Evenly matched teams: CSKA 1948 Sofia vs CSKA Sofia match preview

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vitosha (2500 seats)

A very important game in First League as both participants are fighting for the top spots. With CSKA 1948 Sofia in 3rd place and CSKA Sofia at 1st, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (12) in First League

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

Home games in the First League have been a walk in the park for CSKA 1948 Sofia so far, with 29 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Cherno More here at Stadion Vitosha, Sofia has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

CSKA 1948 Sofia are confident in defense, having played 249 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

CSKA 1948 Sofia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929's place. The match ended 6-0 with Umarbaev, Serdyuk (2), Kirilov, Héliton and Chochev scoring. As mentioned above, Sofia "killed" Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Ahead of that match, CSKA 1948 Sofia won a home game hosting Arda (1-0).

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained zero, one or two goals.

CSKA 1948 Sofia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {5 goals}.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

CSKA Sofia's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed CSKA Sofia collect 25 points from their 11 away matches in the First League. 8 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for CSKA Sofia as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

Sofia played 1-1 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in their previous match. Nazon has bagged at least one goal for the away side four fixtures in a row. The competence!

Prior to that result CSKA Sofia won their away game at Septemvri Sofia. The scoreline was 1-0.

Sofia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. CSKA Sofia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head meeting ended CSKA Sofia - Sofia 2-1, earlier this season. Data for the last six meetings between these two participants are: one win for CSKA 1948 Sofia, one draw and four wins for CSKA Sofia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaI. Chochev
I. Chochev
16 goals
CSKA SofiaD. Nazon
D. Nazon
11 goals
CSKA SofiaM. Garcez
M. Garcez
7 goals

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 3 11 22
13 9 0 Won W 2 8 17
6 2 2 Drew D 0 1 3
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
37 22 2 Scored S 4 19 43
14 5 2 Conceded C 2 7 12
91% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
64% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 68%
32% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 45%
23% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 27%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
36% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 41%
55% 73% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 55% 55%
18% 9% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 9%
 
6.2 6.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.5 4.7
5.1 4.6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.5 2.9
2.9 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 4 3
7 5 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
11.9 11.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.7 10
5 4.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4 4.4
34% 48% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 45%
 
9.9 8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 8.1 6.3
3.3 2.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 2.3
Key stats in First League this season:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia 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.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (12) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • CSKA Sofia is in the best form (4-2-0) in First League

  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 22 17 3 2 43 12 11 9 2 0 24 5 11 8 1 2 19 7 31 54
2 Ludogorets 22 15 5 2 50 15 11 7 3 1 23 6 11 8 2 1 27 9 35 50
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 22 13 6 3 37 14 11 9 2 0 22 5 11 4 4 3 15 9 23 45
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 22 11 5 6 24 21 11 7 1 3 16 9 11 4 4 3 8 12 3 38
5 Cherno More 22 10 6 6 21 19 11 5 3 3 12 11 11 5 3 3 9 8 2 36
6 Levski Sofia 22 9 8 5 28 13 11 6 3 2 17 4 11 3 5 3 11 9 15 35
7 Arda 22 10 5 7 26 21 11 7 2 2 18 9 11 3 3 5 8 12 5 35
8 Slavia Sofia 22 11 2 9 25 22 11 7 2 2 16 9 11 4 0 7 9 13 3 35
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 3 3 13 15 11 2 4 5 11 13 -4 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 22 8 2 12 30 29 11 6 1 4 19 10 11 2 1 8 11 19 1 26
11 Botev Vratsa 22 6 4 12 18 36 11 5 2 4 8 13 11 1 2 8 10 23 -18 22
12 Beroe 22 5 5 12 19 38 11 4 2 5 13 17 11 1 3 7 6 21 -19 20
13 Septemvri Sofia 22 4 7 11 20 29 11 1 5 5 6 13 11 3 2 6 14 16 -9 19
14 OFK Pirin 22 3 7 12 15 30 11 2 4 5 9 16 11 1 3 7 6 14 -15 16
15 Hebar 1918 22 4 4 14 12 39 11 1 3 7 7 18 11 3 1 7 5 21 -27 16
16 Spartak Varna 22 2 6 14 17 43 11 2 3 6 10 16 11 0 3 8 7 27 -26 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.