First League preview of Etar - CSKA Sofia: Visitors believed to win

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Wed 01.Nov
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ivailo (25000 seats)

Pre-match info: 21 points stand between the participants so far this season, CSKA Sofia on top. Can Etar strike back?

Insights:
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (1) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia is in the best form (4-2-0) in First League

Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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Etar form and stats

Etar's results here at Stadion Ivailo in the First League have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Etar's last game was hosting Botev Vratsa (placed 15th) and winning 2-1. A big relief, as that was the first three points in the league after playing, but not winning, six matches in a row.

Before that, Etar played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Levski Krumovgrad.

Early season league goal statistics from Etar's 7 home games: {7 goals}, 14 conceded.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

CSKA Sofia's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed CSKA Sofia collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the First League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Things are running smoothly for CSKA Sofia who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against awayteam_total_prestreak_not_lost.

Sofia's last game was the home draw against Arda (0-0).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus OFK Pirin at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with CSKA Sofia given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 4 matches with 4 wins as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 1 of these games by at least two goals.

CSKA Sofia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on CSKA Sofia as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Sofia have avoided defeat in the last 10 games (7-3-0) against Etar.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaD. Nazon
D. Nazon
7 goals
CSKA SofiaJ. Lindseth
J. Lindseth
4 goals
CSKA SofiaT. Heintz
T. Heintz
3 goals

Etar missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

Etar CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 14
2 1 0 Won W 2 5 8
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
10 5 1 Lost L 0 1 1
11 7 0 Scored S 4 11 19
27 14 1 Conceded C 1 5 8
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
64% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
57% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 29%
29% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 36%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 57%
57% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 21%
 
4.6 6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 5
6.6 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.4 3.7
2.8 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.9
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 10.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 17.5 11.9 12.8
3.1 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 5.6 5.3
26% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 28% 26%
 
16.1 11.9 21 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8 7.9
5.1 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.1
Key stats in First League this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Sofia have the most clean sheets (4) away in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have the most clean sheets (8) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have the most points (16) away in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CSKA Sofia is in the best form (4-2-0) in First League
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Etar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in First League
  • Etar have the fewest clean sheets (1) in First League
  • Etar have the fewest points (4) at home in First League
  • Etar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Etar haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Cherno More 15 9 5 1 25 12 7 6 1 0 11 4 8 3 4 1 14 8 13 32
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 15 9 4 2 29 15 8 5 1 2 15 6 7 4 3 0 14 9 14 31
3 CSKA Sofia 14 8 5 1 19 8 7 3 4 0 8 3 7 5 1 1 11 5 11 29
4 Levski Sofia 14 8 2 4 23 11 8 6 0 2 13 3 6 2 2 2 10 8 12 26
5 Ludogorets 12 7 3 2 30 8 6 4 2 0 20 3 6 3 1 2 10 5 22 24
6 Arda 13 7 3 3 21 8 6 4 2 0 14 4 7 3 1 3 7 4 13 24
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 13 6 5 2 14 8 6 3 3 0 8 3 7 3 2 2 6 5 6 23
8 Beroe 15 6 2 7 15 22 7 4 1 2 8 5 8 2 1 5 7 17 -7 20
9 Hebar 1918 14 5 4 5 16 15 8 3 3 2 8 7 6 2 1 3 8 8 1 19
10 Botev Plovdiv 15 5 3 7 26 21 7 3 0 4 16 11 8 2 3 3 10 10 5 18
11 Levski Krumovgrad 15 5 3 7 13 20 8 4 2 2 11 9 7 1 1 5 2 11 -7 18
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 15 4 2 9 10 29 8 2 2 4 7 11 7 2 0 5 3 18 -19 14
13 OFK Pirin 15 3 2 10 9 23 8 1 2 5 4 9 7 2 0 5 5 14 -14 11
14 Slavia Sofia 14 3 2 9 9 24 6 2 0 4 5 11 8 1 2 5 4 13 -15 11
15 Botev Vratsa 15 3 1 11 10 29 7 2 0 5 7 15 8 1 1 6 3 14 -19 10
16 Etar 14 2 2 10 11 27 7 1 1 5 7 14 7 1 1 5 4 13 -16 8

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.