Parva Liga: CSKA 1948 Sofia - Ludogorets pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 22.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vitosha (2500 seats)

This promises to be another engaging battle at Stadion Vitosha in the Parva Liga. CSKA 1948 Sofia is in 4th place and host Ludogorets in 1st place. Learn more about the game here!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only three days ago.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

CSKA 1948 Sofia have only played one Parva Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 13 matches.

Sofia drew their last game, 1-1 away at OFK Pirin (placed 13th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Levski Sofia in a game that was won 1-0.

Early season league goal statistics from CSKA 1948 Sofia's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Ludogorets form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Parva Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 15 matches.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ludogorets goalkeeper Simon Sluga is eager to challenge this, with his 405 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The fans enjoyed Ludogorets's previous game versus Shamrock Rovers, a Champions League win (3-0) played at home.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Parva Liga.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ludogorets manager Šimundža as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Shamrock Rovers.

It's early days yet, but Ludogorets has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two CSKA 1948 Sofia victories, zero draws and three Ludogorets wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsC. Oliveira Souza
C. Oliveira Souza
2 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaI. Chochev
I. Chochev
1 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaG. Rusev
G. Rusev
1 goals

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Ludogorets missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 1 Scored S 0 3 5
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 8
4.5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4.5
3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20 17
3 1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 9 6.5
33% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 38%
 
12.5 18 18 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4 4.5
1.5 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 1.5
CSKA 1948 Sofia Last season Ludogorets
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   15 31
11 8   Won W   11 26
8 4   Drew D   1 1
13 4   Lost L   3 4
51 32   Scored S   30 77
45 20   Conceded C   15 25
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
72% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 81%
50% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 65%
41% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 45%
22% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 23%
50% 56%   BTTS BTTS   60% 48%
31% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 42%
25% 6%   Failed to Score F T   20% 10%
 
5.1 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6.2
4.3 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.6
2.5 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
8 3   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.6 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   13 13.2
4.2 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.6
38% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 44%
 
9.2 8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 8.7
4.1 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.2

  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 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 6
2 Cherno More 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 CSKA Sofia 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 CSKA 1948 Sofia 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Levski Sofia 2 1 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 3
6 Botev Vratsa 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
7 Beroe 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Slavia Sofia 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
9 Septemvri Sofia 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 -1 3
10 Hebar 1918 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
11 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
12 Arda 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 OFK Pirin 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Botev Plovdiv 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
16 Spartak Varna 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -6 0
Last season 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.