Parva Liga preview with statistics: Tsarsko selo welcomes CSKA Sofia to Tsarsko selo Complex

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tsarsko selo Complex (2000 seats)

Tsarsko selo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind CSKA Sofia.

Insights:
  • Tsarsko selo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Parva Liga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Bulgarian Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Ludogorets. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

For Sofia most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Tsarsko selo form and stats

3-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Parva Liga numbers at home for Tsarsko selo so far this season.

No payout for Tsarsko in their previous match, an away game at Lokomotiv Plovdiv that ended in defeat 0-2. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cherno More (0-1).

There will be little rest for Tsarsko selo after this match as they are travelling to Beroe for a Parva Liga game in only three days.

Tsarsko are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. Tsarsko have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Parva Liga travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as CSKA Sofia have lost on their last two travels.

Sofia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ludogorets (placed 1st). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Arda in the Parva Liga.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Montana in just three days.

CSKA Sofia have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Sofia in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: CSKA Sofia - Tsarsko 1-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Tsarsko victory, one draw and three CSKA Sofia wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tsarsko seloM. Kavdanski
M. Kavdanski
4 goals
TsarskoA. Cordeiro Costa
A. Cordeiro Costa
3 goals
Tsarsko seloD. Kostadinov
D. Kostadinov
3 goals

Tsarsko selo missing players

CSKA Sofia missing players

Tsarsko selo CSKA Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 3 11 23
6 3 0 Won W 0 4 12
7 5 1 Drew D 2 4 8
10 3 1 Lost L 1 3 3
22 12 1 Scored S 3 15 30
26 12 4 Conceded C 4 12 18
87% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
61% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 61%
35% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 39%
13% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 13%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 52%
35% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 39%
48% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.5
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9 11.5 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.2 12.2
3.1 3.5 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.7
31% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 28%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Parva Liga
  • CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Tsarsko selo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 23 17 4 2 50 18 12 11 1 0 24 4 11 6 3 2 26 14 32 55
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 23 13 7 3 39 18 12 7 5 0 24 10 11 6 2 3 15 8 21 46
3 CSKA Sofia 23 12 8 3 30 18 12 8 4 0 15 6 11 4 4 3 15 12 12 44
4 Arda 23 10 9 4 32 23 11 6 4 1 19 12 12 4 5 3 13 11 9 39
5 Beroe 23 10 6 7 37 25 12 5 3 4 20 12 11 5 3 3 17 13 12 36
6 CSKA 1948 Sofia 23 9 7 7 33 26 11 7 2 2 23 10 12 2 5 5 10 16 7 34
7 Cherno More 23 8 6 9 25 25 12 6 3 3 16 12 11 2 3 6 9 13 0 30
8 Levski Sofia 23 7 7 9 25 21 11 5 2 4 13 10 12 2 5 5 12 11 4 28
9 Tsarsko selo 23 6 7 10 22 26 11 3 5 3 12 12 12 3 2 7 10 14 -4 25
10 Botev Plovdiv 23 5 9 9 25 42 11 4 5 2 14 13 12 1 4 7 11 29 -17 24
11 Etar 23 4 8 11 17 41 11 2 5 4 9 15 12 2 3 7 8 26 -24 20
12 Montana 23 4 7 12 20 38 11 4 2 5 16 20 12 0 5 7 4 18 -18 19
13 Slavia Sofia 23 5 4 14 17 37 12 4 3 5 9 14 11 1 1 9 8 23 -20 19
14 Botev Vratsa 23 5 3 15 24 38 12 3 2 7 15 17 11 2 1 8 9 21 -14 18

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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.