Arda will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind CSKA Sofia.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Arda form and stats
Arda have played 9 Parva Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Arda are confident in defense, having played 296 minutes without conceding a goal.
Arda's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus CSKA Sofia (placed 4th). 0-0 away at Lokomotiv Plovdiv before that.
Arda are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Arda have conceded 12 goals.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Parva Liga travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. CSKA Sofia have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
The CSKA Sofia goalkeeper Gustavo Busatto is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 524 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for CSKA Sofia, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Arda (placed 7th) in the Bulgarian Cup last time out. A draw for CSKA Sofia before that, at their own venue hosting Ludogorets (0-0).
CSKA Sofia are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Arda - CSKA Sofia 0-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 1 - 2 (Arda wins - draws - CSKA Sofia wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Evandro 8 goals |  A. Sowe 8 goals |   R. Vasilev 7 goals |
Arda missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Arda | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 67% |
| 44% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 56% |
| 28% | 22% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 33% |
| 17% | 11% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | 73 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 118 | 226 |
| 59 | 32 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 55 | 99 |
| 37% | 34% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 25% | 31% |
- CSKA Sofia has the most scored goals in the second half (24)
- CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- CSKA Sofia 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 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 39 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 37 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Arda | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Beroe | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Etar | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Dunav 2010 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 12 | Tsarsko selo | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 16 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -19 | 13 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -26 | 5 |