League round two of the First League campaign and the contenders have had a few days to digest the first game. Here's the best CSKA 1948 Sofia - OFK Pirin preview:
This has all the signs of an interesting game with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Game on!
CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats
The previous season, CSKA 1948 Sofia's league stats were 17 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, providing 3rd position in the First League. During these 30 matches they scored {49 goals} and let in 22. Appearing as the home side in the former season CSKA 1948 Sofia delivered 11-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 8 conceded.
A strong away win for Sofia against Levski Sofia the last match, as Pedrinho and Héliton were on target.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv.OFK Pirin form and stats
Let's have a look at how OFK Pirin performed last season in the First League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded {39 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 7/17 goals scored/conceded.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Beroe with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Spartak Varna.Head 2 Head
Previous eight meetings featuring these contenders: CSKA 1948 Sofia won five, OFK Pirin triumphed in one and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
![]() P. Oliveira dos Santos 1 goals | ![]() H. dos Santos 1 goals | ![]() D. Kondrakov 1 goals |
CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players
OFK Pirin missing players
| CSKA 1948 Sofia | OFK Pirin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| CSKA 1948 Sofia | Last season | OFK Pirin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 17 | ||
| 55 | 29 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 43 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 63% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 63% | ||
| 37% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 24% | 31% | ||
| 29% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 14% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 46% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 35% | 43% | ||
| 43% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 29% | ||
| 23% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 43% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | ||
| 9.9 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Levski Krumovgrad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Beroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Arda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Etar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | CSKA Sofia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Botev Plovdiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Slavia Sofia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Hebar 1918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Levski Sofia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | OFK Pirin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Ludogorets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 54 | 85 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 35 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 48 | 84 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 27 | 64 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 61 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 54 |