Hebar 1918 not looking forward to difficult First League clash against CSKA Sofia

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 16.Jul
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vasil Levski (46340 seats)

Hebar 1918 and CSKA Sofia fans have their finest supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new First League campaign. Game on!

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Hebar 1918 form and stats

The previous season, Hebar 1918's league statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 19 losses, providing 14th place in the First League. From these 30 matches they scored {19 goals} and gave away 51. Playing as the home side in the last season Hebar 1918 delivered 1-3-11 (win-draw-lost) with {8 goals} and 27 conceded.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on CSKA Sofia to win. Let's see if Hebar 1918 are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 5 games found revealing {0 Hebar wins}, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Hebar 1918, who have participated in four training matches. Hebar 1918 have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

Let's have a look at how CSKA Sofia performed last season in the First League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded {14 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 27/7 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for CSKA Sofia as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which CSKA Sofia have played five with the results W3-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Sofia has scored {5 goals} and conceded 3 times.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Hebar 1918, zero draws and three wins for CSKA Sofia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Nazon with 4 goals scored against Hebar 1918 in these 3 encounters.

Hebar 1918 missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hebar 1918 CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Hebar 1918 Last season CSKA Sofia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   17 35
9 3   Won W   13 26
5 3   Drew D   2 6
21 11   Lost L   2 3
30 14   Scored S   31 65
59 29   Conceded C   9 17
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
69% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 63%
49% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 37%
31% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
11% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
40% 47%   BTTS BTTS   29% 34%
20% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   65% 60%
49% 53%   Failed to Score F T   6% 11%
 
2.7 2.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.9
5.7 6.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 2.7
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.9 3.2
3 1   Red cards R C   4 4
 
6.7 6.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 10.4
2.8 2.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.4
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 42%
 
12.9 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   7.2 5.8
5.2 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.6 2.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botev Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botev Vratsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cherno More 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Etar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hebar 1918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Levski Krumovgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Levski Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 OFK Pirin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Slavia Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 OFK Pirin 5 3 1 1 28 43 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -15 34
2 Hebar 1918 5 3 0 2 30 59 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 5 6 -29 32
3 Beroe 5 1 2 2 31 54 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -23 32
4 Botev Vratsa 5 1 1 3 29 64 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -35 32
5 Septemvri Sofia 5 2 0 3 31 52 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 -21 28
6 Spartak Varna 5 2 2 1 32 65 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 2 4 -33 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botev Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botev Vratsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cherno More 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Etar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hebar 1918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Levski Krumovgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Levski Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 OFK Pirin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Slavia Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.