CSKA Sofia clashes with Arda in Parva Liga fray

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bâlgarska Armija (22015 seats)

The hosting team, CSKA Sofia, should be front runners in this match, but Arda have exhibited both flair and determination. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • CSKA Sofia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Arda have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This has all the signs of an exciting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija as CSKA Sofia have scored 9 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Parva Liga are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for CSKA Sofia last time playing, versus CSKA 1948 Sofia. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Jurgen Matheij scoring for the victors.

Heartbreak before that as CSKA Sofia lost 0-2 at Zorya's place.

The Sofia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. CSKA Sofia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Arda form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Arda playing as the away team in the Parva Liga this season.

Arda are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Parva Liga against Botev Vratsa (placed 13th). A heroic performance from Arda in their game against Botev Vratsa last time out. Things got complicated when Alex Petkov was sent off in the 71st minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 3-2 victory! World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager G. Chilikov when Tonislav Yordanov scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Tonislav Yordanov scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Botev Vratsa.

Preceding that game was the away victory against CSKA 1948 Sofia with the score of 3-2.

Arda find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Arda are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Sofia-Arda H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Sofia five wins, Arda zero wins, three draws. one of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaJ. Caicedo Medina
J. Caicedo Medina
7 goals
ArdaT. Yordanov
T. Yordanov
4 goals
CSKA SofiaY. Bai
Y. Bai
3 goals

CSKA Sofia missing players

Arda missing players

CSKA Sofia Arda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 7 12
8 4 1 Won W 0 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
1 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
20 9 3 Scored S 1 7 15
12 7 4 Conceded C 2 6 13
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 83%
64% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 75%
55% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 42%
36% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
27% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 17%
64% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 50%
36% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 33%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 33%
 
6.5 7.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.6 4.7
4.3 3.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.9 4.3
2.4 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.7 14.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.6 10.3
6 6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 4
30% 25% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 28% 31%
 
8.9 8.5 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 11.6 9.5
4.1 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4 3.6
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Arda have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • CSKA Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 12 11 0 1 33 7 7 7 0 0 20 1 5 4 0 1 13 6 26 33
2 CSKA Sofia 11 8 2 1 20 12 6 4 1 1 9 7 5 4 1 0 11 5 8 26
3 Botev Plovdiv 14 7 4 3 19 15 7 6 0 1 14 8 7 1 4 2 5 7 4 25
4 Slavia Sofia 14 6 5 3 14 11 7 4 2 1 8 5 7 2 3 2 6 6 3 23
5 Cherno More 14 5 7 2 16 10 7 2 4 1 6 4 7 3 3 1 10 6 6 22
6 Beroe 14 6 2 6 15 15 7 4 2 1 5 3 7 2 0 5 10 12 0 20
7 Arda 12 4 5 3 15 13 5 2 2 1 8 7 7 2 3 2 7 6 2 17
8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 14 4 5 5 13 13 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 2 2 3 5 4 0 17
9 Levski Sofia 14 5 2 7 18 21 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 2 1 4 7 11 -3 17
10 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 13 3 5 5 10 19 6 3 1 2 5 6 7 0 4 3 5 13 -9 14
11 OFK Pirin 14 3 2 9 18 26 7 3 1 3 14 12 7 0 1 6 4 14 -8 11
12 CSKA 1948 Sofia 14 3 2 9 18 27 7 3 1 3 14 12 7 0 1 6 4 15 -9 11
13 Botev Vratsa 14 2 5 7 14 24 7 1 5 1 7 7 7 1 0 6 7 17 -10 11
14 Tsarsko selo 14 2 4 8 8 18 7 2 2 3 5 6 7 0 2 5 3 12 -10 10

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.