Can CSKA Sofia beat Etar in Stadion Bâlgarska Armija clash?

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 14.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bâlgarska Armija (22015 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the CSKA Sofia supporters in this Stadion Bâlgarska Armija clash with Etar, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Parva Liga table.

Insights:
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Parva Liga
  • Etar have the the worst goal difference (-24) 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.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 10 Parva Liga games here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija for CSKA Sofia. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

Sofia haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 201 minutes ago. J. Caicedo scored that one.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sofia, who played 0-0 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. That match was also played at this venue (Stadion Bâlgarska Armija). Before that, Sofia had a Bulgarian Cup home game versus Cherno More which ended with a victory 3-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Bulgarian Cup game versus Botev Vratsa in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija.

Sofia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Sofia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Etar form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Etar, who have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Parva Liga, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Preslav Borukov and Gaetan Mitchell Kouko (2) scored in Etar's previous match, the home game against CSKA 1948 Sofia that ended 3-1. A 0-1 loss hosting Arda before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Etar as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. The Etar manager A. Tomash Tomovski has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Etar - CSKA Sofia 2-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for CSKA Sofia, three draws and one win for Etar. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaA. Sowe
A. Sowe
8 goals
EtarP. Borukov
P. Borukov
7 goals

CSKA Sofia missing players

Etar missing players

CSKA Sofia Etar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
11 7 3 Won W 0 1 3
7 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
2 0 0 Lost L 1 6 10
28 13 5 Scored S 1 6 15
16 5 2 Conceded C 7 24 39
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 80%
65% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 65%
45% 30% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 20%
55% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 45%
40% 60% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
10% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 2 4 8
 
12.6 11.4 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.5 7.5
4.7 4.9 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.2
30% 27% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 19% 23%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • 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.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Etar have scored away.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Parva Liga
  • Etar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Etar have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Parva Liga
  • Etar have the the worst goal difference (-24) 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 20 15 3 2 47 17 10 9 1 0 22 4 10 6 2 2 25 13 30 48
2 CSKA Sofia 20 11 7 2 28 16 10 7 3 0 13 5 10 4 4 2 15 11 12 40
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 20 11 6 3 34 17 10 6 4 0 21 9 10 5 2 3 13 8 17 39
4 Arda 20 10 8 2 31 19 10 6 4 0 19 10 10 4 4 2 12 9 12 38
5 Beroe 20 9 5 6 34 22 10 4 3 3 18 10 10 5 2 3 16 12 12 32
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 20 7 7 6 27 22 10 6 2 2 22 10 10 1 5 4 5 12 5 28
7 Cherno More 20 7 4 9 23 24 10 5 2 3 15 12 10 2 2 6 8 12 -1 25
8 Levski Sofia 20 5 6 9 21 20 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 1 4 5 9 10 1 21
9 Tsarsko selo 19 5 6 8 19 22 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 3 2 5 10 11 -3 21
10 Montana 19 4 6 9 18 33 9 4 1 4 15 18 10 0 5 5 3 15 -15 18
11 Botev Plovdiv 20 3 8 9 20 39 10 3 5 2 11 11 10 0 3 7 9 28 -19 17
12 Slavia Sofia 19 4 4 11 14 30 10 3 3 4 6 10 9 1 1 7 8 20 -16 16
13 Etar 20 3 7 10 15 39 10 2 4 4 9 15 10 1 3 6 6 24 -24 16
14 Botev Vratsa 19 4 3 12 21 32 10 3 2 5 13 12 9 1 1 7 8 20 -11 15

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.