Cherno More vs Septemvri Sofia: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ticha (12000 seats)

Cherno More have claimed 18 of their 36 in total here at their home arena. Will they win more points versus Septemvri Sofia?

Insights:
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Septemvri Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Cherno More and Septemvri Sofia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cherno More form and stats

Cherno More have collected 18 points from their First League home games so far after 5-3-3.

The club members are hoping that Cherno More will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the match against Ludogorets (placed 2nd). The defeat against Ludogorets was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Despodov).

Ahead of that match, Cherno lost 1-2 at home to Botev Plovdiv.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.

Cherno More are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games.

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Septemvri Sofia form and stats

There's been little loot from Septemvri Sofia's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the First League. Septemvri Sofia only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

Septemvri Sofia won their last game, 2-1 versus Botev Plovdiv played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Beroe.

Septemvri Sofia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Septemvri have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Septemvri Sofia - Cherno More 0-0. Cherno More-Septemvri Sofia H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Cherno More two wins, Septemvri Sofia four wins, one draw. six of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Septemvri SofiaA. Kabov
A. Kabov
5 goals
Septemvri SofiaS. Slaveykov Aleksandrov
S. Slaveykov Aleksandrov
5 goals
Septemvri SofiaM. Detelinov Petkov
M. Detelinov Petkov
4 goals

Cherno More missing players

Septemvri Sofia missing players

Cherno More Septemvri Sofia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
10 5 3 Won W 0 3 5
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 7
7 3 0 Lost L 2 6 11
23 12 5 Scored S 4 14 22
22 11 2 Conceded C 7 16 30
83% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
48% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 61%
30% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 43%
13% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 45% 26%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 9%
35% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 52%
48% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 13%
35% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 48%
 
4.5 5.3 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4 4.1
3.7 3.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 6.1 6.2
2.7 2.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.6 12 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9 8.8
3.7 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 3.4
27% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 38% 28%
 
9 8.7 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11.8 11.3
3.4 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.1
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Septemvri Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 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 Levski Sofia 23 10 8 5 30 13 12 7 3 2 19 4 11 3 5 3 11 9 17 38
5 Slavia Sofia 23 12 2 9 26 22 12 8 2 2 17 9 11 4 0 7 9 13 4 38
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 22 11 5 6 24 21 11 7 1 3 16 9 11 4 4 3 8 12 3 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 22 5 5 12 19 38 11 4 2 5 13 17 11 1 3 7 6 21 -19 20
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.