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Slavia Sofia vs Arda Kardzhali Live Stream, Predictions
The First League clash at Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov on Sunday will see home team Slavia Sofia facing opposition in the form of Arda Kardzhali.
View all Slavia Sofia v Arda Kardzhali tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as up-to-date odds.
📏 Form Guide
Slavia Sofia
WLWLLL 📉
Slavia Sofia will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-0 First League defeat last time out to Botev Vratsa.
In that match, Slavia Sofia had 53% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Botev Vratsa got 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Brayan Perea (90') scored for Botev Vratsa.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Slavia Sofia have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Slavia Sofia have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 7 goals along the way. Putting that to one side, time will tell whether that pattern might continue on in this next game.
Arda Kardzhali
LWWWLW
Arda Kardzhali will go into the encounter after a 2-0 First League win with the eclipse of Spartak Varna in their last outing.
For Arda Kardzhali, the scorers were Stanislav Ivanov (53') and Ivan Tilev (86').
A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Arda Kardzhali has been evident of late. Checking on their last 6 outings shows that it has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal total of 4 and Arda Kardzhali have scored 10.
Going into this one, Arda Kardzhali have left without a victory over Slavia Sofia when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their prior head to head clashes going back to 17/02/2020 shows us that Slavia Sofia have won 3 of them and Arda Kardzhali 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
13 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 from The White Avalanche and 6 for The Vallecans. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.
The last league meeting featuring these clubs was First League match day 8 on 27/08/2022 which ended up with the score at Arda Kardzhali 1-0 Slavia Sofia.
The match was refereed by Ivajilo Stoyanov.
ℹ️ Team News: Slavia Sofia
The Slavia Sofia manager Zlatomir Zagorčić will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a fully injury-free squad to choose from. Veljko Jelenkovic cannot play in this game through suspension.
ℹ️ Team News: Arda Kardzhali
With a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Arda Kardzhali boss Aleksandar Tunchev does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Oumar Sako, Radoslav Tsonev and Milen Zhelev.
🔮 Prediction
Looking at these two, we feel that Arda Kardzhali and Slavia Sofia could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.
Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline when the full-time whistle blows.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 03:20 08/03/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
Slavia Sofia
Formed: 1913
Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov (25,556)
Captain: Georgi Petkov
Chairman: Ventseslav Stefanov
Manager: Zlatomir Zagorčić
Competitions: First League position 8
🔑 Star Man: Ahmed Ahmedov

Regularly played in the Striker position, Ahmed Ahmedov was born in Bulgaria. Having made his senior debut playing for Dunav Ruse in the 2018 - 2019 season, the goalscoring Forward has netted 3 league goals in the First League 2022 - 2023 campaign so far from a total of 20 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 54 | WWWWD |
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22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 50 | DWWDL |
3 |
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22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 45 | DWLWW |
4 |
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23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 38 | LDDWW |
5 |
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22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 38 | WDLWD |
6 |
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22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 36 | LWDWL |
7 |
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22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 35 | WWWLW |
8 |
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22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 35 | LWLLL |
9 |
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23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 31 | DDLLW |
10 |
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23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 26 | DLWWL |
11 |
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23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 22 | LDLWW |
12 |
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23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -20 | 22 | DWLWL |
13 |
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22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -19 | 20 | WLDLL |
14 |
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23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 19 | LDLWW |
15 |
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23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -29 | 16 | LDWLL |
16 |
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23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | -27 | 12 | LDWLL |
Lokomotiv Sofia |
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Botev Vratsa |
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Hebar Pazardzhik |
Ludogorets Razgrad |
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Pirin |
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Levski Sofia |
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Spartak Varna |
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
Septemvri Sofia |
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Hebar Pazardzhik |
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Pirin |
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Cherno More Varna |
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Beroe Stara Zagora |
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Botev Vratsa |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 3.3 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Toni Tasev | 5 |
Kemelho Nguena | 4 |
Ahmed Ahmedov | 3 |
Galin Ivanov | 3 |
Kristian Dobrev | 2 |
Lassana N'Diaye | 5 |
Ivan Tilev | 4 |
Lachezar Kotev | 3 |
Svetoslav Kovachev | 3 |
Preslav Borukov | 2 |
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CSKA Sofia |
Beroe Stara Zagora |
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Botev |
Septemvri Sofia |
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Slavia Sofia |
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
CSKA 1948 |
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Arda Kardzhali |
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Levski Sofia |
Pirin |
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Ludogorets Razgrad |
Hebar Pazardzhik |
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Botev Vratsa |
Arda Kardzhali |
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Cherno More Varna |
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