Stadion Ogosta: Montana vs CSKA 1948 Sofia Parva Liga preview

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ogosta (8000 seats)

Montana hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 11th position in the Parva Liga table. Visiting CSKA 1948 Sofia holds 6th place with 27 pts.

Insights:
  • Montana has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Parva Liga
  • Montana have scored at least twice as many goals at home as CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Montana form and stats

The story so far in the Parva Liga for Montana, who have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Parva Liga, at their home stadium (Stadion Ogosta) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Game days at Stadion Ogosta have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Montana as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Montana haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 270 minutes ago. V. Aytov scored that one.

In their previous game, the manager A. Atanasov led his Montana to a defeat in the Parva Liga match away at Levski Sofia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Ogosta. Preceding that game was the away draw at Beroe that finished 0-0.

A decent goal production from Montana in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Montana are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 8 played). It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

There's been little loot from CSKA 1948 Sofia's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Parva Liga. CSKA 1948 Sofia only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 5 draws.

Georgi Rusev scored in CSKA 1948 Sofia's previous match, the home game against Tsarsko selo that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Arda.

CSKA 1948 Sofia are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, CSKA 1948 Sofia have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Montana and CSKA 1948 Sofia have met before this season: CSKA 1948 Sofia - Montana 2-0. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's zero Montana victories, two draws and four CSKA 1948 Sofia wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaM. Kamburov
M. Kamburov
9 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaG. Ivanov
G. Ivanov
5 goals
MontanaT. Tasev
T. Tasev
4 goals

Montana missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Montana CSKA 1948 Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 1 8 17
3 3 0 Won W 0 1 7
5 1 0 Drew D 1 5 6
9 4 2 Lost L 0 2 4
16 14 3 Scored S 0 4 26
32 18 8 Conceded C 0 8 18
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 62% 82%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 76%
59% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 47%
35% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 24%
12% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
41% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 41%
24% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 35%
53% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.7
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 9.9 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7 9.5
3.1 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2 3.9
31% 42% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 39%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Montana has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Parva Liga
  • Montana has the most conceded goals (18) at home in Parva Liga
  • Montana has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Parva Liga
  • Montana has the most matches over the total-line (10) in Parva Liga
  • Montana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montana have scored at least twice as many goals at home as CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored away.
  • Montana haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 17 13 3 1 40 13 9 8 1 0 21 4 8 5 2 1 19 9 27 42
2 CSKA Sofia 17 10 6 1 27 15 8 6 2 0 12 5 9 4 4 1 15 10 12 36
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 17 10 4 3 30 14 8 5 3 0 17 6 9 5 1 3 13 8 16 34
4 Arda 17 8 8 1 25 14 8 4 4 0 15 8 9 4 4 1 10 6 11 32
5 Beroe 17 9 4 4 31 15 8 4 2 2 16 5 9 5 2 2 15 10 16 31
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 17 7 6 4 26 18 9 6 1 2 22 10 8 1 5 2 4 8 8 27
7 Cherno More 17 6 4 7 21 21 9 4 2 3 13 11 8 2 2 4 8 10 0 22
8 Levski Sofia 17 5 3 9 19 18 9 4 1 4 10 8 8 1 2 5 9 10 1 18
9 Tsarsko selo 17 4 5 8 14 20 8 2 3 3 7 9 9 2 2 5 7 11 -6 17
10 Botev Vratsa 17 4 3 10 19 26 9 3 2 4 13 9 8 1 1 6 6 17 -7 15
11 Montana 17 3 5 9 16 32 8 3 1 4 14 18 9 0 4 5 2 14 -16 14
12 Botev Plovdiv 17 3 5 9 15 34 9 3 4 2 10 10 8 0 1 7 5 24 -19 14
13 Slavia Sofia 17 3 3 11 10 27 9 2 3 4 3 8 8 1 0 7 7 19 -17 12
14 Etar 17 2 5 10 11 37 8 1 3 4 6 14 9 1 2 6 5 23 -26 11

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.