Football preview: CSKA Sofia favourites when Slavia Sofia arrive

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bâlgarska Armija (22015 seats)

More points have been won by CSKA Sofia at this point, with the 2nd position in the Parva Liga table and anticipating the visit of Slavia Sofia (who are in 6th).

Insights:
  • CSKA Sofia have the most points from losing position (17) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

CSKA Sofia is in the 2nd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Slavia are staying put at 6th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

CSKA Sofia are steadily winning Parva Liga games and points here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija. 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 305 minutes without scoring a league goal. Caicedo was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that CSKA Sofia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the game against Ludogorets. As you see from the result above, CSKA Sofia suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Erik lost again

CSKA Sofia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija with 21 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Sofia have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Slavia Sofia form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Slavia Sofia have produced an overall stat of 3-5-5 so far. Slavia Sofia has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Slavia Sofia played 1-1 against Cherno More in their previous match.

hometeam won

Slavia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. Slavia Sofia have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met previously this season: Slavia Sofia - CSKA Sofia 2-3. Tombak (Slavia Sofia) and Carey (Sofia) were shown red cards when these teams met previously this season. Will it be as aggressive this time? Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (CSKA Sofia wins - draws - Slavia Sofia wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SofiaJ. Caicedo Medina
J. Caicedo Medina
15 goals
CSKA SofiaG. Yomov
G. Yomov
6 goals
Slavia SofiaT. Tasev
T. Tasev
6 goals

CSKA Sofia missing players

Slavia Sofia missing players

CSKA Sofia Slavia Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
15 10 3 Won W 0 3 9
8 3 1 Drew D 1 5 10
5 1 1 Lost L 3 6 9
39 21 5 Scored S 3 16 32
30 8 4 Conceded C 9 20 31
86% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
68% 57% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 61%
39% 36% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 36%
29% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 18%
18% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 14%
43% 36% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 71% 57%
43% 64% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
29% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 21% 25%
 
6.2 6.6 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.6 5
4 3.6 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.9 5.1
2.7 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.8
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 4 7
 
12.4 13.1 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8 8.5
4.8 5.1 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3
29% 29% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 39%
 
8.3 7.4 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 11.8 11.1
3.2 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 4.6
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA Sofia have the most points from losing position (17) in Parva Liga
  • Slavia Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 26 21 1 4 64 23 13 12 0 1 37 9 13 9 1 3 27 14 41 64
2 CSKA Sofia 26 15 7 4 39 25 13 10 2 1 21 8 13 5 5 3 18 17 14 52
3 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 7 6 34 28 13 11 0 2 24 13 13 2 7 4 10 15 6 46
4 Cherno More 26 12 9 5 35 18 13 6 5 2 18 7 13 6 4 3 17 11 17 45
5 Levski Sofia 26 12 6 8 33 25 13 7 3 3 18 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 8 42
6 Slavia Sofia 26 9 9 8 30 26 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 5 5 15 16 4 36
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 9 7 10 30 35 13 6 4 3 18 15 13 3 3 7 12 20 -5 34
8 Beroe 26 9 5 12 23 27 13 6 5 2 11 8 13 3 0 10 12 19 -4 32
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 8 6 12 36 37 13 6 3 4 24 17 13 2 3 8 12 20 -1 30
10 Arda 26 7 8 11 27 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 13 2 3 8 9 18 -7 29
11 OFK Pirin 26 7 6 13 34 41 13 5 3 5 20 20 13 2 3 8 14 21 -7 27
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 26 6 7 13 22 42 13 6 3 4 15 17 13 0 4 9 7 25 -20 25
13 Botev Vratsa 26 5 7 14 23 48 13 3 6 4 11 17 13 2 1 10 12 31 -25 22
14 Tsarsko selo 26 3 7 16 15 36 13 3 3 7 10 17 13 0 4 9 5 19 -21 16

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.