Ludogorets manager S. Genchev looking for three points in CSKA Sofia showdown

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Mon 29.November
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Huvepharma Arena

A key fixture in Parva Liga as both sides are battling for the top league positions. With Ludogorets in 1st place and CSKA Sofia placed 2nd, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (33) in Parva Liga
  • CSKA Sofia have not yet lost a game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets have been outstanding at home so far in the Parva Liga with 7 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. Ludogorets has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Huvepharma Arena. We remember; it was CSKA 1948 Sofia.

Ludogorets are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Crvena Zvezda. Igor Plastun, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Plastun won 6 of 10 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Ludogorets lost 0-2 at CSKA 1948 Sofia's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ludogorets handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and one defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Arda are coming to town in three days.

Ludogorets are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Huvepharma Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 7 matches. Defensively Ludogorets have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, CSKA Sofia have produced an overall stat of 4-1-0 so far.

Sofia play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Bodø / Glimt. Attacker Graham Carey got a player rating of 7.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Carey hit two key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Arda.

Sofia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in just three days.

The Sofia manager S. Mladenov has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. Sofia have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last ten meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Ludogorets, six draws and two wins for CSKA Sofia. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaJ. Caicedo Medina
J. Caicedo Medina
8 goals
LudogoretsP. Soteriou
P. Soteriou
6 goals
LudogoretsB. Tekpetey
B. Tekpetey
5 goals

Ludogorets missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

Ludogorets CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 1 5 12
11 7 1 Won W 1 4 9
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
33 20 2 Scored S 1 11 22
9 1 0 Conceded C 0 5 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 92%
85% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 67%
62% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 58%
54% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 33%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 25%
38% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 67%
46% 86% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 33%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 8%
 
5.5 5.9 10 Corners for (avg) C F 1 5.4 6.4
3.8 3.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.5
1.8 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 13.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 5 12.8 14
5.8 6.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 6 6.1
43% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 30%
 
8.7 6.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.4 8.8
3.1 2.3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.1
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have not yet lost a game away.
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most points (21) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (20) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (33) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+24) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Ludogorets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ludogorets is in the best form (5-0-1) in Parva Liga

  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 13 11 0 2 33 9 7 7 0 0 20 1 6 4 0 2 13 8 24 33
2 CSKA Sofia 12 9 2 1 22 13 7 5 1 1 11 8 5 4 1 0 11 5 9 29
3 Slavia Sofia 15 7 5 3 19 13 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 3 3 2 11 8 6 26
4 Cherno More 15 6 7 2 18 10 7 2 4 1 6 4 8 4 3 1 12 6 8 25
5 Botev Plovdiv 15 7 4 4 19 17 8 6 0 2 14 10 7 1 4 2 5 7 2 25
6 Beroe 15 6 3 6 16 16 8 4 3 1 6 4 7 2 0 5 10 12 0 21
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 3 3 2 10 10 7 2 2 3 5 4 1 20
8 Levski Sofia 15 5 3 7 18 21 8 3 2 3 11 10 7 2 1 4 7 11 -3 18
9 Arda 13 4 5 4 16 15 5 2 2 1 8 7 8 2 3 3 8 8 1 17
10 CSKA 1948 Sofia 15 4 2 9 20 27 8 4 1 3 16 12 7 0 1 6 4 15 -7 14
11 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 14 3 5 6 11 21 6 3 1 2 5 6 8 0 4 4 6 15 -10 14
12 OFK Pirin 15 3 3 9 19 27 7 3 1 3 14 12 8 0 2 6 5 15 -8 12
13 Botev Vratsa 15 2 6 7 14 24 7 1 5 1 7 7 8 1 1 6 7 17 -10 12
14 Tsarsko selo 15 2 4 9 10 23 8 2 2 4 7 11 7 0 2 5 3 12 -13 10

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.