Slavia Sofia and Arda have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the First League.
- Arda have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Slavia Sofia form and stats
8 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Slavia Sofia have to build on here at Stadion Slavija in the First League.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Slavia Sofia, as their goalkeeper Nikolay Lachezarov Krastev has completely shut out the opponents for 183 minutes in the First League.
The Slavia club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Botev Plovdiv and win 1-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting CSKA 1948 Sofia and winning 1-0.It should be added that a look at the 11 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Slavia Sofia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. 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, Slavia Sofia have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Arda form and stats
4-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arda in their First League matches away.
Arda are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929. That win felt sweet as this club had gone three league rounds without victory.
Before that, Arda travelled to Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arda as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Slavia - Arda 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Slavia Sofia victories, two draws and three Arda wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Tasev 7 goals |   L. N'Diaye 5 goals | G. Ivanov 4 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
Arda missing players
| Slavia Sofia | Arda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 32 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 36 |
| 27 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 32 |
| 97% | 94% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 55% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 65% |
| 35% | 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 13% | 35% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 35% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 35% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 35% |
| 32% | 19% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 47% | 32% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6.9 | 9.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 26% | 31% |
| 8.7 | 8.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
- Arda have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Ludogorets | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 72 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 51 | 74 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 43 | 73 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 59 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 54 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 53 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 50 |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 49 |
| 8 | Arda | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 42 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 38 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 25 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -32 | 28 |
| 12 | Beroe | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 27 |
| 13 | OFK Pirin | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 24 |
| 14 | Hebar 1918 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -32 | 23 |
| 15 | Septemvri Sofia | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -20 | 22 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 35 | -33 | 17 |
