Evenly matched teams: Arda vs Cherno More match preview

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Fri 14.Jul
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

It's finally time for the First League season opener for these sides, whom at last are playing for points again. Will Arda or Cherno More get that crucial first win?

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Arda form and stats

The previous season, Arda's league results were 11 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, leading to 8th position in the First League. During these 30 matches they scored {33 goals} and conceded 32. Playing as the home team in the former season Arda produced 7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 17 conceded.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Arda, who have participated in five training matches. Arda have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Cherno More form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cherno More performed last season in the First League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded {27 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 16/13 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Cherno More have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from seven fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Cherno More have not lost in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Arda.

The games between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Arda missing players

Cherno More missing players

Arda Cherno More
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Arda Last season Cherno More
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 18   Played P   18 35
16 10   Won W   7 15
10 4   Drew D   4 9
11 4   Lost L   7 11
47 30   Scored S   18 39
38 20   Conceded C   19 35
92% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 86%
68% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 57%
41% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 37%
22% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 14%
8% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
41% 50%   BTTS BTTS   28% 40%
35% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 43%
32% 17%   Failed to Score F T   39% 31%
 
4.7 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.9
4.4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.6
2.8 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.6
5 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.3 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 11
4.1 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 29%
 
9.3 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 8.8
3.4 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botev Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botev Vratsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cherno More 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Etar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hebar 1918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Levski Krumovgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Levski Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 OFK Pirin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Slavia Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 30 23 5 2 72 21 15 11 3 1 37 10 15 12 2 1 35 11 51 74
2 CSKA Sofia 30 23 4 3 57 14 15 11 3 1 30 7 15 12 1 2 27 7 43 73
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 30 17 8 5 49 22 15 11 2 2 25 8 15 6 6 3 24 14 27 59
4 Levski Sofia 30 15 9 6 38 14 15 10 3 2 23 4 15 5 6 4 15 10 24 54
5 Cherno More 30 15 8 7 36 27 15 8 4 3 20 14 15 7 4 4 16 13 9 53
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 8 8 33 28 15 10 2 3 22 11 15 4 6 5 11 17 5 50
7 Slavia Sofia 30 15 4 11 31 27 15 8 4 3 18 12 15 7 0 8 13 15 4 49
8 Arda 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 7 4 4 22 17 15 4 5 6 11 15 1 42
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 30 10 8 12 32 38 15 7 4 4 18 20 15 3 4 8 14 18 -6 38
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 5 16 38 40 15 6 3 6 21 15 15 3 2 10 17 25 -2 32
11 Botev Vratsa 30 7 7 16 23 55 15 6 4 5 10 16 15 1 3 11 13 39 -32 28
12 Beroe 30 7 6 17 26 47 15 5 2 8 15 23 15 2 4 9 11 24 -21 27
13 OFK Pirin 30 5 9 16 21 39 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 2 4 9 7 17 -18 24
14 Hebar 1918 30 6 5 19 19 51 15 1 3 11 8 27 15 5 2 8 11 24 -32 23
15 Septemvri Sofia 30 5 7 18 25 45 15 2 5 8 10 20 15 3 2 10 15 25 -20 22
16 Spartak Varna 30 3 8 19 27 60 15 3 4 8 16 25 15 0 4 11 11 35 -33 17

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.