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The First League tie at Stadion Bistritsa on Monday sees home side CSKA 1948 take to the field against Lokomotiv Sofia.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for CSKA 1948 v Lokomotiv Sofia are shown below - plus the latest betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
CSKA 1948
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CSKA 1948 will be wanting a better result here after a 0-1 First League losing effort in their last game against Ludogorets Razgrad.
Matรญas Tissera (82') scored for Ludogorets Razgrad.
CSKA 1948 have not been in good attacking form in recent times. Their sum of goals equals just 2 against opposition teams during their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, CSKA 1948 have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 6.
Going into this one, CSKA 1948 havenโt won at home in the past 5 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.
Lokomotiv Sofia
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Lokomotiv Sofia go into this encounter following a 1-0 First League win with the defeat of Beroe Stara Zagora in their most recent match.
The only player to score from Lokomotiv Sofia was Franรงa (39').
The stats tell the story, and Lokomotiv Sofia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 13 goals overall. In defence, Lokomotiv Sofia have been far from perfect. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.
Coming into this clash, Lokomotiv Sofia are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
The previous league encounter between the two was First League match day 14 on 21/10/2023 when the final score was Lokomotiv Sofia 0-0 CSKA 1948.
The match was refereed by Ivaylo Nenkov.
๐ฐ Team News: CSKA 1948
The CSKA 1948 boss Valentin Iliev will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match owing to a fully injury-free group to choose from.
๐๏ธ Team News: Lokomotiv Sofia
Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is only the one fitness worry for the Lokomotiv Sofia manager Danilo Donฤiฤ to contend with. Baboucarr Gaye (Knee injury) misses out for this game.
โก Prediction
Weโre of the view that CSKA 1948 will, in all likelihood, get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.
In contrast, Lokomotiv Sofia will be up against it finding the net themselves - but, we do see them converting at least once as well.
Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for CSKA 1948 at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 14:01 15/04/2024
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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 7, Supercup (Final)
๐ Star Player: Pedrinho
Generally playing in the Left Wing position, Pedrinho was born in Brazil. After having made a senior debut playing for CSKA 1948 in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has got 6 league goals in this First League 2023 - 2024 season so far in a total of 27 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 69 | WWWWW |
2 |
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29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 61 | WDWLW |
3 |
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29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 60 | WWLWL |
4 |
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29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 54 | WLWWD |
5 |
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29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 51 | WWLLL |
6 |
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29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 41 | DDWDD |
7 |
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29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 41 | LDWDW |
8 |
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28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 39 | LLDDL |
9 |
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28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 39 | WLDLW |
10 |
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29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 33 | LLDLW |
11 |
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29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 33 | DWLLD |
12 |
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29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 30 | WLLWL |
13 |
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29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -18 | 29 | DWDLW |
14 |
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28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -29 | 28 | LLLLW |
15 |
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29 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -33 | 19 | DWDDL |
16 |
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29 | 3 | 5 | 21 | -37 | 14 | LLWLD |
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Ludogorets Razgrad |
Botev |
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Botev Vratsa |
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Beroe Stara Zagora |
Cherno More Varna |
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Beroe Stara Zagora |
Cherno More Varna |
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CSKA Sofia |
Ludogorets Razgrad |
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Lokomotiv Sofia |
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Slavia Sofia |
CSKA 1948 |
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Ludogorets Razgrad |
CSKA 1948 |
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Botev Vratsa |
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Beroe Stara Zagora |
CSKA 1948 |
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CSKA Sofia |
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Slavia Sofia |
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Arda Kardzhali |
Cherno More Varna |
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Lokomotiv Sofia |
Ludogorets Razgrad |
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Lokomotiv Sofia |
Etar Veliko Tarnovo |
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Lokomotiv Sofia |
Hebar Pazardzhik |
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Lokomotiv Sofia |
Pirin |
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Lokomotiv Sofia |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 56 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.4 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 2.2 |
Time first goal scored | 47 |
Time first goal conceded | 29 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Ivaylo Chochev | 6 |
Pedrinho | 6 |
Birsent Karagaren | 3 |
Radoslav Kirilov | 3 |
Georgi Rusev | 3 |
Franรงa | 4 |
Dimitar Mitkov | 4 |
Antoni Ivanov | 2 |
Simeon Mechev | 2 |
Krasimir Stanoev | 2 |
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Botev |