Soccer betting preview: Cherno More welcomes CSKA 1948 Sofia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ticha (12000 seats)

First League: A pair of sides who have performed well as yet. Learn more on Cherno More - CSKA 1948 Sofia with this thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Cherno More 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.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Bulgarian Cup game only four days ago. That game, against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for CSKA 1948 Sofia.

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Cherno More form and stats

All-inclusive First League statistics playing at home this season for Cherno More are 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

The Cherno More followers got no joy from their last fixture, a Bulgarian Cup duel also played here at Stadion Ticha: A 1-2 defeat against Ludogorets.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Botev Vratsa and winning 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cherno More have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Cherno More are traveling soon after this match as the First League match at Arda awaits in three days.

The Cherno fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Cherno More have conceded only 12 goals.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their First League travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. CSKA 1948 Sofia hope to make it five in this match.

Two travels in a row for Sofia, whose boss Yanchev could celebrate last time after the Bulgarian Cup win against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929.

Before that, CSKA 1948 Sofia secured a home win against Lokomotiv Plovdiv with the score 1-0.

The schedule is very tough for CSKA 1948 Sofia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A First League game at Spartak Varna is waiting in only three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Sofia's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Cherno More have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing CSKA 1948 Sofia.

Cherno More and CSKA 1948 Sofia have faced off before this season: CSKA 1948 Sofia - Cherno More 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaI. Chochev
I. Chochev
19 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaG. Rusev
G. Rusev
5 goals
ChernoV. Panayotov
V. Panayotov
3 goals

Cherno More missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Cherno More CSKA 1948 Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
14 7 0 Won W 0 6 17
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 6
7 3 2 Lost L 1 3 4
31 17 2 Scored S 2 21 46
23 12 5 Conceded C 3 11 18
85% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 93%
52% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 63%
33% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 37%
11% 8% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 26%
11% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
33% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 41%
52% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 48%
30% 15% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 19%
 
4.7 5.4 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.5 5.9
3.4 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.5 4.8
2.6 2.3 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 7
 
11.1 12.2 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 12.8 11.7
4 4.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 5.8 4.9
29% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 35%
 
8.4 8.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 17 11.2 9.4
3.1 3.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 3.9 3.2
Key stats in First League this season:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 27 21 4 2 48 12 13 10 3 0 25 5 14 11 1 2 23 7 36 67
2 Ludogorets 27 20 5 2 67 20 14 10 3 1 35 9 13 10 2 1 32 11 47 65
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 27 17 6 4 46 18 14 11 2 1 25 7 13 6 4 3 21 11 28 57
4 Levski Sofia 27 13 9 5 35 13 14 9 3 2 21 4 13 4 6 3 14 9 22 48
5 Cherno More 27 14 6 7 31 23 13 7 3 3 17 12 14 7 3 4 14 11 8 48
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 27 12 7 8 28 26 13 8 2 3 18 10 14 4 5 5 10 16 2 43
7 Slavia Sofia 27 13 3 11 27 25 14 8 3 3 17 11 13 5 0 8 10 14 2 42
8 Arda 27 11 6 10 29 28 13 7 2 4 19 14 14 4 4 6 10 14 1 39
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 27 10 7 10 29 31 13 7 3 3 16 15 14 3 4 7 13 16 -2 37
10 Botev Plovdiv 27 8 5 14 34 35 13 6 3 4 21 12 14 2 2 10 13 23 -1 29
11 Beroe 27 6 6 15 24 43 13 4 2 7 14 21 14 2 4 8 10 22 -19 24
12 Botev Vratsa 27 6 6 15 19 48 14 5 4 5 8 15 13 1 2 10 11 33 -29 24
13 Septemvri Sofia 27 5 7 15 24 40 13 2 5 6 9 17 14 3 2 9 15 23 -16 22
14 OFK Pirin 27 4 9 14 18 34 14 3 5 6 12 18 13 1 4 8 6 16 -16 21
15 Hebar 1918 27 4 5 18 13 46 14 1 3 10 8 23 13 3 2 8 5 23 -33 17
16 Spartak Varna 27 3 7 17 21 51 14 3 3 8 13 22 13 0 4 9 8 29 -30 16

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.