Arda will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind CSKA Sofia.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago.
Arda form and stats
Seven points from three Parva Liga home games is a great start for Arda, who are hoping to build on that form here at Arena Arda. Two home wins in a row for Arda bring valid hopes of a third.
R. Vasilev was the last player to score a league goal for Arda and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Arda haven't scored in 188 minutes.
An away draw last time out for Arda, facing Lokomotiv Plovdiv in a game that ended 0-0. Heartbreak before that as Arda lost 0-2 at Cherno More's place.
The Arda manager N. Kirov has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. 4 goals have been conceded.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga.
The manager S. Belchev was unhappy after their last game, a Europa League match played at their home ground Stadion Bâlgarska Armija. Sofia suffered a 0-2 loss to CFR Cluj. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Beroe in the Parva Liga.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Roma.
The travelling fans enjoy Sofia's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. In the opposite end, Sofia have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Arda-CSKA Sofia H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Arda zero wins, CSKA Sofia two wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Kokonov 5 goals | S. Delev 2 goals |  V. Ivaylov Antov 2 goals |
Arda missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Arda | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 | 49 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 79 | 126 |
| 29 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 27 | 49 |
| 38% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | 29% |
- All of Arda's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of CSKA Sofia's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Arda has the most points from losing position (7) in Parva Liga
- Arda have not yet lost a game at home.
- CSKA Sofia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CSKA Sofia have scored in all their matches so far.
- CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Beroe | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Tsarsko selo | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Arda | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Levski Sofia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Cherno More | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Montana | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | Etar | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -17 | 2 |