Soccer match preview: Ludogorets confident before travelling to Arda

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Wed 10.June
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (22000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Arda have their presumed home advantage while Ludogorets are ahead 28 points in the Parva Liga table.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Parva Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Dunav 2010.

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Arda form and stats

4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Parva Liga numbers at home for Arda so far this season.

An away draw last time out for Arda, facing Dunav 2010 in a game that ended 0-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Botev Vratsa.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Levski Sofia are coming to town in four days.

Arda has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Arda's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ludogorets form and stats

The away team, who have the the best goal difference (+33) in Parva Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses in the Parva Liga.

It's the second away game in a row for Ludogorets, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Levski Sofia (placed 4th) in the Parva Liga last time out. Before that, Ludogorets travelled to Levski Sofia (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Bulgarian Cup game finished 0-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ludogorets are hosting Botev Plovdiv in the Parva Liga only four days away.

The visiting Ludogorets have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. The Ludogorets defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (6 goals in 12 games).

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Ludogorets - Arda 2-0 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsC. Keșerü
C. Keșerü
12 goals
ArdaR. Vasilev
R. Vasilev
8 goals
LudogoretsJ. Świerczok
J. Świerczok
6 goals

Arda missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Arda Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 4 12 24
7 4 0 Won W 3 8 17
9 3 1 Drew D 1 4 7
8 4 1 Lost L 0 0 0
25 11 2 Scored S 8 16 43
29 13 5 Conceded C 4 6 10
75% 73% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
67% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 67%
38% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 25%
25% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 17%
12% 9% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 12%
50% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 42% 38%
33% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 58% 62%
42% 55% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 12%
 
4.9 5.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 6 7.1
5.1 4.3 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 3.4 2.8
2.4 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.3 2.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
172 91 14 Total Shots T S 32 124 289
78 38 4 Shots on Target S O 19 53 127
32% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 34%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Arda have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (10)
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
  • Ludogorets has the most points (28) away
  • Ludogorets has the most points from losing position (15)
  • Ludogorets has the the best goal difference (+33)
  • 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 24 17 7 0 43 10 12 9 3 0 27 4 12 8 4 0 16 6 33 58
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 25 14 7 4 48 22 13 8 5 0 22 6 12 6 2 4 26 16 26 49
3 CSKA Sofia 25 14 7 4 40 16 12 8 3 1 24 9 13 6 4 3 16 7 24 49
4 Levski Sofia 25 13 7 5 40 18 13 9 1 3 23 9 12 4 6 2 17 9 22 46
5 Slavia Sofia 25 13 6 6 34 24 12 5 3 4 18 17 13 8 3 2 16 7 10 45
6 Beroe 25 13 1 11 40 32 13 9 1 3 24 9 12 4 0 8 16 23 8 40
7 Cherno More 25 9 10 6 30 24 12 5 5 2 18 11 13 4 5 4 12 13 6 37
8 Botev Plovdiv 25 8 6 11 25 28 13 5 3 5 13 11 12 3 3 6 12 17 -3 30
9 Arda 24 7 9 8 25 29 11 4 3 4 11 13 13 3 6 4 14 16 -4 30
10 Etar 25 5 9 11 26 42 12 3 6 3 10 18 13 2 3 8 16 24 -16 24
11 Tsarsko selo 25 6 4 15 23 42 13 4 3 6 15 20 12 2 1 9 8 22 -19 22
12 Botev Vratsa 25 5 7 13 21 45 12 3 4 5 12 17 13 2 3 8 9 28 -24 22
13 Dunav 2010 25 4 7 14 18 44 13 2 4 7 8 19 12 2 3 7 10 25 -26 19
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 25 1 3 21 15 52 13 1 1 11 10 30 12 0 2 10 5 22 -37 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.