Balanced ball game between Cherno More and CSKA Sofia expected

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ticha (12000 seats)

The Cherno More & CSKA Sofia head coaches Iliev and Pardew are both fearful of and looking forward to this crucial match in the top part of the Parva Liga table.

Insights:
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Parva Liga
  • CSKA Sofia have the most points from losing position (17) in Parva Liga

Cherno More is in the 4th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Sofia are staying put at 2nd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

The visiting CSKA Sofia played their last game only three days ago, a Parva Liga match.

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Cherno More form and stats

Overall Parva Liga statistics playing at home this season for Cherno More, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Parva Liga, are 6-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 214 minutes without scoring a league goal. Jeka was the last player to find the net.

Cherno More lost their last game at Ludogorets after a 0-1 scoreline.

Preceding that match was the home game against Levski Sofia that was lost 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 Cherno have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Cherno More has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Cherno More have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

Playing away, CSKA Sofia have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Parva Liga this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sofia's last three away games as they have all been lost.

There were no winners in CSKA Sofia's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Botev Plovdiv.

aweayteam Hara magic won. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by CSKA Sofia in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for CSKA Sofia, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sofia have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by CSKA Sofia in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Sofia - Cherno 2-0 was the scoreline in these participants' last head to head match, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Cherno More victories, one draw and seven CSKA Sofia wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaJ. Caicedo Medina
J. Caicedo Medina
16 goals
CSKA SofiaG. Yomov
G. Yomov
8 goals
ChernoP. Alvarez García
P. Alvarez García
6 goals

Cherno More missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

Cherno More CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 14 2 Played P 3 14 30
12 6 1 Won W 0 5 16
10 5 0 Drew D 0 5 9
8 3 1 Lost L 3 4 5
36 18 3 Scored S 0 18 42
22 8 2 Conceded C 9 22 31
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 83%
67% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 67%
20% 14% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 40%
10% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 30%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 17%
30% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 43%
47% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 43%
33% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 30%
 
4.5 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 5.7 6.2
4.1 3.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.2
2.5 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.4 2.6
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
11.2 11.8 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.8 12.4
5 5.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4.4 4.7
24% 24% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 30%
 
7.6 6.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 9.3 8.5
3.1 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.4 3.3
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Sofia have the most points from losing position (17) in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Parva Liga

  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 26 21 1 4 64 23 13 12 0 1 37 9 13 9 1 3 27 14 41 64
2 CSKA Sofia 26 15 7 4 39 25 13 10 2 1 21 8 13 5 5 3 18 17 14 52
3 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 7 6 34 28 13 11 0 2 24 13 13 2 7 4 10 15 6 46
4 Cherno More 26 12 9 5 35 18 13 6 5 2 18 7 13 6 4 3 17 11 17 45
5 Levski Sofia 26 12 6 8 33 25 13 7 3 3 18 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 8 42
6 Slavia Sofia 26 9 9 8 30 26 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 5 5 15 16 4 36
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 9 7 10 30 35 13 6 4 3 18 15 13 3 3 7 12 20 -5 34
8 Beroe 26 9 5 12 23 27 13 6 5 2 11 8 13 3 0 10 12 19 -4 32
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 8 6 12 36 37 13 6 3 4 24 17 13 2 3 8 12 20 -1 30
10 Arda 26 7 8 11 27 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 13 2 3 8 9 18 -7 29
11 OFK Pirin 26 7 6 13 34 41 13 5 3 5 20 20 13 2 3 8 14 21 -7 27
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 26 6 7 13 22 42 13 6 3 4 15 17 13 0 4 9 7 25 -20 25
13 Botev Vratsa 26 5 7 14 23 48 13 3 6 4 11 17 13 2 1 10 12 31 -25 22
14 Tsarsko selo 26 3 7 16 15 36 13 3 3 7 10 17 13 0 4 9 5 19 -21 16

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.