📊 Form Guide

Arda Kardzhali

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Arda Kardzhali will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-0 First League losing effort in their last game against Ludogorets Razgrad.

Kwadwo Duah (30') and Jakub Piotrowski (42') scored for Ludogorets Razgrad.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Arda Kardzhali have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Arda Kardzhali have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals in the process.

Going into this contest, Arda Kardzhali are undefeated in their last 3 league matches at home.

CSKA Sofia

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Pirin in First League action, CSKA Sofia and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The only scorer from CSKA Sofia was Fernando Karanga (26'). Vitālijs Jagodinskis (14') and Ivan Tasev (79') scored for Pirin.

In their last half-dozen outings, CSKA Sofia have bagged a total of 11 goals. CSKA Sofia have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have seen 5 goals go against them. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, however.

↔️ Head to head

A study of their past head to head results going back to 03/05/2021 tells us that these encounters have been miserable for Arda Kardzhali. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins whatsoever whereas CSKA Sofia have just been stronger than them, beating them in 67 per cent of those matches.

A total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for The Vallecans and 11 being from The Army Men. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league clash between the two was First League match day 15 on 27/10/2023 which ended up with the score at CSKA Sofia 0-0 Arda Kardzhali.

In that game, CSKA Sofia had 53% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

For their opponents, Arda Kardzhali got 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Georgi Ginchev.

📰 Team News: Arda Kardzhali

The Arda Kardzhali boss Nikolay Kirov does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection.

It looks as if The Vallecans will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, utilising Anatoli Gospodinov, Deyan Lozev, Milen Stoev, Plamen Krachunov, Okezie Ebenezer, Lachezar Kotev, Iliya Yurukov, Stanislav Ivanov, Borislav Tsonev, El Mami Tetah and Chinonso Offor.

📰 Team News: CSKA Sofia

Thanks to a completely healthy group ready to go, the CSKA Sofia boss Nestor El Maestro doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of before this match.

We believe The Army Men seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Gustavo Busatto, Thibaut Vion, Jurgen Mattheij, Enes Mahmutovic, Sainey Sanyang, Amos Youga, Marcelino Carreazo, Tobias Heintz, Olaus Jair Skarsem, Matthias Phaeton and Jonathan Lindseth.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Arda Kardzhali will surely be able to find the back of the net against this CSKA Sofia outfit, but one goal is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.

Our tip is for a 1-2 winning score for CSKA Sofia at the end of the match. It should be a decent one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:04 21/04/2024