 8 5 6 29 24 9 4 4 1 17 10 10 4 1 5 12 14 5 29
8 Lovech 18 8 4 6 28 15 9 4 2 3 15 6 9 4 2 3 13 9 13 28
9 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 19 7 5 7 26 27 10 5 2 3 16 12 9 2 3 4 10 15 -1 26
10 OFK Pirin 18 6 6 6 24 27 9 3 3 3 14 17 9 3 3 3 10 10 -3 24
11 Botev Galabovo 19 6 5 8 21 30 10 6 1 3 15 14 9 0 4 5 6 16 -9 23
12 Chernomorets Balchik 19 6 4 9 15 23 10 5 2 3 11 6 9 1 2 6 4 17 -8 22
13 Strumska slava 19 6 1 12 19 32 9 4 1 4 11 13 10 2 0 8 8 19 -13 19
14 Ludogorets II 18 3 9 6 18 23 9 2 5 2 10 11 9 1 4 4 8 12 -5 18
15 Pomorie 19 2 3 14 15 39 9 1 2 6 7 14 10 1 1 8 8 25 -24 9
16 Spartak Varna 19 2 3 14 5 40 9 2 1 6 3 15 10 0 2 8 2 25 -35 9
17 Spartak Pleven 18 2 3 13 9 37 9 1 2 6 5 14 9 1 1 7 4 23 -28 6

Read more about B PFG

The Second Professional First League (or Vtora Liga, earlier B Group or B Professional Football Group) is the second-highest level of football in Bulgaria. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures to set the final league table.