CSKA 1948 Sofia manager K. Balakov looking for three points in Botev Vratsa showdown

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

With their 10 point advantage in the league table, CSKA 1948 Sofia fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Botev Vratsa.

Insights:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Botev Vratsa is in the worst form (1-0-5)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Vratsa are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 10 Parva Liga games here at Stadion Slavija for CSKA 1948 Sofia. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

The CSKA 1948 Sofia fans got no joy from their last match, a Bulgarian Cup game also here at Stadion Slavija: A 0-1 defeat against Arda (placed 4th). Prior to that, an away loss at Botev Plovdiv in the Parva Liga.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sofia handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The Sofia manager K. Balakov has got the team scoring with 22 from 10 home games in the league. On the other hand, Sofia have conceded 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

There's been little loot from Botev Vratsa's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Parva Liga. Botev Vratsa only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Botev Vratsa, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus CSKA Sofia (placed 2nd). A loss against Levski Sofia was the result prior to that, in a Parva Liga home game.

We have checked recent matches where Vratsa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were zero victories, three draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Vratsa have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Botev Vratsa - Sofia 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Botev VratsaD. Genov
D. Genov
7 goals
SofiaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
6 goals

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Botev Vratsa missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia Botev Vratsa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 4 10 21
7 6 4 Won W 1 2 5
7 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
7 2 0 Lost L 2 7 13
29 22 17 Scored S 3 9 23
25 10 2 Conceded C 9 20 35
81% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 86%
71% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 76%
48% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 70% 67%
29% 40% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 24%
19% 30% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 14%
43% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 57%
33% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 24%
43% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.3 11.5 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4.8 5.7 7.6
3.8 5.5 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3
36% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 36%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Botev Vratsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Parva Liga
  • Botev Vratsa is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Botev Vratsa have scored away.

  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 16 3 2 48 17 11 10 1 0 23 4 10 6 2 2 25 13 31 51
2 CSKA Sofia 21 12 7 2 29 16 11 8 3 0 14 5 10 4 4 2 15 11 13 43
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 21 11 7 3 35 18 11 6 5 0 22 10 10 5 2 3 13 8 17 40
4 Arda 21 10 8 3 31 20 10 6 4 0 19 10 11 4 4 3 12 10 11 38
5 Beroe 21 9 6 6 35 23 10 4 3 3 18 10 11 5 3 3 17 13 12 33
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 21 7 7 7 29 25 10 6 2 2 22 10 11 1 5 5 7 15 4 28
7 Cherno More 21 8 4 9 24 24 11 6 2 3 16 12 10 2 2 6 8 12 0 28
8 Levski Sofia 21 6 6 9 24 21 10 4 2 4 12 10 11 2 4 5 12 11 3 24
9 Tsarsko selo 21 6 6 9 21 23 10 3 4 3 11 11 11 3 2 6 10 12 -2 24
10 Botev Plovdiv 21 4 8 9 23 41 11 4 5 2 14 13 10 0 3 7 9 28 -18 20
11 Slavia Sofia 21 5 4 12 16 33 11 4 3 4 8 11 10 1 1 8 8 22 -17 19
12 Botev Vratsa 21 5 3 13 23 35 11 3 2 6 14 15 10 2 1 7 9 20 -12 18
13 Montana 21 4 6 11 19 36 10 4 1 5 15 19 11 0 5 6 4 17 -17 18
14 Etar 21 3 7 11 15 40 10 2 4 4 9 15 11 1 3 7 6 25 -25 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.