Soccer match preview: Ludogorets confident before travelling to Arda

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

Both these sides are in pretty good shape, Ludogorets having a 1 point advantage on Arda in the league table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Arda have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (30) in First League

This promises to be an absorbing fixture with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Arda form and stats

When playing at home in the First League, Arda have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. After failing to beat Cherno More here at Arena Arda, Arda has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The club members are hoping that Arda will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Slavia Sofia (placed 15th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through five league matches.

Before that, Arda had a home game versus Etar which ended with a victory 3-0.

It should be added that a glance at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Goals are plentiful at Arena Arda in the league this season as Arda has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. Arda are not conceding a lot of goals here at Arena Arda in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Ludogorets form and stats

As the visiting team in First League matches, Ludogorets have produced an overall stat of 3-0-2 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Ludogorets, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Ludogorets have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Simon Sluga. It's been 185 minutes since they last conceded in First League.

Ludogorets go into this game after a win, the home game against OFK Pirin that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Ludogorets was the only team on the pitch versus OFK Pirin in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Delev got a match rating of 9.04 in that game, top player of the team. Delev scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

A loss, in the Europa Conference League away at Nordsjælland, earlier.

Ludogorets have another game away in just four sleeps, a Europa Conference League game versus Fenerbahçe. A strenuous timetable for the visiting team!

{10 goals} so far away for Ludogorets, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 5 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Ludogorets have avoided a loss in the last 9 games (6-3-0) against Arda.

Top Goalscorers

ArdaP. Borukov
P. Borukov
6 goals
LudogoretsR. Rodrigues de Souza Cruz
R. Rodrigues de Souza Cruz
5 goals
LudogoretsB. Tekpetey
B. Tekpetey
4 goals

Arda missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Arda Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
7 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
21 14 3 Scored S 1 10 30
8 4 3 Conceded C 3 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 82%
45% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 73%
36% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 64%
9% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 27%
27% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 36%
45% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 55%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
4.8 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4.6 6.9
4.1 3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.8 2.6
2.5 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.8 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11 12.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 24 16.8 20.2
5 5.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10 8.6 9.1
38% 52% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 23% 30%
 
9.4 9.4 15 Shots against (avg) S A 7 5.8 5.7
2.5 2.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.6 2.3
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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most matches over the total-line (8) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (30) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+22) in First League
  • Ludogorets have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ludogorets 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 13 9 3 1 27 12 7 5 1 1 14 4 6 4 2 0 13 8 15 30
2 Cherno More 13 8 5 0 23 10 6 5 1 0 9 3 7 3 4 0 14 7 13 29
3 CSKA Sofia 12 7 4 1 17 7 6 3 3 0 8 3 6 4 1 1 9 4 10 25
4 Ludogorets 11 7 2 2 30 8 6 4 2 0 20 3 5 3 0 2 10 5 22 23
5 Levski Sofia 12 7 2 3 21 9 7 5 0 2 12 3 5 2 2 1 9 6 12 23
6 Arda 11 7 1 3 21 8 5 4 1 0 14 4 6 3 0 3 7 4 13 22
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 11 6 3 2 13 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 3 1 2 6 5 6 21
8 Levski Krumovgrad 13 5 2 6 13 18 7 4 1 2 11 9 6 1 1 4 2 9 -5 17
9 Hebar 1918 13 4 4 5 15 15 7 2 3 2 7 7 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 16
10 Beroe 13 4 2 7 11 20 6 3 1 2 6 4 7 1 1 5 5 16 -9 14
11 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 13 4 1 8 10 23 7 2 1 4 7 11 6 2 0 4 3 12 -13 13
12 Botev Plovdiv 13 3 3 7 15 18 6 2 0 4 10 11 7 1 3 3 5 7 -3 12
13 OFK Pirin 13 3 2 8 7 19 7 1 2 4 3 7 6 2 0 4 4 12 -12 11
14 Botev Vratsa 13 3 1 9 6 22 6 2 0 4 4 10 7 1 1 5 2 12 -16 10
15 Slavia Sofia 12 2 2 8 7 23 5 1 0 4 3 11 7 1 2 4 4 12 -16 8
16 Etar 12 1 1 10 9 26 6 0 1 5 5 13 6 1 0 5 4 13 -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.