Slavia Sofia will be at Arena Arda on Saturday for the First League meeting with hosts Arda Kardzhali.
Our tips, poll and stats for Arda Kardzhali v Slavia Sofia can all be found here (including the best match odds).
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Arda Kardzhali
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Arda Kardzhali will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 2-0 First League defeat in their last game at the hands of CSKA Sofia.
Jason Lokilo (9') and Mica Pinto (63') scored for CSKA Sofia.
In their preceding six games, Aleksandar Tunchev's Arda Kardzhali have found the net a total of 8 times, with that being an average number of goals per match equal to 1.33.
Leading up to this clash, Arda Kardzhali:
- have not been beaten in the league by Slavia Sofia in their last 4 games.
- havenโt won at home in the past 2 league matches.
Slavia Sofia
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In their previous game, Slavia Sofia drew 1-1 in the First League match with CSKA 1948.
The only name on the scoresheet from Slavia Sofia was Ertan Tombak (73' Own goal). Asen Georgiev (27' Own goal) was the scorer for CSKA 1948.
The stats donโt lie, and Slavia Sofia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals overall. In defence, Slavia Sofia could really do with shoring things up. Even so, time will tell if the trend will persist here in this match or not.
Going into this one, Slavia Sofia have not beaten Arda Kardzhali when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. Not good.
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Head to head
Inspecting their prior head to head clashes going back to 01/06/2023 shows that Arda Kardzhali have won 3 of them and Slavia Sofia 1, with the tally of draws being 2.
15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from The Vallecans and 6 created by The White Avalanche. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The last league game between these clubs was First League match day 7 on 30/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Slavia Sofia 1-1 Arda Kardzhali.
The referee was Dimitar Dimitrov.
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Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Slavia Sofia will need to push hard to break down this Arda Kardzhali outfit who we think should score one, at least.
Weโre therefore expecting a very even contest with a 1-0 winning margin for Arda Kardzhali after 90 minutes.
There should be little in it.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the top odds for this match?
Checking out the betting prices for the game in the 90 min. result market, backing Arda Kardzhali can be had for 1.91, betting on a drawn result is 3.2 and betting on the winning team to be Slavia Sofia can be had at 3.75. They are the best of the returns on offer as of now.
Lucas Pereira,
09:05 22/02/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Arda Kardzhali
Formed: 1924
Stadium: Arena Arda (12,000)
Captain: Anatoli Gospodinov
Chairman: Petar Peshev
Manager: Aleksandar Tunchev
Competitions: First League position 6
๐ Star Man: Stanislav Ivanov
Typically played in the Right Wing position, Stanislav Ivanov was born in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. Having made his senior debut playing for Levski Sofia in the 2015 - 2016 season, the goalscoring Forward has accumulated 6 league goals in the First League 2024 - 2025 season to date coming from a total of 21 appearances.