First League preview and numbers: Arda - Etar at Arena Arda

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 01.Oct
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Arda fans are hopeful that the gap between 5th and Etar's 15th position in the table will show on the ground.

Insights:
  • Arda have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Arda and Etar.

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Arda form and stats

The story so far in the First League for Arda at their home stadium (Arena Arda) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Arda are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

Arda are returning here after visiting Levski Krumovgrad and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Huseynov, Borukov and Sako scored the goal(s).

Before that, Arda had a home game versus Hebar 1918 which ended with a victory 3-1.

Arda are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Arena Arda in their league games, having scored an impressive 11 goals in 4 matches.

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Etar form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Etar, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First League, playing as the away team in the First League this season. Recent form does not give Etar much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Arda will be a tough nut to crack.

The attacking players of Etar have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 308 minutes.

The manager Lukanov was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadion Ivailo. Etar suffered a 0-2 loss to OFK Pirin (placed 11th).

A 0-1 defeat away at Levski Sofia before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Etar as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Arda have won or drawn the last 5 matches (3-2-0) versus Etar.

Top Goalscorers

ArdaP. Borukov
P. Borukov
4 goals
ArdaA. Toungara
A. Toungara
3 goals
ArdaT. Yordanov
T. Yordanov
3 goals

Arda missing players

Etar missing players

Arda Etar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 5 10
6 3 2 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 2 4 8
18 11 5 Scored S 1 4 7
7 4 0 Conceded C 3 10 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 60%
44% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
44% 75% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 40%
44% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 60%
 
4.8 4.5 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3 4.2
4 2.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 9 10.6 7.7
2.2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.9 12.8 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.2 8.9
5.6 5.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.6 3.2
36% 48% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 22%
 
10 9.8 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 26.5 24.2 18.4
2.8 3 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 7.2 5.6
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Arda have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arda have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Arda have scored more than double the goals of Etar.
  • Arda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Etar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Etar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First League
  • Etar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Etar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11 9 2 0 25 8 6 5 1 0 14 2 5 4 1 0 11 6 17 29
2 Cherno More 11 8 3 0 21 8 5 5 0 0 7 1 6 3 3 0 14 7 13 27
3 Levski Sofia 10 7 1 2 20 7 6 5 0 1 12 2 4 2 1 1 8 5 13 22
4 CSKA Sofia 10 6 3 1 14 6 5 3 2 0 7 2 5 3 1 1 7 4 8 21
5 Arda 9 6 1 2 18 7 4 3 1 0 11 4 5 3 0 2 7 3 11 19
6 Ludogorets 9 5 2 2 25 8 5 3 2 0 16 3 4 2 0 2 9 5 17 17
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 9 4 3 2 10 6 4 2 2 0 6 2 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 15
8 Beroe 11 4 2 5 10 15 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 1 1 4 4 12 -5 14
9 Levski Krumovgrad 11 4 1 6 12 18 6 3 1 2 10 9 5 1 0 4 2 9 -6 13
10 Hebar 1918 11 3 3 5 10 13 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 3 6 -3 12
11 OFK Pirin 11 3 1 7 6 14 6 1 1 4 2 6 5 2 0 3 4 8 -8 10
12 Botev Vratsa 11 3 1 7 5 19 5 2 0 3 3 8 6 1 1 4 2 11 -14 10
13 Botev Plovdiv 11 2 3 6 11 16 5 1 0 4 6 10 6 1 3 2 5 6 -5 9
14 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 11 3 0 8 9 23 6 2 0 4 7 11 5 1 0 4 2 12 -14 9
15 Etar 10 1 1 8 7 18 5 0 1 4 3 8 5 1 0 4 4 10 -11 4
16 Slavia Sofia 10 1 1 8 5 22 4 0 0 4 2 11 6 1 1 4 3 11 -17 4

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.