Cherno More greet Arda as clear favourites: Read our match preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 14.October
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ticha (12000 seats)

Cherno More have performed better than Arda so far this season, but every match starts at 0-0. Here's all the information you require ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arda have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Parva Liga

Cherno More and Arda should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cherno More form and stats

The Parva Liga statistics at home this season for Cherno More are 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Ticha.

The home team returns to Stadion Ticha after drawing with CSKA 1948 Sofia (placed 1st) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Botev Vratsa.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cherno More matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats (from 7 games).

It should be added that a look at the 12 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Cherno are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Cherno More are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Ticha in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Arda form and stats

Playing away, Arda have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Parva Liga this season. Two points from the last two away games for Arda, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Arda goalkeeper Anatoliy Gospodinov is eager to challenge this, with his 269 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Arda are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Botev Vratsa (placed 11th).

Before that, Arda secured a home win against Hebar 1918 with the score 1-0.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this club's latest 12 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Arda have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Cherno victories, two draws and two Arda wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last nine encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Cherno MoreM. Coureur
M. Coureur
3 goals
Cherno MoreZ. Benchaâ
Z. Benchaâ
2 goals
Cherno MoreN. Svetoslavov Zlatev
N. Svetoslavov Zlatev
2 goals

Cherno More missing players

Arda missing players

Cherno More Arda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 3 7 13
7 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
2 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
14 7 1 Scored S 1 6 12
11 4 0 Conceded C 6 8 11
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
42% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 46%
33% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 23%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 15%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
25% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 23%
58% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 46%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 46%
 
4.8 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.7 4.8
4.1 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5.3 4.2
2.8 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.9 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
10.9 13.6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 2.7 6.4 8.5
3.8 3.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.6 3.2
31% 37% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 29%
 
9.6 10.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 17 11.7 9.9
3.4 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arda have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Parva Liga
  • Arda have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cherno More have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cherno More haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 13 8 3 2 22 10 7 5 2 0 15 4 6 3 1 2 7 6 12 27
2 CSKA Sofia 10 8 1 1 18 6 7 7 0 0 16 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 12 25
3 Levski Sofia 10 8 0 2 20 4 6 6 0 0 15 0 4 2 0 2 5 4 16 24
4 Ludogorets 10 7 2 1 30 6 4 3 1 0 14 1 6 4 1 1 16 5 24 23
5 Cherno More 12 7 2 3 14 11 5 4 0 1 7 4 7 3 2 2 7 7 3 23
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11 7 1 3 12 9 6 5 0 1 10 5 5 2 1 2 2 4 3 22
7 Slavia Sofia 11 7 0 4 13 8 4 4 0 0 7 2 7 3 0 4 6 6 5 21
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 13 6 3 4 18 14 7 4 2 1 10 6 6 2 1 3 8 8 4 21
9 Arda 13 6 3 4 12 11 6 4 1 1 6 3 7 2 2 3 6 8 1 21
10 Beroe 13 3 3 7 11 22 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 0 1 5 2 15 -11 12
11 Botev Vratsa 13 3 2 8 13 23 6 2 1 3 4 9 7 1 1 5 9 14 -10 11
12 Botev Plovdiv 12 3 1 8 14 19 6 3 0 3 9 8 6 0 1 5 5 11 -5 10
13 Hebar 1918 13 3 1 9 7 25 6 1 1 4 4 11 7 2 0 5 3 14 -18 10
14 Septemvri Sofia 13 2 3 8 11 20 7 1 3 3 5 10 6 1 0 5 6 10 -9 9
15 OFK Pirin 13 1 5 7 7 16 6 1 2 3 4 9 7 0 3 4 3 7 -9 8
16 Spartak Varna 12 1 2 9 9 27 6 1 1 4 5 9 6 0 1 5 4 18 -18 5

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.