No home advantage expected for Parva Liga battle between CSKA 1948 Sofia and CSKA Sofia

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 07.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as CSKA 1948 Sofia have their presumed home advantage while CSKA Sofia are ahead 12 points in the Parva Liga table.

Insights:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Parva Liga game only four days ago.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

Sofia is in the 5th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Sofia have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 3rd place no matter what happens.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Slavija as CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored 24 goals to get 27 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Parva Liga are 8-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Sofia supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Parva Liga and win 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Ludogorets.

CSKA 1948 Sofia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Slavija with 24 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sofia have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of CSKA Sofia playing as the away team in the Parva Liga this season.

The CSKA Sofia goalkeeper Gustavo Busatto is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

CSKA Sofia had fun at their own home (Stadion Slavija) last time out, beating Arda 1-0. Jurgen Matheij scored. Prior to that result Sofia won their away game at Levski Sofia. The scoreline was 2-0.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with CSKA Sofia given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed five matches with two wins as expected, two draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far CSKA Sofia have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, Sofia have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result CSKA Sofia - Sofia 2-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Sofia wins - draws - CSKA Sofia wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SofiaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
7 goals
CSKA SofiaJ. Caicedo Medina
J. Caicedo Medina
5 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaG. Rusev
G. Rusev
4 goals

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
10 8 1 Won W 1 5 15
8 3 0 Drew D 1 4 8
8 2 2 Lost L 2 4 4
34 24 1 Scored S 4 18 40
30 10 5 Conceded C 4 14 20
81% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
65% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 63%
46% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 41%
31% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 15%
15% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
38% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 48%
38% 54% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 44%
42% 31% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
8.6 10.5 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.1 11.8
3.5 4.8 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.4 4.9
37% 38% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 30%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 26 20 4 2 59 18 13 12 1 0 28 4 13 8 3 2 31 14 41 64
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 15 7 4 41 19 13 8 5 0 25 10 13 7 2 4 16 9 22 52
3 CSKA Sofia 26 14 8 4 39 20 13 9 4 0 21 6 13 5 4 4 18 14 19 50
4 Arda 26 12 9 5 36 29 13 8 4 1 23 14 13 4 5 4 13 15 7 45
5 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 10 8 8 34 30 13 8 3 2 24 10 13 2 5 6 10 20 4 38
6 Beroe 26 10 7 9 38 28 13 5 3 5 20 13 13 5 4 4 18 15 10 37
7 Cherno More 26 10 7 9 27 25 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 3 4 6 10 13 2 37
8 Tsarsko selo 26 9 7 10 29 27 13 5 5 3 18 13 13 4 2 7 11 14 2 34
9 Levski Sofia 26 7 7 12 25 27 13 5 2 6 13 15 13 2 5 6 12 12 -2 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 26 5 9 12 25 46 13 4 5 4 14 16 13 1 4 8 11 30 -21 24
11 Slavia Sofia 26 6 5 15 19 40 13 4 3 6 9 16 13 2 2 9 10 24 -21 23
12 Botev Vratsa 26 6 4 16 26 39 13 3 2 8 15 18 13 3 2 8 11 21 -13 22
13 Etar 26 4 10 12 20 45 13 2 7 4 10 16 13 2 3 8 10 29 -25 22
14 Montana 26 4 8 14 21 46 13 4 3 6 17 22 13 0 5 8 4 24 -25 20

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.