CSKA Sofia look to Stadion Bâlgarska Armija supporters for inspiration before Cherno More match

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bâlgarska Armija (22015 seats)

Tension and suspense is likely at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija when CSKA Sofia face Cherno More in what could be a first-class game. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Parva Liga

CSKA Sofia have less rest than Cherno More in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cherno More have had more rest.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

CSKA Sofia have performed here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija this season with 6 wins from 8 Parva Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija after three straight home wins.

The CSKA Sofia crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Roma here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija in a Europa Conference League match. The versatile forward Yohan Bai bested all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Bai served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw away in the Parva Liga before that, with OFK Pirin the opponent.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sofia matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and one defeat (from five games).

The manager Mladenov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Arda in only four days.

CSKA Sofia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Sofia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cherno More form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Cherno More, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Parva Liga, have produced an overall stat of 4-4-1 so far. Things are running smoothly for Cherno More who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Ludogorets.

Dimov and Álvarez scored in Cherno's previous match, the home game against CSKA 1948 Sofia that ended 2-0.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cherno playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and four home wins.

Cherno More are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Cherno More as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Cherno More - Sofia 0-1 was the outcome when these teams last played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sofia seven wins, one draw and Cherno More two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaJ. Caicedo Medina
J. Caicedo Medina
9 goals
Cherno MoreP. Alvarez García
P. Alvarez García
5 goals
SofiaG. Yomov
G. Yomov
4 goals

CSKA Sofia missing players

Cherno More missing players

CSKA Sofia Cherno More
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 2 9 18
10 6 1 Won W 1 4 8
3 1 0 Drew D 0 4 8
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
25 13 3 Scored S 2 13 22
16 8 2 Conceded C 2 7 11
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 83%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 67%
47% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 17%
27% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 11%
20% 12% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
60% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
33% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 56% 56%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 28%
 
6.3 7.2 10 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 4.6
4.5 3.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.9 4
2.5 2.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.5 14.6 21 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12.2 11.9
5.7 6.1 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5.8 5.1
29% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 24%
 
8.5 8.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.4 6.9
3.7 4.2 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 2.9
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cherno More have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the most clean sheets (10) in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the most clean sheets (5) away in Parva Liga
  • Cherno More have the most points (16) away in Parva Liga

  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 16 14 0 2 43 12 9 9 0 0 26 2 7 5 0 2 17 10 31 42
2 CSKA Sofia 15 10 3 2 25 16 8 6 1 1 13 8 7 4 2 1 12 8 9 33
3 Cherno More 18 8 8 2 22 11 9 4 4 1 9 4 9 4 4 1 13 7 11 32
4 Botev Plovdiv 18 8 5 5 21 20 9 7 0 2 16 11 9 1 5 3 5 9 1 29
5 Slavia Sofia 18 7 7 4 21 16 9 4 4 1 9 6 9 3 3 3 12 10 5 28
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 18 6 7 5 20 18 9 3 4 2 11 11 9 3 3 3 9 7 2 25
7 Levski Sofia 18 7 4 7 21 21 9 4 2 3 13 10 9 3 2 4 8 11 0 25
8 Beroe 18 7 3 8 18 19 9 5 3 1 8 5 9 2 0 7 10 14 -1 24
9 Arda 16 5 6 5 19 19 7 3 3 1 10 7 9 2 3 4 9 12 0 21
10 CSKA 1948 Sofia 18 5 3 10 23 31 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 0 2 7 6 19 -8 18
11 Botev Vratsa 18 3 7 8 16 26 9 2 6 1 8 7 9 1 1 7 8 19 -10 16
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 17 3 6 8 15 29 8 3 2 3 9 12 9 0 4 5 6 17 -14 15
13 OFK Pirin 18 3 4 11 22 32 9 3 2 4 17 16 9 0 2 7 5 16 -10 13
14 Tsarsko selo 18 2 5 11 10 26 9 2 2 5 7 12 9 0 3 6 3 14 -16 11

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.