CSKA 1948 Sofia duels with OFK Pirin in First League game

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Fri 21.Jul
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vitosha (2500 seats)

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!

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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.

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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

CSKA 1948 SofiaP. Oliveira dos Santos
P. Oliveira dos Santos
1 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaH. dos Santos
H. dos Santos
1 goals
OFK PirinD. Kondrakov
D. Kondrakov
1 goals

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

OFK Pirin missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia OFK Pirin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top 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

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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.