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- CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in First League
- CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored away.
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face fixture!
CSKA Sofia form and stats
CSKA Sofia are steadily winning First League games and points here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija. 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games. Two home wins in a row for CSKA Sofia bring valid hopes of a third.
An away draw last time out for CSKA Sofia, facing Ludogorets in a game that ended 2-2.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cherno More in a game that was won 2-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for CSKA Sofia home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
It should be noted that a peek at the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Sofia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {7 goals}.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
4-6-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in their First League matches away.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv are looking to quickly end their 210 minutes long goal drought in the First League.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv's previous game was their home loss versus Levski Sofia (0-3).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Ludogorets's place.The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Lokomotiv have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived match between these sides is the CSKA Sofia - Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1-1 played previously this season. CSKA Sofia-Lokomotiv Plovdiv H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: CSKA Sofia three wins, Lokomotiv Plovdiv four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. Nazon 17 goals | M. Garcez 10 goals |  G. Bariani Marques 7 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 61 | 32 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 33 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 32 |
| 94% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 59% |
| 41% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 19% | 38% |
| 28% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 34% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 38% |
| 59% | 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| 12% | 19% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 44% | 34% |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 10.7 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.4 | 8.2 | 9.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 43% | 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 11.1 | 10 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored away.
- CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in First League
- CSKA Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 |
