First League match preview: CSKA 1948 Sofia believed to be the weaker party when Ludogorets pays a visit

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vitosha (2500 seats)

A total of 30 rounds of games are finished and both CSKA 1948 Sofia and Ludogorets are at the right end of the league table. Game on!

Insights:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (72) in First League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for CSKA 1948 Sofia and Ludogorets.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

35 points is a decent return from 15 First League games here at Stadion Vitosha for CSKA 1948 Sofia. The data says 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

The Sofia followers got no joy from their last match, a Bulgarian Cup duel also played here at Stadion Vitosha: A 1-3 defeat against Ludogorets.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Cherno More that finished 1-1.

CSKA 1948 Sofia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Vitosha with 25 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, CSKA 1948 Sofia have conceded only 8 goals.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Ludogorets so far, with 12-2-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are First League statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Ludogorets as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Two trips in a row for Ludogorets, whose coach Bogdanov could celebrate last time after the Bulgarian Cup win against CSKA 1948 Sofia.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting CSKA Sofia in the First League.

The Ludogorets manager Bogdanov has got the team scoring on the road, with 35 away goals in 15 league matches. Ludogorets are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Ludogorets - CSKA 1948 Sofia 1-1. Johnathan (Sofia) was shown a red card when these teams last met. Statistics for the former eight meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for CSKA 1948 Sofia, two draws and four wins for Ludogorets. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

SofiaI. Chochev
I. Chochev
20 goals
LudogoretsThiago
Thiago
14 goals
LudogoretsK. Despodov
K. Despodov
12 goals

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Ludogorets missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 3 15 32
17 11 1 Won W 2 12 24
10 3 2 Drew D 1 2 6
5 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
52 27 3 Scored S 4 35 75
25 10 3 Conceded C 2 11 23
91% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 94%
62% 56% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 80% 75%
38% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 73% 62%
28% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 47% 41%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 13% 19%
44% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 50%
44% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 47% 44%
22% 19% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 13% 12%
 
5.8 6.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.9 7.1
5.2 4.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 3.7 3.2
2.7 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.7 2.5 2.2
7 5 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 10.8 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 15.3 16.6
4.8 3.9 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 6.1 6.5
34% 44% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 36%
 
9.6 8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 8.6 7.2
3.3 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 2.5 2.4
Key stats in First League this season:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most matches over the total-line (20) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most points (38) away in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most points from losing position (17) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (35) away in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (72) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+24) away in First League
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+51) in First League
  • Ludogorets have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ludogorets is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Ludogorets 30 23 5 2 72 21 15 11 3 1 37 10 15 12 2 1 35 11 51 74
2 CSKA Sofia 30 23 4 3 57 14 15 11 3 1 30 7 15 12 1 2 27 7 43 73
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 30 17 8 5 49 22 15 11 2 2 25 8 15 6 6 3 24 14 27 59
4 Levski Sofia 30 15 9 6 38 14 15 10 3 2 23 4 15 5 6 4 15 10 24 54
5 Cherno More 30 15 8 7 36 27 15 8 4 3 20 14 15 7 4 4 16 13 9 53
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 8 8 33 28 15 10 2 3 22 11 15 4 6 5 11 17 5 50
7 Slavia Sofia 30 15 4 11 31 27 15 8 4 3 18 12 15 7 0 8 13 15 4 49
8 Arda 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 7 4 4 22 17 15 4 5 6 11 15 1 42
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 30 10 8 12 32 38 15 7 4 4 18 20 15 3 4 8 14 18 -6 38
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 5 16 38 40 15 6 3 6 21 15 15 3 2 10 17 25 -2 32
11 Botev Vratsa 30 7 7 16 23 55 15 6 4 5 10 16 15 1 3 11 13 39 -32 28
12 Beroe 30 7 6 17 26 47 15 5 2 8 15 23 15 2 4 9 11 24 -21 27
13 OFK Pirin 30 5 9 16 21 39 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 2 4 9 7 17 -18 24
14 Hebar 1918 30 6 5 19 19 51 15 1 3 11 8 27 15 5 2 8 11 24 -32 23
15 Septemvri Sofia 30 5 7 18 25 45 15 2 5 8 10 20 15 3 2 10 15 25 -20 22
16 Spartak Varna 30 3 8 19 27 60 15 3 4 8 16 25 15 0 4 11 11 35 -33 17

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.