Arda vs Cherno More match preview: Even contest expected at Arena Arda

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

4th position in the Parva Liga table for Arda so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Cherno More visits Arena Arda.

Insights:
  • Arda have the most points from losing position (9) in Parva Liga
  • Arda have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cherno More have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Arda and Cherno More.

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Arda form and stats

Arda are steadily winning Parva Liga games and points here at Arena Arda. 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.

Arda are returning here after visiting Etar in a Bulgarian Cup game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Slavia Sofia (2-3).

This is expected to be a close game, with Arda perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arda as a small favourite), we find five games. Arda has won one of these, drawn two and lost two.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Arda's attacking play is working. Arda's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Cherno More form and stats

There's been little loot from Cherno More's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Parva Liga. Cherno More only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cherno are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for Cherno, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus CSKA Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup. Before that, Cherno More secured a home win against Beroe with the score 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cherno More playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Cherno wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cherno as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cherno More have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Cherno More - Arda 2-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - two - three (Arda wins - draws - Cherno More wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArdaI. Kokonov
I. Kokonov
8 goals
ArdaS. Delev
S. Delev
6 goals
ArdaE. Ribeiro da Costa
E. Ribeiro da Costa
4 goals

Arda missing players

Cherno More missing players

Arda Cherno More
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
9 5 1 Won W 0 2 7
8 4 2 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 3 5 8
30 18 4 Scored S 1 8 23
19 10 2 Conceded C 4 11 23
84% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 68%
42% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 53%
26% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 21%
21% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
53% 78% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 47%
42% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 26%
21% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 56% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.2 15.1 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.2 8.6
4.3 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 3.4
37% 36% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 30% 36%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • All of Arda's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Arda have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arda have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cherno More have scored away.
  • Arda have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Arda have the most points from losing position (9) in Parva Liga
  • Arda haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 19 14 3 2 43 16 10 9 1 0 22 4 9 5 2 2 21 12 27 45
2 CSKA Sofia 19 11 6 2 28 16 9 7 2 0 13 5 10 4 4 2 15 11 12 39
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19 11 5 3 34 17 10 6 4 0 21 9 9 5 1 3 13 8 17 38
4 Arda 19 9 8 2 30 19 9 5 4 0 18 10 10 4 4 2 12 9 11 35
5 Beroe 19 9 5 5 33 18 9 4 3 2 17 6 10 5 2 3 16 12 15 32
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 19 7 7 5 26 19 10 6 2 2 22 10 9 1 5 3 4 9 7 28
7 Cherno More 19 7 4 8 23 23 10 5 2 3 15 12 9 2 2 5 8 11 0 25
8 Tsarsko selo 19 5 6 8 19 22 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 3 2 5 10 11 -3 21
9 Levski Sofia 19 5 5 9 19 18 9 4 1 4 10 8 10 1 4 5 9 10 1 20
10 Montana 19 4 6 9 18 33 9 4 1 4 15 18 10 0 5 5 3 15 -15 18
11 Slavia Sofia 19 4 4 11 14 30 10 3 3 4 6 10 9 1 1 7 8 20 -16 16
12 Botev Plovdiv 19 3 7 9 18 37 10 3 5 2 11 11 9 0 2 7 7 26 -19 16
13 Botev Vratsa 19 4 3 12 21 32 10 3 2 5 13 12 9 1 1 7 8 20 -11 15
14 Etar 19 2 7 10 12 38 9 1 4 4 6 14 10 1 3 6 6 24 -26 13

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.