Evenly matched teams: Arda vs Slavia Sofia match preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Arda (15000 seats)

Arda open their doors to Slavia Sofia for another engrossing Parva Liga fixture here at Arena Arda.

Insights:
  • Arda have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Slavia Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Arda form and stats

Arda must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Parva Liga games here at Arena Arda.

It's back home for Arda, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Spartak Varna away with the result 3-1. Yordanov, Kokonov and Kotev found the net in that victory.

Preceding that match was a defeat to CSKA 1948 Sofia (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The Arda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Slavia Sofia have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Slavia Sofia, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Slavia Sofia are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Botev Vratsa (placed 10th).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Hebar 1918 with the score of 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Slavia Sofia in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Slavia Sofia, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Slavia's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Arda, two draws and five wins for Slavia Sofia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

ArdaL. Kotev
L. Kotev
2 goals
ArdaL. N'Diaye
L. N'Diaye
2 goals
Slavia SofiaJ. Bakero
J. Bakero
2 goals

Arda missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

Arda Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 4 5
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
9 4 0 Scored S 0 6 8
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
57% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 40%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
43% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
4.4 6.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.8
4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.5 2.6
3.1 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 11.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.5 14.6
3.4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.8 5
38% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 32%
 
9.3 10.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 6.2
3.6 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.5 2
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Arda have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Arda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Slavia Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Slavia 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 1948 Sofia 7 5 2 0 13 5 4 3 1 0 10 4 3 2 1 0 3 1 8 17
2 Cherno More 6 5 0 1 9 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 15
3 Ludogorets 5 4 1 0 16 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 2 1 0 9 2 14 13
4 CSKA Sofia 5 4 1 0 11 2 4 4 0 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9 13
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 6 4 1 1 6 4 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 13
6 Slavia Sofia 5 4 0 1 8 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 6 2 5 12
7 Arda 7 4 0 3 9 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 5 5 1 12
8 Levski Sofia 4 3 0 1 10 1 3 3 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 9
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 7 2 3 2 7 5 4 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 9
10 Botev Vratsa 7 2 1 4 9 13 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 5 10 -4 7
11 Septemvri Sofia 7 2 1 4 9 13 4 1 1 2 4 8 3 1 0 2 5 5 -4 7
12 Hebar 1918 7 2 0 5 4 13 3 0 0 3 1 7 4 2 0 2 3 6 -9 6
13 Beroe 7 1 2 4 6 14 4 1 2 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 2 9 -8 5
14 OFK Pirin 7 0 2 5 4 12 3 0 1 2 2 7 4 0 1 3 2 5 -8 2
15 Botev Plovdiv 6 0 1 5 6 13 3 0 0 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 1
16 Spartak Varna 7 0 1 6 2 17 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 0 3 0 11 -15 1

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.