Arda - Cherno More: Small difference between teams in First League clash

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

In this article Tipsway presents you should know about the First League game Arda - Cherno More!

Insights:
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It's no vacation for neither Arda nor Cherno More as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Arda form and stats

When playing at home in the First League, Arda have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

The spoils were shared in Arda's previous game, also at home. Visiting Botev Vratsa (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Before that match, a win away at Hebar 1918.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Arda are traveling soon after this match as the First League match at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 awaits in three days.

The Arda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Cherno More form and stats

7-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cherno More in their First League matches away. Cherno More has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cherno More goalkeeper Ivan Dyulgerov is eager to challenge this, with his 234 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Cherno's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus CSKA 1948 Sofia that finished 0-0.

The game before was the Bulgarian Cup-duel against Ludogorets, a home defeat (1-2). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Cherno More in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cherno More, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

After this away game Cherno More return home for a First League game against Spartak Varna. That game is only four sleeps after this.

It's not easy to score on Cherno as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Cherno More - Arda 1-1 was the product when this pair of participants last played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Arda wins - draws - Cherno More wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ArdaL. N'Diaye
L. N'Diaye
5 goals
ArdaI. Tilev
I. Tilev
4 goals
ArdaR. Tsonev
R. Tsonev
4 goals

Arda missing players

Cherno More missing players

Arda Cherno More
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
11 7 0 Won W 2 7 14
7 3 0 Drew D 0 3 7
10 4 4 Lost L 2 4 7
30 20 2 Scored S 5 14 31
29 15 9 Conceded C 7 11 23
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 82%
61% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 36% 50%
32% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 21% 32%
18% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 11%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 11%
36% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 14% 32%
36% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 64% 54%
36% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 32%
 
4.4 5.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.1 4.8
4.4 3.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.5 3.4
2.8 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9 11.4 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10 11.2
3.5 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.9
31% 32% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 27% 28%
 
9.4 8.6 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 8.5 8.4
3.5 3.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.1
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arda have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ludogorets 28 21 5 2 68 20 14 10 3 1 35 9 14 11 2 1 33 11 48 68
2 CSKA Sofia 28 21 4 3 48 13 14 10 3 1 25 6 14 11 1 2 23 7 35 67
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 28 17 7 4 46 18 14 11 2 1 25 7 14 6 5 3 21 11 28 58
4 Levski Sofia 28 14 9 5 36 13 14 9 3 2 21 4 14 5 6 3 15 9 23 51
5 Cherno More 28 14 7 7 31 23 14 7 4 3 17 12 14 7 3 4 14 11 8 49
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28 13 7 8 31 27 14 9 2 3 21 11 14 4 5 5 10 16 4 46
7 Slavia Sofia 28 14 3 11 29 26 14 8 3 3 17 11 14 6 0 8 12 15 3 45
8 Arda 28 11 7 10 30 29 14 7 3 4 20 15 14 4 4 6 10 14 1 40
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 7 3 4 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 16 -5 37
10 Botev Plovdiv 28 8 5 15 34 36 14 6 3 5 21 13 14 2 2 10 13 23 -2 29
11 Beroe 28 7 6 15 25 43 14 5 2 7 15 21 14 2 4 8 10 22 -18 27
12 Botev Vratsa 28 6 7 15 20 49 14 5 4 5 8 15 14 1 3 10 12 34 -29 25
13 Septemvri Sofia 28 5 7 16 25 42 14 2 5 7 10 19 14 3 2 9 15 23 -17 22
14 OFK Pirin 28 4 9 15 18 35 14 3 5 6 12 18 14 1 4 9 6 17 -17 21
15 Hebar 1918 28 5 5 18 17 47 14 1 3 10 8 23 14 4 2 8 9 24 -30 20
16 Spartak Varna 28 3 7 18 22 54 14 3 3 8 13 22 14 0 4 10 9 32 -32 16

Read more about First League

The First Professional Football League, also known as the Parva Liga, is the top level of football in Bulgaria. It has 14 teams playing a regular season of 26 fixtures to set a league table. The top six then enter a championship playoff, the bottom eight a relegation group.