Soccer betting preview: CSKA Sofia welcomes Ludogorets in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Mon 20.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bâlgarska Armija (22015 seats)

Welcome to the show! The starring characters are CSKA Sofia and Ludogorets, a win is the target and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.

Insights:
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (46) in Parva Liga

These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they played only four days ago in the Parva Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Arda.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

CSKA Sofia have performed here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija this season with 7 wins from 9 Parva Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. After failing to beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija, Sofia has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Sofia manager Mladenov and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Arda (placed 9th) in the Parva Liga.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Cherno More.

The CSKA Sofia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Sofia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.

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Ludogorets form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Parva Liga.

Ludogorets failed to get anything from their last game, a Parva Liga home match vs OFK Pirin (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 3-5. As you can tell from the result, the match against OFK Pirin was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Midtjylland in the Europa League.

Ludogorets have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 17 goals from 7 away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Ludogorets in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Ludogorets - Sofia 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sofia two wins, five draws and Ludogorets three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SofiaJ. Caicedo Medina
J. Caicedo Medina
12 goals
LudogoretsP. Soteriou
P. Soteriou
11 goals
LudogoretsK. Despodov
K. Despodov
6 goals

CSKA Sofia missing players

Ludogorets missing players

CSKA Sofia Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 1 7 17
11 7 2 Won W 1 5 14
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
29 15 5 Scored S 3 17 46
18 8 2 Conceded C 1 10 17
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 88%
47% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 65%
29% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 71% 59%
18% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 29%
59% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 47%
35% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 41%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 12%
 
6.2 6.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.6 5.6
4.5 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.1
2.7 2.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.5 13.9 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.1 12.7
5.6 5.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.3 5.9
31% 28% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 46% 46%
 
8.6 8.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 18 10.4 8.6
3.6 3.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.4
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Parva Liga
  • CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ludogorets have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ludogorets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (17) away in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (46) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+29) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 14 0 3 46 17 10 9 0 1 29 7 7 5 0 2 17 10 29 42
2 CSKA Sofia 17 11 4 2 29 18 9 7 1 1 15 8 8 4 3 1 14 10 11 37
3 Cherno More 19 8 8 3 22 13 9 4 4 1 9 4 10 4 4 2 13 9 9 32
4 Botev Plovdiv 19 9 5 5 23 21 10 8 0 2 18 12 9 1 5 3 5 9 2 32
5 Slavia Sofia 19 7 8 4 22 17 9 4 4 1 9 6 10 3 4 3 13 11 5 29
6 Levski Sofia 19 7 5 7 22 22 9 4 2 3 13 10 10 3 3 4 9 12 0 26
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19 6 7 6 22 22 10 3 4 3 13 15 9 3 3 3 9 7 0 25
8 Beroe 19 7 4 8 19 20 10 5 4 1 9 6 9 2 0 7 10 14 -1 25
9 Arda 18 5 7 6 21 23 8 3 4 1 12 9 10 2 3 5 9 14 -2 22
10 CSKA 1948 Sofia 19 5 4 10 24 32 10 5 2 3 18 13 9 0 2 7 6 19 -8 19
11 Botev Vratsa 19 4 7 8 20 28 9 2 6 1 8 7 10 2 1 7 12 21 -8 19
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 18 4 6 8 17 29 9 4 2 3 11 12 9 0 4 5 6 17 -12 18
13 OFK Pirin 19 4 4 11 27 35 9 3 2 4 17 16 10 1 2 7 10 19 -8 16
14 Tsarsko selo 19 2 5 12 11 28 9 2 2 5 7 12 10 0 3 7 4 16 -17 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.