This could be an interesting match as Arda have their presumed home advantage while Ludogorets are ahead 24 points in the Parva Liga table.
Ludogorets could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Inter. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Arda form and stats
Arda have collected 15 points from their Parva Liga home games so far after 4-3-4.
In their previous game, the manager S. Belchev led his Arda to a defeat in the Parva Liga match away at Botev Vratsa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Lokomotiv. Before that game, the home loss against Slavia Sofia with the scoreline 0-1.
The Arda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Arda have conceded 13 goals.
Ludogorets form and stats
The away team, who have the the best goal difference (+28) in Parva Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses in the Parva Liga. It's three draws from Ludogorets's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Ludogorets play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Inter. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Etar.
Ludogorets goalkeeper Plamen Iliev had a great day against Inter, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Bulgarian Cup trip to Levski Sofia.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ludogorets have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. It's not easy to score on Ludogorets as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ludogorets - Arda 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  C. Keșerü 10 goals |  R. Vasilev 8 goals | J. Świerczok 6 goals |
Arda missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| Arda | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 37 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 77% | 73% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 55% | 68% |
| 41% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 18% | 23% |
| 27% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 9% | 14% |
| 14% | 9% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 9% |
| 50% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 45% | 36% |
| 32% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 55% | 64% |
| 41% | 55% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6.1 | 7 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 156 | 91 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 116 | 264 |
| 68 | 38 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 49 | 115 |
| 35% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 31% | 32% |
- Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Ludogorets has the most points (25) away
- Ludogorets has the most points from losing position (12)
- Ludogorets has the the best goal difference (+28)
- Ludogorets have not yet lost a game.
- Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ludogorets have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 45 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 43 |
| 5 | Beroe | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Arda | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Etar | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 20 |
| 11 | Tsarsko selo | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
| 12 | Dunav 2010 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 18 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 18 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -32 | 5 |