Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Ludogorets welcomes Cherno More

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ludogorets Arena (6500 seats)

1st position in the Parva Liga table for Ludogorets so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Cherno More visits Ludogorets Arena.

It's no vacation for neither Ludogorets nor Cherno More as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Parva Liga, have performed here at Ludogorets Arena this season with 7 wins from 10 Parva Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

Ludogorets drew their last game, also a home match. Cherno More (placed 5th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Septemvri Sofia and winning 3-0.

Ludogorets have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ludogorets Arena with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively Ludogorets have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cherno More form and stats

3-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cherno More in their Parva Liga matches away.

Cherno More are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Ludogorets (placed 1st). A 0-1 defeat away at Levski Sofia before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cherno More as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Cherno More as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Ludogorets - Cherno More 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 7 wins for Ludogorets, 1 draw and 2 wins for Cherno More. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsC. Keșerü
C. Keșerü
9 goals
Cherno MoreI. Isa
I. Isa
8 goals
LudogoretsJ. Świerczok
J. Świerczok
4 goals

Ludogorets missing players

Cherno More missing players

Ludogorets Cherno More
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 19
14 7 2 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 0 4 7
0 0 0 Lost L 2 3 5
29 16 5 Scored S 3 9 23
7 3 1 Conceded C 5 9 17
84% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
63% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 74%
21% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 20% 26%
11% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 10% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
32% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 47%
68% 70% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 32%
16% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 32%
 
6.8 7.8 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 5.7 5.6 6.6
3.1 2.5 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.4 4.8
2.8 2.4 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 2.9
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
225 134 39 Total Shots T S 27 113 205
98 56 16 Shots on Target S O 11 47 88
30% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 19% 26%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Cherno More has the most matches under the total-line (14)
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals (7)
  • Ludogorets has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
  • Ludogorets has the most clean sheets (13)
  • Ludogorets has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • Ludogorets has the most points from losing position (11)
  • Ludogorets have not yet lost a game.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  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 19 14 5 0 29 7 10 7 3 0 16 3 9 7 2 0 13 4 22 47
2 Levski Sofia 18 12 3 3 35 13 9 8 0 1 20 6 9 4 3 2 15 7 22 39
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 18 11 4 3 38 19 9 6 3 0 15 5 9 5 1 3 23 14 19 37
4 CSKA Sofia 18 10 5 3 31 14 9 5 3 1 17 9 9 5 2 2 14 5 17 35
5 Cherno More 19 7 7 5 23 17 9 4 3 2 14 8 10 3 4 3 9 9 6 28
6 Slavia Sofia 18 7 5 6 20 19 9 3 2 4 12 14 9 4 3 2 8 5 1 26
7 Arda 18 7 5 6 22 23 9 4 2 3 11 12 9 3 3 3 11 11 -1 26
8 Beroe 19 8 1 10 29 29 9 5 1 3 15 9 10 3 0 7 14 20 0 25
9 Botev Plovdiv 19 7 4 8 21 23 10 5 1 4 12 9 9 2 3 4 9 14 -2 25
10 Etar 19 4 6 9 17 33 9 3 3 3 7 15 10 1 3 6 10 18 -16 18
11 Dunav 2010 18 4 5 9 16 27 9 2 2 5 8 14 9 2 3 4 8 13 -11 17
12 Tsarsko selo 19 4 4 11 19 31 10 2 3 5 11 16 9 2 1 6 8 15 -12 16
13 Botev Vratsa 18 3 4 11 16 35 9 2 3 4 9 14 9 1 1 7 7 21 -19 13
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 18 1 2 15 11 37 9 1 1 7 7 19 9 0 1 8 4 18 -26 5

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.