A key match in Parva Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With CSKA Sofia in 3rd position and Arda placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- CSKA Sofia have not yet lost a game at home.
- Arda have the most points from losing position (10) in Parva Liga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sofia is in the 3rd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Arda are staying put at 4th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
CSKA Sofia are steadily winning Parva Liga games and points here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija. 9 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 13 games.
Sofia are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Ahead of that match, CSKA Sofia won a home game hosting Montana (6-0).
CSKA Sofia are traveling soon after this match as the Parva Liga match at CSKA 1948 Sofia awaits in three days.
Sofia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Defensively Sofia have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arda form and stats
As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Arda have produced an overall stat of 4-5-4 so far.
Before that, Arda secured a home win against Etar with the score 3-2.
Arda lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Arda has another fixture away, a Parva Liga game, against Beroe in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Arda are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Arda have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
CSKA Sofia - Arda 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): CSKA Sofia two wins, three draws and Arda zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Kokonov 8 goals | S. Delev 6 goals |  J. Caicedo Medina 5 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Arda missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Arda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 39 | 21 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 36 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 29 |
| 96% | 92% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 77% | 88% |
| 65% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 73% |
| 42% | 31% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 38% |
| 15% | 15% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 46% |
| 42% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 46% | 38% |
| 12% | 8% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 11.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 7.9 | 10.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 31% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 34% |
- Arda have the most points from losing position (10) in Parva Liga
- CSKA Sofia have not yet lost a game at home.
- CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 |