Full preview: Cherno More expected to defeat OFK Pirin at Stadion Ticha

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ticha (12000 seats)

A quick look at the Parva Liga table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Check out our Cherno More - OFK Pirin match preview!

Insights:
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Parva Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cherno More form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Cherno More have to build on here at Stadion Ticha in the Parva Liga.

It's back home for Cherno, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 away with the result 3-0. Zlatev (2) and Coureur found the net in that victory.

Preceding that match was the home game against Ludogorets that was lost 1-2.

From these home matches, Cherno More have conceded only 6 goals.

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OFK Pirin form and stats

OFK Pirin have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Parva Liga, after 1-2-7 (10 played).

OFK Pirin are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Arda (placed 11th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Lokomotiv Sofia 1929.

In the opposite end, OFK Pirin have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Cherno More and OFK Pirin have duelled before this season: OFK Pirin - Cherno 2-2. Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Cherno More won three games, five matches ended in a draw and OFK Pirin got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Cherno MoreY. Serdiuk
Y. Serdiuk
6 goals
OFK PirinS. Yordanov Kostov
S. Yordanov Kostov
6 goals
ChernoP. Alvarez García
P. Alvarez García
5 goals

Cherno More missing players

OFK Pirin missing players

Cherno More OFK Pirin
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
9 4 2 Won W 1 1 6
8 4 2 Drew D 0 2 4
4 2 0 Lost L 2 7 11
26 10 3 Scored S 6 10 30
15 6 1 Conceded C 6 19 36
86% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 60% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 81%
24% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 67%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 10% 33%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 19%
33% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 71%
52% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
29% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 24%
 
4.4 3.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.3 2.2 3.8
3.9 3.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6 5.4
2.1 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 3.6 3
4 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
11.3 11.2 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 6.5 8
4.8 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 3.6
26% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 29% 40%
 
7 5.7 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 12.6 11.2
3 2.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.6 4.9
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the most clean sheets (11) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • OFK Pirin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • OFK Pirin 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 Ludogorets 21 17 0 4 55 20 11 10 0 1 32 8 10 7 0 3 23 12 35 51
2 CSKA Sofia 21 14 5 2 38 21 11 9 1 1 20 8 10 5 4 1 18 13 17 47
3 Botev Plovdiv 21 10 6 5 26 22 10 8 0 2 18 12 11 2 6 3 8 10 4 36
4 Cherno More 21 9 8 4 26 15 10 4 4 2 10 6 11 5 4 2 16 9 11 35
5 Levski Sofia 21 9 5 7 26 23 10 5 2 3 15 11 11 4 3 4 11 12 3 32
6 Slavia Sofia 21 7 8 6 25 23 10 4 4 2 11 9 11 3 4 4 14 14 2 29
7 Beroe 21 8 5 8 22 22 11 5 5 1 10 7 10 3 0 7 12 15 0 29
8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 21 7 7 7 24 24 11 4 4 3 14 15 10 3 3 4 10 9 0 28
9 OFK Pirin 21 6 4 11 30 36 11 5 2 4 20 17 10 1 2 7 10 19 -6 22
10 CSKA 1948 Sofia 21 6 4 11 28 34 11 5 2 4 18 15 10 1 2 7 10 19 -6 22
11 Arda 21 5 7 9 21 30 10 3 4 3 12 15 11 2 3 6 9 15 -9 22
12 Botev Vratsa 21 4 7 10 20 36 10 2 6 2 8 11 11 2 1 8 12 25 -16 19
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 21 4 7 10 19 35 11 4 3 4 12 16 10 0 4 6 7 19 -16 19
14 Tsarsko selo 21 2 5 14 12 31 10 2 2 6 8 14 11 0 3 8 4 17 -19 11

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.