Beroe clashes with CSKA 1948 Sofia in First League face-off

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Beroe (12000 seats)

A brief glance at the First League table point to an edge to CSKA 1948 Sofia when they travel to Beroe. However; let's play the game before we pick a winner!

Insights:
  • Beroe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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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Beroe form and stats

When playing at home in the First League, Beroe have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Beroe, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Beroe coach Kirov and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv (placed 4th).

Ahead of that match, Beroe lost 1-2 at home to Septemvri Sofia.

Beroe are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Beroe defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of CSKA 1948 Sofia playing as the away team in the First League this season.

CSKA 1948 Sofia's previous game was their home loss versus CSKA Sofia (0-1).

Prior to that result Sofia won their away game at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929. The scoreline was 6-0.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's most recent 11 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

CSKA 1948 Sofia find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Sofia as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended CSKA 1948 Sofia - Beroe 4-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Beroe wins - draws - CSKA 1948 Sofia wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaI. Chochev
I. Chochev
16 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaG. Rusev
G. Rusev
4 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaA. Georgiev Bastunov
A. Georgiev Bastunov
3 goals

Beroe missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Beroe CSKA 1948 Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
5 4 1 Won W 1 4 13
6 2 0 Drew D 1 4 6
12 5 3 Lost L 1 3 4
19 13 3 Scored S 2 15 37
38 17 9 Conceded C 2 9 15
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
78% 91% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 61%
39% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 30%
26% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 22%
9% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
48% 55% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 35%
17% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 52%
43% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 22%
 
4.2 4.5 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 5.5 6
4.4 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 5.6 5
2.3 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3 2.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 7
 
8.3 8.6 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 19.7 12.7 11.7
2.6 3 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.3 5.8 4.8
32% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 23% 34%
 
10.3 10.1 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7 11.8 9.8
4.6 4.5 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 4.2 3.3
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Beroe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia 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 Sofia 23 18 3 2 44 12 11 9 2 0 24 5 12 9 1 2 20 7 32 57
2 Ludogorets 23 16 5 2 53 17 12 8 3 1 26 8 11 8 2 1 27 9 36 53
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 23 13 6 4 37 15 12 9 2 1 22 6 11 4 4 3 15 9 22 45
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 23 11 6 6 24 21 12 7 2 3 16 9 11 4 4 3 8 12 3 39
5 Levski Sofia 23 10 8 5 30 13 12 7 3 2 19 4 11 3 5 3 11 9 17 38
6 Slavia Sofia 23 12 2 9 26 22 12 8 2 2 17 9 11 4 0 7 9 13 4 38
7 Cherno More 23 10 6 7 23 22 11 5 3 3 12 11 12 5 3 4 11 11 1 36
8 Arda 23 10 5 8 26 22 11 7 2 2 18 9 12 3 3 6 8 13 4 35
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 23 8 7 8 26 29 11 5 3 3 13 15 12 3 4 5 13 14 -3 31
10 Botev Plovdiv 23 8 2 13 31 31 11 6 1 4 19 10 12 2 1 9 12 21 0 26
11 Septemvri Sofia 23 5 7 11 22 30 12 2 5 5 8 14 11 3 2 6 14 16 -8 22
12 Botev Vratsa 23 6 4 13 18 38 11 5 2 4 8 13 12 1 2 9 10 25 -20 22
13 Beroe 23 5 6 12 19 38 11 4 2 5 13 17 12 1 4 7 6 21 -19 21
14 OFK Pirin 23 4 7 12 17 30 12 3 4 5 11 16 11 1 3 7 6 14 -13 19
15 Hebar 1918 23 4 4 15 12 41 11 1 3 7 7 18 12 3 1 8 5 23 -29 16
16 Spartak Varna 23 2 6 15 18 45 12 2 3 7 11 18 11 0 3 8 7 27 -27 12

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.