First League match preview: Beroe believed to be the weaker party when CSKA Sofia pays a visit

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Beroe (12000 seats)

The league table tells us that 4 points separate the two two sets of gladiators in this First League game. Beroe have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Beroe have won all their matches at home so far.
  • CSKA Sofia have the most clean sheets (2) away in First League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Beroe form and stats

Perfect First League season at home so far for Beroe 3 wins from 3 appearances.

No payout for Beroe in their previous match, an away game at Ludogorets that ended in defeat 0-5. The first loss after collecting points through three league matches. Beroe were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that, Beroe had a home game versus Slavia Sofia which ended with a victory 3-0.

Beroe has scored {6 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

CSKA Sofia are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

There were no winners in CSKA Sofia's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Cherno More (placed 2nd).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Botev Vratsa at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting CSKA Sofia as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Sofia have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (4-1-0) when playing Beroe.

Top Goalscorers

BeroeV. Triboulet
V. Triboulet
4 goals
BeroeL. Squadrone
L. Squadrone
2 goals
BeroeM. Cevallos Yaguachi
M. Cevallos Yaguachi
2 goals

Beroe missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

Beroe CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
10 6 1 Scored S 0 2 5
9 0 0 Conceded C 3 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 17%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
43% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 50%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 33%
 
2.6 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 4
5.9 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 2 2.5
3.1 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.3 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.3 6.7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9.7 10.3
3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.7 4.5
48% 67% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 19%
 
14.4 12.7 14 Shots against (avg) S A 16 8.7 8.8
5.6 3.7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4 3.7
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Beroe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Beroe have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Beroe have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • CSKA Sofia have the most clean sheets (2) away in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 7 6 1 0 17 7 4 3 1 0 8 2 3 3 0 0 9 5 10 19
2 Cherno More 7 5 2 0 16 7 3 3 0 0 4 1 4 2 2 0 12 6 9 17
3 Beroe 7 4 1 2 10 9 3 3 0 0 6 0 4 1 1 2 4 9 1 13
4 Ludogorets 6 4 0 2 19 4 3 3 0 0 13 0 3 1 0 2 6 4 15 12
5 Levski Krumovgrad 7 4 0 3 9 8 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 12
6 Hebar 1918 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 11
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 5 3 1 1 7 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 10
8 Levski Sofia 5 3 0 2 12 5 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 7 9
9 CSKA Sofia 6 2 3 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 9
10 Arda 5 2 1 2 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 1 7
11 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 7 2 0 5 5 14 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 6
12 Botev Vratsa 7 2 0 5 3 13 3 1 0 2 2 7 4 1 0 3 1 6 -10 6
13 Botev Plovdiv 7 1 2 4 5 10 3 0 0 3 2 7 4 1 2 1 3 3 -5 5
14 Slavia Sofia 5 1 1 3 3 11 1 0 0 1 1 5 4 1 1 2 2 6 -8 4
15 OFK Pirin 6 0 1 5 1 9 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 -8 1
16 Etar 6 0 1 5 4 13 3 0 1 2 3 5 3 0 0 3 1 8 -9 1

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.