Parva Liga match preview and statistics: Ludogorets fight Arda

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Huvepharma Arena

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Ludogorets - Arda!

Insights:
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (47) in Parva Liga
  • Arda have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Parva Liga

Ludogorets and Arda should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets, who have the most scored goals (47) in Parva Liga, have been very solid at home in the Parva Liga so far, with 28 points collected from 10 matches (9-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. After failing to beat Tsarsko selo here at Huvepharma Arena, Ludogorets has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

Ludogorets enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Beroe's place. The match ended 4-1 with Elvis Manu (2), Claudiu Keșerü and Kiril Despodov scoring. A strong away win before that one, visiting Tsarsko selo and winning 2-1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ludogorets, as the Bulgarian Cup home game vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv is only four days away.

Goals decide football matches and Ludogorets are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. Ludogorets have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Arda form and stats

4-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arda, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in Parva Liga, in their Parva Liga matches away.

Arda go into this game after a win, the home game against Cherno More that ended 1-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Etar.

Arda have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Arda - Ludogorets 2-2 earlier this season. Ludogorets-Arda H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Ludogorets one win, Arda zero wins, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsC. Keșerü
C. Keșerü
14 goals
ArdaI. Kokonov
I. Kokonov
8 goals
ArdaS. Delev
S. Delev
6 goals

Ludogorets missing players

Arda missing players

Ludogorets Arda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 1 10 20
15 9 2 Won W 0 4 10
3 1 0 Drew D 1 4 8
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
47 22 4 Scored S 0 12 31
17 4 1 Conceded C 0 9 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 70% 85%
85% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 75%
65% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 40%
45% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
20% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
55% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 50%
45% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 45%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 12.9 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3 7.7 11.1
5.7 6.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.2
42% 35% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 37%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Arda have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Parva Liga
  • Arda have the most clean sheets (6) away in Parva Liga
  • Arda have the most points from losing position (9) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most points (28) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (47) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+30) 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 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 Tsarsko selo 19 5 6 8 19 22 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 3 2 5 10 11 -3 21
9 Levski Sofia 19 5 5 9 19 18 9 4 1 4 10 8 10 1 4 5 9 10 1 20
10 Montana 19 4 6 9 18 33 9 4 1 4 15 18 10 0 5 5 3 15 -15 18
11 Slavia Sofia 19 4 4 11 14 30 10 3 3 4 6 10 9 1 1 7 8 20 -16 16
12 Botev Plovdiv 19 3 7 9 18 37 10 3 5 2 11 11 9 0 2 7 7 26 -19 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.