Betting guide: CSKA Sofia favourite to beat Arda at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bâlgarska Armija (22015 seats)

It's early days in the Parva Liga and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

When playing at home, CSKA Sofia have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.

The fans are hoping that CSKA Sofia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Europa League game against Zorya. A 0-0 draw away in the Parva Liga before that, with Ludogorets the opponent.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for CSKA Sofia home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

CSKA Sofia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 4 goals in 3 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the CSKA Sofia defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Arda form and stats

Arda are still undefeated on their travels. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Parva Liga home defeat versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv with 2-5 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Arda won their away game at Vitosha Bistritsa. The scoreline was 3-1.

It's early days yet, but Arda has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Evandro
3 goals
S. Elisha
2 goals
M. Mitkov
1 goals

CSKA Sofia missing players

Arda missing players

CSKA Sofia Arda
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
5 3 1 Played 0 2 5
2 1 0 Won 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew 0 1 2
1 1 1 Lost 0 0 1
6 4 1 Scored 0 3 8
6 5 3 Conceded 0 1 7
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 50% 60%
60% 67% 100% Over 1.5 0% 50% 60%
60% 67% 100% Over 2.5 0% 50% 60%
40% 67% 100% Over 3.5 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 20%
60% 67% 100% BTTS 0% 50% 60%
40% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 40%
 
5.8 7 6 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5.8
2.6 1.7 3 Corners Against (avg) 0 2.5 2.6
2.4 2.3 4 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.5 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Arda have not yet lost a game away.
  • Arda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Sofia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
CSKA Sofia Last season Arda
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
36 18 0 Played 0 15 30
24 14 0 Won 0 7 19
6 3 0 Drew 0 4 5
6 1 0 Lost 0 4 6
57 36 0 Scored 0 19 44
17 7 0 Conceded 0 13 18
89% 89% 0% Over 0.5 0% 80% 90%
64% 72% 0% Over 1.5 0% 67% 63%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 40% 30%
14% 17% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 13%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 7%
25% 33% 0% BTTS 0% 40% 30%
58% 61% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 47% 57%
28% 17% 0% Failed To Score 0% 33% 23%
 
5.6 5.7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4.1 6.2
3.8 3.6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3.9 3.4
2.4 2.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3.6 2.6
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arda have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

CSKA Sofia
All Bulgarian Cup Parva Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-08-19 EL Osijek 1 - 0 CSKA Sofia
04-08-19 PL CSKA Sofia 1 - 0 Botev Vratsa
08-08-19 EL CSKA Sofia 1 - 1 Zorya
11-08-19 PL Ludogorets 0 - 0 CSKA Sofia
15-08-19 EL Zorya 1 - 0 CSKA Sofia
18-08-19 PL CSKA Sofia 15:00 Arda
25-08-19 PL Dunav 2010 15:00 CSKA Sofia
01-09-19 PL CSKA Sofia 14:45 Levski Sofia
14-09-19 PL Botev Plovdiv - CSKA Sofia
21-09-19 PL CSKA Sofia - Tsarsko selo
Arda
All B PFG Bulgarian Cup Parva Liga Club Friendlies 3. League Southeast
All Home Away
14-07-19 PL Arda 0 - 0 Botev Plovdiv
19-07-19 PL Tsarsko selo 0 - 0 Arda
27-07-19 PL Arda 3 - 1 Beroe
02-08-19 PL Vitosha Bistritsa 1 - 3 Arda
11-08-19 PL Arda 2 - 5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
18-08-19 PL CSKA Sofia 15:00 Arda
23-08-19 PL Arda 17:30 Cherno More
30-08-19 PL Slavia Sofia 17:30 Arda
14-09-19 PL Arda - Botev Vratsa
21-09-19 PL Ludogorets - Arda

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Levski Sofia 6 4 1 1 14 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 4 3 1 0 10 1 9 13
2 Beroe 6 4 0 2 13 9 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 7 5 4 12
3 Ludogorets 5 3 2 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 11
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 5 3 1 1 14 9 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 0 1 10 6 5 10
5 Cherno More 5 2 3 0 8 4 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 9
6 Arda 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 1 1 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 8
7 Slavia Sofia 6 2 2 2 10 10 4 2 1 1 8 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 8
8 CSKA Sofia 5 2 2 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 8
9 Dunav 2010 5 2 0 3 7 10 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 6
10 Etar 6 0 5 1 7 8 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 5
11 Botev Vratsa 6 1 2 3 7 11 3 0 1 2 3 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 -4 5
12 Botev Plovdiv 6 1 2 3 6 10 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 0 2 2 3 7 -4 5
13 Tsarsko selo 6 1 2 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 1 2 4 6 -4 5
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 6 0 0 6 3 16 3 0 0 3 1 9 3 0 0 3 2 7 -13 0

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