CSKA Sofia fearless before departure for CSKA 1948 Sofia clash

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Slavija (2000 seats)

Stadion Slavija: Get ready for a football party when CSKA 1948 Sofia welcomes CSKA Sofia. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Parva Liga

It's no vacation for neither Sofia nor CSKA Sofia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

Sofia are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 5th place whatever happens now. Sofia are staying put at 3rd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 Parva Liga games here at Stadion Slavija for CSKA 1948 Sofia. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for CSKA 1948 Sofia.

Sofia drew their last game, 0-0 away at Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Beroe that finished 3-3.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Parva Liga game versus Ludogorets in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadion Slavija.

A decent goal production from CSKA 1948 Sofia in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 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. CSKA 1948 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

The story so far for the visiting team on their Parva Liga travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Two travels in a row for CSKA Sofia, whose manager L. Penev could celebrate last time after the Bulgarian Cup win against Arda.

A 0-2 defeat away at Lokomotiv Plovdiv before that.

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.

After this away game Sofia return home for a Parva Liga game against Beroe. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Sofia are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by Sofia in these games.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Sofia - Sofia 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sofia zero wins, one draw and CSKA Sofia one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
7 goals
SofiaG. Rusev
G. Rusev
6 goals
CSKA SofiaJ. Caicedo Medina
J. Caicedo Medina
6 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
29 13 3 Played P 4 14 29
10 8 1 Won W 1 5 16
11 3 0 Drew D 1 4 8
8 2 2 Lost L 2 5 5
37 24 1 Scored S 4 18 44
33 10 5 Conceded C 4 16 23
76% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
62% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 66%
45% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 41%
31% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
17% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
38% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 48%
41% 54% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 41%
45% 31% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 21% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
8.7 10.5 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.6 11.8
3.4 4.8 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 4.8
37% 38% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 31%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • 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 Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Parva Liga
  • 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.