There has been loss and gain for these squads so far, holding positions near the center of the Parva Liga table. Here's the Slavia Sofia - Arda latest:
Arda are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
This has all the signs of an action-packed fixture with lots of action and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Slavia Sofia form and stats
The story so far in the Parva Liga for Slavia Sofia at their home stadium (Stadion Slavija) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Slavia Sofia haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 181 minutes ago. Petkov scored that one.
The Slavia Sofia crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Cherno More here at Stadion Slavija.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with OFK Pirin the opponent.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Slavia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost two.
Slavia Sofia has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Slavia Sofia have conceded only 10 goals.
Arda form and stats
Arda have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Parva Liga, after 2-3-7 (12 played). Bitter travels for Arda as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the CSKA 1948 Sofia match.
The supporters enjoyed Arda's previous game versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv (placed 8th), a 5-1 win played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.Arda are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arda as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Arda have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Arda - Slavia Sofia 1-1. Slavia-Arda H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Slavia Sofia three wins, Arda four wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Yordanov 7 goals |  T. Tasev 6 goals | R. Kirilov Kirilov 5 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
Arda missing players
| Slavia Sofia | Arda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 24 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 33 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 88% |
| 58% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 75% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 54% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 42% |
| 29% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.7 | 9.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.7 | 10 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 38% | 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 11.1 | 10.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.2 | 9.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 58 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 49 |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Cherno More | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Beroe | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 31 |
| 9 | Arda | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 10 | OFK Pirin | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 22 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -21 | 19 |
| 14 | Tsarsko selo | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -21 | 13 |
