Soccer match preview: CSKA 1948 Sofia confident before travelling to Lokomotiv Sofia 1929

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (22000 seats)

CSKA 1948 Sofia know they have a back-breaking visit to Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 and their Stadion Lokomotiv. This match preview has all the knowledge you need ahead of the match.

Insights:
  • Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in First League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 form and stats

With 2 First League wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 are confident in defense, having played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 against Beroe the last match, as Kamy were on target. At last, a league win after three matches without.

In the match before that, Lokomotiv hosted Cherno More and drew the game 0-0.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

As the visiting team in First League matches, CSKA 1948 Sofia have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.

Chochev scored in CSKA 1948 Sofia's previous match, the home game against Botev Plovdiv that ended 1-0. Attacker Rusev got a player rating of 8.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Rusev served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Prior to that result Sofia won their away game at Botev Vratsa. The scoreline was 2-1.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches have seen two goals or less.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

CSKA 1948 Sofia have won or drawn the last 10 games (7-3-0) versus Lokomotiv Sofia 1929.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaI. Chochev
I. Chochev
4 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaP. Oliveira dos Santos
P. Oliveira dos Santos
3 goals
LokomotivK. Stanoev
K. Stanoev
2 goals

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 CSKA 1948 Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 2 6 11
4 2 0 Won W 2 3 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
8 4 1 Lost L 0 2 2
10 7 0 Scored S 4 6 13
23 11 1 Conceded C 1 5 7
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
62% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 64%
38% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 27%
31% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
31% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 36%
31% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 45%
46% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 27%
 
3.8 3.7 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.7 4.5
4.8 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.3 3.6
2.3 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 10.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 17.5 10.8 12.8
3.4 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.5 4.8 4.6
23% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 21% 25%
 
11.7 9.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 11.5 9.6
5.8 5.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 3.5
Key stats in First League this season:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in First League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 13 9 3 1 27 12 7 5 1 1 14 4 6 4 2 0 13 8 15 30
2 Cherno More 13 8 5 0 23 10 6 5 1 0 9 3 7 3 4 0 14 7 13 29
3 CSKA Sofia 12 7 4 1 17 7 6 3 3 0 8 3 6 4 1 1 9 4 10 25
4 Ludogorets 11 7 2 2 30 8 6 4 2 0 20 3 5 3 0 2 10 5 22 23
5 Levski Sofia 12 7 2 3 21 9 7 5 0 2 12 3 5 2 2 1 9 6 12 23
6 Arda 11 7 1 3 21 8 5 4 1 0 14 4 6 3 0 3 7 4 13 22
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 11 6 3 2 13 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 3 1 2 6 5 6 21
8 Levski Krumovgrad 13 5 2 6 13 18 7 4 1 2 11 9 6 1 1 4 2 9 -5 17
9 Hebar 1918 13 4 4 5 15 15 7 2 3 2 7 7 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 16
10 Beroe 13 4 2 7 11 20 6 3 1 2 6 4 7 1 1 5 5 16 -9 14
11 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 13 4 1 8 10 23 7 2 1 4 7 11 6 2 0 4 3 12 -13 13
12 Botev Plovdiv 13 3 3 7 15 18 6 2 0 4 10 11 7 1 3 3 5 7 -3 12
13 OFK Pirin 13 3 2 8 7 19 7 1 2 4 3 7 6 2 0 4 4 12 -12 11
14 Botev Vratsa 13 3 1 9 6 22 6 2 0 4 4 10 7 1 1 5 2 12 -16 10
15 Slavia Sofia 12 2 2 8 7 23 5 1 0 4 3 11 7 1 2 4 4 12 -16 8
16 Etar 12 1 1 10 9 26 6 0 1 5 5 13 6 1 0 5 4 13 -17 4

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.