Football betting preview: OFK Pirin with moderate expectations before welcoming CSKA Sofia

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (7000 seats)

OFK Pirin ended up with a 0-2 result versus Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in their previous week, a match to keep in mind. The next job is this firm CSKA Sofia team.

Insights:
  • OFK Pirin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (12) 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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OFK Pirin form and stats

OFK Pirin have collected 14 points from their First League home games so far after 3-5-5.

In their previous game, the manager Yanev led his Pirin to a defeat away at Lokomotiv Sofia 1929. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Hristo Botev. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in four league fixtures.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Arda that ended 1-1.

Low on goals? In this club's last 11 league games, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

OFK Pirin have scored {12 league goals} here from 13 matches, not a lot. Pirin's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the First League. In general it has been a productive period now for CSKA Sofia as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games.

The CSKA Sofia goalkeeper Gustavo Busatto is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 409 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

There were no winners in Sofia's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Levski Sofia (placed 4th).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Slavia Sofia with the score of 2-0.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

CSKA Sofia are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Sofia have put together a streak of 15 consecutive games without defeat (8-7-0) when facing OFK Pirin.

The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the result CSKA Sofia - Pirin 2-1 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaD. Nazon
D. Nazon
12 goals
CSKA SofiaM. Garcez
M. Garcez
8 goals
OFK PirinP. Yordanov
P. Yordanov
4 goals

OFK Pirin missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

OFK Pirin CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
4 3 0 Won W 4 10 20
9 5 2 Drew D 0 1 4
13 5 2 Lost L 0 2 2
18 12 2 Scored S 10 22 47
33 17 7 Conceded C 1 7 12
81% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 62%
35% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 38%
15% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 23%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
46% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 35%
27% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 62% 62%
46% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 12%
 
3.6 4.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.2 4.4
5.3 4.9 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.3 2.8
3.3 3.9 4.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 4 3.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
7.7 8 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 8.8 9.8
3.2 3.7 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 3.8 4.2
22% 25% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 44% 44%
 
10.9 9.6 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.5 7.6 6.1
4 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 2.2
Key stats in First League this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored more than double the goals of OFK Pirin.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (12) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • OFK Pirin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • OFK Pirin have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 26 20 4 2 47 12 13 10 3 0 25 5 13 10 1 2 22 7 35 64
2 Ludogorets 26 19 5 2 66 20 13 9 3 1 34 9 13 10 2 1 32 11 46 62
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 16 6 4 45 18 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 6 4 3 21 11 27 54
4 Levski Sofia 26 12 9 5 34 13 13 8 3 2 20 4 13 4 6 3 14 9 21 45
5 Cherno More 26 13 6 7 29 23 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 6 3 4 12 11 6 45
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 12 7 7 28 25 13 8 2 3 18 10 13 4 5 4 10 15 3 43
7 Slavia Sofia 26 13 2 11 27 25 13 8 2 3 17 11 13 5 0 8 10 14 2 41
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 26 10 7 9 29 30 13 7 3 3 16 15 13 3 4 6 13 15 -1 37
9 Arda 26 10 6 10 28 28 13 7 2 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 9 14 0 36
10 Botev Plovdiv 26 8 4 14 34 35 13 6 3 4 21 12 13 2 1 10 13 23 -1 28
11 Beroe 26 6 6 14 24 42 13 4 2 7 14 21 13 2 4 7 10 21 -18 24
12 Botev Vratsa 26 6 6 14 19 46 13 5 4 4 8 13 13 1 2 10 11 33 -27 24
13 Septemvri Sofia 26 5 7 14 24 38 13 2 5 6 9 17 13 3 2 8 15 21 -14 22
14 OFK Pirin 26 4 9 13 18 33 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 1 4 8 6 16 -15 21
15 Hebar 1918 26 4 5 17 13 45 13 1 3 9 8 22 13 3 2 8 5 23 -32 17
16 Spartak Varna 26 2 7 17 19 51 13 2 3 8 11 22 13 0 4 9 8 29 -32 13

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.