Parva Liga game prognosis and game guide for the Arda vs CSKA Sofia meet

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 28.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

CSKA Sofia journey to Arda and Arena Arda brimming with optimism, but the home team is not a walk in the park. More news on the match here!

Insights:
  • Arda have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Parva Liga
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Arda form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 7 Parva Liga games here at Arena Arda for Arda. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The last three games played by Arda, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Arda, who played 2-2 against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929. That match was also played at this venue (Arena Arda).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Cherno More the opponent.

Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

Arda has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Arda have conceded only 5 goals.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga. CSKA Sofia has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

CSKA Sofia have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gustavo Busatto. It's been 281 minutes since they last conceded in Parva Liga.

Sofia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Botev Vratsa (placed 12th). As you can tell from the results above, CSKA Sofia was very dominant against Botev Vratsa, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Moreno, Tufegdžić, Shopov and Carreazo providing the goals.

Prior to that result CSKA Sofia won their away game at Botev Plovdiv. The scoreline was 1-0.

The schedule is very tough for Sofia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Parva Liga game at Lokomotiv Plovdiv is waiting in only four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far CSKA Sofia have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. Sofia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Sofia have avoided defeat in the last 11 games (7-4-0) facing Arda.

CSKA Sofia - Arda 3-0 was the product when these teams formerly played each other, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaM. Garcez
M. Garcez
6 goals
CSKA SofiaD. Nazon
D. Nazon
5 goals
ArdaI. Tilev
I. Tilev
3 goals

Arda missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

Arda CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 6 14
6 4 0 Won W 1 3 11
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 1
4 1 1 Lost L 0 2 2
15 8 0 Scored S 2 8 28
14 5 1 Conceded C 1 5 8
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 29% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 71%
27% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
20% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 21%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
33% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 36%
40% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 57%
40% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 7%
 
4.5 6.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 4.5
4.2 2.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.3 2.7
3 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.3 2.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.7 11.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.2 10.1
3.3 4.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.2 4.6
31% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 44%
 
10.1 7.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8 6
3.7 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.2 2.3
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arda have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Parva Liga
  • Arda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Arda have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • 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 CSKA Sofia 14 11 1 2 28 8 8 8 0 0 20 3 6 3 1 2 8 5 20 34
2 Ludogorets 13 10 2 1 37 7 6 5 1 0 17 2 7 5 1 1 20 5 30 32
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 15 9 4 2 25 11 8 6 2 0 17 4 7 3 2 2 8 7 14 31
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 14 9 2 3 18 10 7 6 0 1 13 5 7 3 2 2 5 5 8 29
5 Levski Sofia 13 8 2 3 22 7 7 6 1 0 16 1 6 2 1 3 6 6 15 26
6 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 15 7 4 4 21 16 8 5 2 1 11 6 7 2 2 3 10 10 5 25
7 Slavia Sofia 14 8 1 5 16 13 6 5 1 0 10 4 8 3 0 5 6 9 3 25
8 Cherno More 14 7 4 3 15 12 6 4 1 1 8 5 8 3 3 2 7 7 3 25
9 Arda 15 6 5 4 15 14 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 2 3 3 7 9 1 23
10 Botev Plovdiv 15 4 1 10 17 22 8 4 0 4 12 10 7 0 1 6 5 12 -5 13
11 Beroe 14 3 3 8 11 26 8 3 2 3 9 11 6 0 1 5 2 15 -15 12
12 Botev Vratsa 15 3 2 10 13 28 7 2 1 4 4 13 8 1 1 6 9 15 -15 11
13 Septemvri Sofia 14 2 4 8 11 20 8 1 4 3 5 10 6 1 0 5 6 10 -9 10
14 Hebar 1918 14 3 1 10 7 29 6 1 1 4 4 11 8 2 0 6 3 18 -22 10
15 OFK Pirin 14 1 5 8 8 19 6 1 2 3 4 9 8 0 3 5 4 10 -11 8
16 Spartak Varna 15 1 3 11 9 31 8 1 2 5 5 11 7 0 1 6 4 20 -22 6

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.