CSKA 1948 Sofia II travel to Vitosha Bistritsa with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Bulgaria Second League
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vitosha (2500 seats)

Scrambling Vitosha Bistritsa pray to pull off a surprise when they host enterprising CSKA 1948 Sofia II in the next league fixture. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home regulars will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Second League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have the most scored goals (42) in Second League

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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Vitosha Bistritsa form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Vitosha Bistritsa have to build on here at Stadion Vitosha in the Second League.

The Vitosha Bistritsa manager Hristozov and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus FK Minyor Pernik (placed 15th).

Ahead of that match, Vitosha Bistritsa won a home game hosting Belasitsa (2-0).

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Bistritsa has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Vitosha Bistritsa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Bistritsa hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Lovech, Sozopol, Botev Plovdiv II, FK Minyor Pernik and Dobrudzha 1919), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia II form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Second League travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Dikov secured the home win 1-0 against Montana in their previous game.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Botev Plovdiv II.

Look out: 9 of the latest 11 league games featuring this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The CSKA 1948 Sofia II manager Ribarski has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 11 league matches. CSKA 1948 Sofia II are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting ended CSKA 1948 Sofia II - Vitosha Bistritsa 2-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

BistritsaD. Hristov
D. Hristov
6 goals
Vitosha BistritsaE. Nikolaev Gargorov
E. Nikolaev Gargorov
4 goals
Vitosha BistritsaH. Dimitrov Dimitrov
H. Dimitrov Dimitrov
2 goals

Vitosha Bistritsa missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia II missing players

Vitosha Bistritsa CSKA 1948 Sofia II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
5 3 1 Won W 3 6 15
6 5 1 Drew D 0 3 5
12 3 1 Lost L 1 2 3
23 13 5 Scored S 12 23 42
35 13 4 Conceded C 3 7 12
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 91%
74% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 70%
48% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 43%
26% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 36% 22%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 9%
61% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 39%
22% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 45% 52%
26% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 17%
 
4.4 6.3 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5.7 5.2
6.2 5.8 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.8 4
2.6 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 10 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11 10.2
4 4.6 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4.3
25% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 50% 41%
 
11.4 11.5 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 7.5 6.5
4.6 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.6 2.2
Key stats in Second League this season:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Second League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have the most scored goals (23) away in Second League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have the most scored goals (42) in Second League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Second League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Second League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II have the the best goal difference (+30) in Second League
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia II is in the best form (5-0-1) in Second League
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Second League
  • Vitosha Bistritsa have won significantly more corners at 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 CSKA 1948 Sofia II 23 15 5 3 42 12 12 9 2 1 19 5 11 6 3 2 23 7 30 50
2 Etar 23 12 7 4 28 12 11 7 1 3 16 7 12 5 6 1 12 5 16 43
3 Levski Krumovgrad 23 11 6 6 27 23 11 6 3 2 14 9 12 5 3 4 13 14 4 39
4 Sportist Svoge 23 11 6 6 32 30 11 6 2 3 18 15 12 5 4 3 14 15 2 39
5 Ludogorets II 23 11 3 9 22 25 11 8 3 0 15 4 12 3 0 9 7 21 -3 36
6 Belasitsa 23 10 5 8 24 21 12 7 2 3 15 8 11 3 3 5 9 13 3 35
7 Montana 23 9 6 8 29 25 11 6 2 3 19 12 12 3 4 5 10 13 4 33
8 Maritsa Plovdiv 23 9 5 9 24 26 12 7 2 3 16 7 11 2 3 6 8 19 -2 32
9 Dunav 2010 23 8 7 8 35 29 12 4 5 3 19 12 11 4 2 5 16 17 6 31
10 Spartak Pleven 23 8 7 8 31 28 12 6 4 2 18 12 11 2 3 6 13 16 3 31
11 Strumska slava 23 6 10 7 20 28 12 4 3 5 7 14 11 2 7 2 13 14 -8 28
12 Yantra 1919 23 7 7 9 16 24 11 4 3 4 8 11 12 3 4 5 8 13 -8 28
13 Dobrudzha 1919 23 7 6 10 30 30 11 5 3 3 19 13 12 2 3 7 11 17 0 27
14 Lovech 23 7 6 10 22 22 12 5 4 3 16 10 11 2 2 7 6 12 0 27
15 FK Minyor Pernik 23 6 7 10 24 22 12 5 4 3 18 9 11 1 3 7 6 13 2 25
16 Vitosha Bistritsa 23 5 6 12 23 35 11 3 5 3 13 13 12 2 1 9 10 22 -12 21
17 Botev Plovdiv II 23 6 3 14 17 32 11 5 2 4 14 11 12 1 1 10 3 21 -15 21
18 Sozopol 23 4 8 11 19 41 12 3 5 4 11 18 11 1 3 7 8 23 -22 20

Read more about Second League

The Second Professional First League (or Vtora Liga, earlier B Group or B Professional Football Group) is the second-highest level of football in Bulgaria. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures to set the final league table.