Ludogorets vs Cherno More preview

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vasil Levski (46340 seats)

A key match as both contenders are struggling for the top spots. With Ludogorets in 2nd position and Cherno More at 5th, this has all the looks of a thriling duel. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (50) in First League
  • Cherno More have the most clean sheets (7) away in First League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Ludogorets form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 First League games here at Stadion Vasil Levski for Ludogorets. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Stress levels are on the rise for Ludogorets's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. Nonato was their last goal scorer.

The Ludogorets fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Vasil Levski: A 0-1 defeat against OFK Pirin (placed 14th). This team managed a eleven league fixtures long run without a loss until that game!

0-0 away at Levski Sofia before that.

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 Ludogorets home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

The Ludogorets manager Bogdanov has got the team scoring with 23 from 11 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Ludogorets have conceded only 6 goals.

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Cherno More form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the First League. Cherno has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The manager Iliev was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadion Ticha. Cherno More suffered a 1-2 loss to Botev Plovdiv (placed 10th). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

Prior to that result Cherno won their away game at OFK Pirin. The scoreline was 1-0.

Lacking goals? 9 of this side's latest 11 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cherno More are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The 6 latest matches involving these opponents have all ended as Ludogorets wins. Another one?

This was the score when the participants played each other previously this season; Cherno More - Ludogorets 2-3.

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsB. Tekpetey
B. Tekpetey
8 goals
LudogoretsK. Despodov
K. Despodov
6 goals

Ludogorets missing players

Cherno More missing players

Ludogorets Cherno More
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
15 7 2 Won W 0 5 10
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
2 1 0 Lost L 2 3 6
50 23 5 Scored S 0 9 21
15 6 2 Conceded C 4 8 19
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 73% 82%
77% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 27% 45%
64% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 18% 27%
41% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 9%
18% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
45% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 9% 32%
45% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 64% 50%
18% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 55% 36%
 
6.8 7 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 4.5
3.8 3.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.4 3.4
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.6 15.9 15 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 9.6 10.8
6.2 5.9 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 3.7
37% 35% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 26%
 
8 6.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 8.4 8.5
2.6 2.5 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.2 3.4
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Cherno More have the most clean sheets (7) away in First League
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have scored more than double the goals of Cherno More.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most matches over the total-line (14) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (50) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in First League
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+35) in First League
  • Ludogorets 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 CSKA Sofia 22 17 3 2 43 12 11 9 2 0 24 5 11 8 1 2 19 7 31 54
2 Ludogorets 22 15 5 2 50 15 11 7 3 1 23 6 11 8 2 1 27 9 35 50
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 22 13 6 3 37 14 11 9 2 0 22 5 11 4 4 3 15 9 23 45
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 22 11 5 6 24 21 11 7 1 3 16 9 11 4 4 3 8 12 3 38
5 Cherno More 22 10 6 6 21 19 11 5 3 3 12 11 11 5 3 3 9 8 2 36
6 Levski Sofia 22 9 8 5 28 13 11 6 3 2 17 4 11 3 5 3 11 9 15 35
7 Arda 22 10 5 7 26 21 11 7 2 2 18 9 11 3 3 5 8 12 5 35
8 Slavia Sofia 22 11 2 9 25 22 11 7 2 2 16 9 11 4 0 7 9 13 3 35
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 3 3 13 15 11 2 4 5 11 13 -4 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 22 8 2 12 30 29 11 6 1 4 19 10 11 2 1 8 11 19 1 26
11 Botev Vratsa 22 6 4 12 18 36 11 5 2 4 8 13 11 1 2 8 10 23 -18 22
12 Beroe 22 5 5 12 19 38 11 4 2 5 13 17 11 1 3 7 6 21 -19 20
13 Septemvri Sofia 22 4 7 11 20 29 11 1 5 5 6 13 11 3 2 6 14 16 -9 19
14 OFK Pirin 22 3 7 12 15 30 11 2 4 5 9 16 11 1 3 7 6 14 -15 16
15 Hebar 1918 22 4 4 14 12 39 11 1 3 7 7 18 11 3 1 7 5 21 -27 16
16 Spartak Varna 22 2 6 14 17 43 11 2 3 6 10 16 11 0 3 8 7 27 -26 12

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.