Season ticket holders at Stadion Ivailo haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Etar languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Arda will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
Etar form and stats
The story so far in the Parva Liga for Etar at their home stadium (Stadion Ivailo) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Etar.
A strong away win for Etar against Vitosha Bistritsa the last match, as Milcho Angelov, Flo Bojaj, Yani Pehlivanov and Aleksandar Dyulgerov were on target. In the match before that, Etar hosted Ludogorets and drew the game 1-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Etar played a great game against Vitosha Bistritsa and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Etar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Etar as a small favourite), we find one game. Etar has won zero of these, drawn one and lost zero.
Etar aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Ivailo in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Arda form and stats
3-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arda in their Parva Liga matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Arda, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Botev Vratsa (placed 13th). A 0-1 loss hosting Slavia Sofia before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Arda in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Arda, one draw and zero defeats.
Arda have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Arda have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Arda - Etar 2-1.Top Goalscorers
 R. Vasilev 8 goals | I. Kokonov 4 goals |   Y. Pehlivanov 3 goals |
Etar missing players
Arda missing players
| Etar | Arda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 39 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 77% |
| 87% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 68% |
| 48% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 41% |
| 26% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 27% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 50% |
| 17% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 35% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 41% |
| 3.7 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 6.7 | 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 160 | 81 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 65 | 156 |
| 72 | 33 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 30 | 68 |
| 35% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 35% |
- Arda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arda have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Etar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 45 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 43 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Beroe | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Arda | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Etar | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -14 | 23 |
| 11 | Tsarsko selo | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 22 |
| 12 | Dunav 2010 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 18 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 18 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 23 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -36 | 5 |