Open game expected at Arena Arda: Arda vs Beroe preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

Arda perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Beroe can look both up and down from their 5th position.

Insights:
  • Arda have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Parva Liga
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

The hosts Arda saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Bulgarian Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Slavia Sofia.

Beroe are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Arda form and stats

Arda have performed here at Arena Arda this season with 6 wins from 11 Parva Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1.

Preceding that game was the away draw at CSKA Sofia that finished 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost two.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Etar are coming to town in three days.

Arda have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Arda with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Arda's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Beroe form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Beroe have produced an overall stat of 5-3-3 so far.

Home advantage was not enough for Beroe in their previous game, as they lost their Parva Liga-match, hosting Etar, 1-2. Before that, Beroe travelled to Lokomotiv Plovdiv and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Beroe in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Beroe, two draws and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Beroe, the Parva Liga home match versus Tsarsko selo. Busy days.

Beroe has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded by Beroe in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Beroe - Arda 0-1. Arda-Beroe H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Arda three wins, Beroe one win, zero draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BeroeA. Fall
A. Fall
9 goals
ArdaI. Kokonov
I. Kokonov
8 goals
ArdaS. Delev
S. Delev
6 goals

Arda missing players

Beroe missing players

Arda Beroe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
10 6 2 Won W 0 5 10
9 4 2 Drew D 2 3 6
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 7
32 19 5 Scored S 2 17 37
23 12 2 Conceded C 4 13 25
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
74% 91% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 78%
35% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 48%
22% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 26%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 17%
48% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 48%
39% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 39%
26% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.6 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.7 14 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9 10.3
4 4.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 4
35% 35% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 45% 41%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arda have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Parva Liga
  • Arda have the most points from losing position (10) in Parva Liga
  • Arda haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Beroe haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Ludogorets 23 17 4 2 50 18 12 11 1 0 24 4 11 6 3 2 26 14 32 55
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 23 13 7 3 39 18 12 7 5 0 24 10 11 6 2 3 15 8 21 46
3 CSKA Sofia 23 12 8 3 30 18 12 8 4 0 15 6 11 4 4 3 15 12 12 44
4 Arda 23 10 9 4 32 23 11 6 4 1 19 12 12 4 5 3 13 11 9 39
5 Beroe 23 10 6 7 37 25 12 5 3 4 20 12 11 5 3 3 17 13 12 36
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 23 9 7 7 33 26 11 7 2 2 23 10 12 2 5 5 10 16 7 34
7 Cherno More 23 8 6 9 25 25 12 6 3 3 16 12 11 2 3 6 9 13 0 30
8 Levski Sofia 23 7 7 9 25 21 11 5 2 4 13 10 12 2 5 5 12 11 4 28
9 Tsarsko selo 23 6 7 10 22 26 11 3 5 3 12 12 12 3 2 7 10 14 -4 25
10 Botev Plovdiv 23 5 9 9 25 42 11 4 5 2 14 13 12 1 4 7 11 29 -17 24
11 Etar 23 4 8 11 17 41 11 2 5 4 9 15 12 2 3 7 8 26 -24 20
12 Montana 23 4 7 12 20 38 11 4 2 5 16 20 12 0 5 7 4 18 -18 19
13 Slavia Sofia 23 5 4 14 17 37 12 4 3 5 9 14 11 1 1 9 8 23 -20 19
14 Botev Vratsa 23 5 3 15 24 38 12 3 2 7 15 17 11 2 1 8 9 21 -14 18

Read more about Parva Liga

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.