Soccer game news: Home supporters with big expectations before CSKA Sofia - Cherno More

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Mon 15.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bâlgarska Armija (22015 seats)

CSKA Sofia and Cherno More are both riding high in the First League with their 2nd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a wonderful match!

Insights:
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in First League
  • Cherno More have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Cherno More could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Bulgarian Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Ludogorets. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

CSKA Sofia have performed here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija this season with 11 wins from 15 First League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

A nice win for CSKA Sofia last time playing, versus Botev Vratsa. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-1 with Koch, Nazon and Turitsov scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sofia played a great game against Botev Vratsa and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Nazon when beating Botev Vratsa, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Hebar 1918.

It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

CSKA Sofia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {7 goals}.

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Cherno More form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cherno More playing as the away team in the First League this season.

Two away games in a row for Cherno More, whose boss Iliev could celebrate last time after the Bulgarian Cup win against Ludogorets.

Before that, Cherno More secured a home win against Spartak Varna with the score 3-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cherno have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Cherno More - CSKA Sofia 0-2 was the score in these contenders' latest head to head game, earlier this season. de Nooijer (CSKA Sofia) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season. CSKA Sofia-Cherno More H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sofia seven wins, Cherno More one win, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaD. Nazon
D. Nazon
17 goals
CSKA SofiaM. Garcez
M. Garcez
8 goals
CSKA SofiaI. Turitsov
I. Turitsov
5 goals

CSKA Sofia missing players

Cherno More missing players

CSKA Sofia Cherno More
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 3 15 30
23 11 1 Won W 1 7 15
4 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
3 1 1 Lost L 1 4 7
57 30 2 Scored S 3 16 36
14 7 2 Conceded C 3 13 27
93% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 83%
60% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 40% 53%
40% 47% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 27% 37%
27% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 17%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 13% 13%
33% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 37%
60% 53% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 60% 50%
13% 20% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 30%
 
4.6 4.3 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 5
2.7 2.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 3.6 3.4
3.1 2.4 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.1 10.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.1 11.4
4.4 4.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4
43% 44% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 30%
 
5.9 4.5 4.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 8.7 8.4
2.2 1.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 3.1
Key stats in First League this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in First League
  • Cherno More have won significantly less corners away then at 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 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.