CSKA 1948 take on visitors Arda Kardzhali at Stadion Bistritsa in the First League fixture on Monday.
All CSKA 1948 v Arda Kardzhali game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
CSKA 1948
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CSKA 1948 will play in this game following on from a 1-1 First League drawn game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
The only name on the scoresheet from CSKA 1948 was Birsent Karagaren (59'). Todor Pavlov (53') was the scorer for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
CSKA 1948 have found it difficult to unlock defences in more recent games. Their โgoals forโ figure stands at just 3 against opposing sides during the course of their previous six outings. In those meetings, CSKA 1948 have also seen the number of goals against them come to 4.
Arda Kardzhali
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to CSKA Sofia in First League competition, Arda Kardzhali and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
For Arda Kardzhali, the goals were scored by Borislav Tsonev (19') and Stanislav Ivanov (21'). Jurgen Mattheij (12'), Tobias Heintz (59') and Olaus Skarsem (67') scored for CSKA Sofia.
The stats donโt lie, and Arda Kardzhali have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. In defence, Arda Kardzhali have clearly had some problems. That aside, we must now wait to see whether that trend shall be maintained in this next match.
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Head to head
Delving into their past head to head results stretching back to 22/04/2022 tells us that these encounters have not been happy ones for Arda Kardzhali. They have not been able to come away with any victories at all whereas CSKA 1948 have been dominant against them, winning in 100% of those match-ups.
A combined total of 21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 17 for CSKA and 4 belonging to The Vallecans. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 3.5.
The previous league meeting between the two was First League match day 18 on 14/12/2023 which ended up with the score at CSKA 1948 1-0 Arda Kardzhali.
The match was refereed by Vladimir El-Khatib.
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Team News: CSKA 1948
The CSKA 1948 manager Valentin Iliev will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.
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Team News: Arda Kardzhali
Thanks to a completely healthy squad to choose from, the Arda Kardzhali manager Nikolay Kirov has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this game.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Arda Kardzhali may well find it hard to score against this CSKA 1948 outfit who we think should end up scoring and staying ahead.
Thatโs why our selection here is for a very even match with a 1-0 advantage for CSKA 1948 at full-time.
Should be interesting.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
13:17 26/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
CSKA 1948
Formed: 2016
Stadium: Stadion Bistritsa (2,500)
Captain: Daniel Naumov
Chairman: Dobrin Gyonov
Manager: Valentin Iliev
Competitions: First League position 8, Supercup (Final)
๐ Key Player: Pedrinho
Regularly playing in the Left Wing position, Pedrinho was born in Brazil. Having played his first senior match for CSKA 1948 in the 2022 - 2023 season, the goalscoring Forward has bagged 6 league goals in the First League 2023 - 2024 season so far in 28 appearances.