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CSKA Sofia

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CSKA Sofia will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-0 First League defeat in their last game at the hands of Spartak Varna.

The only player to score from CSKA Sofia was Ivan Dyulgerov (59' Own goal). Ahmed Ahmedov (14', 39') was the scorer for Spartak Varna.

A common feature of more recent CSKA Sofia games is the number of results with a nil in them.

Taking their prior six matches before this one, in 5 of them a bet on BTTS would've been a losing one. Still, time will tell if such a trend shall be sustained in this game or not.

Their past results show that CSKA Sofia:

• haven't lost in the league to Slavia Sofia in their previous 11 matches. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• have left without a victory over Slavia Sofia in their last 2 league games.

Slavia Sofia

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Slavia Sofia head into the game following a 3-1 First League win to beat Spartak Varna in their last match.

For Slavia Sofia, the goals were scored by Karl Fabien (10'), Denislav Aleksandrov (45') and Vladimir Nikolov (49'). Ahmed Ahmedov (34') scored for Spartak Varna.

The numbers tell their own story, and Slavia Sofia have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. At the back, Slavia Sofia just haven’t been too solid at all.

Looking at their past form shows that Slavia Sofia:

• have not won against CSKA Sofia when they have played them away from home in the previous 12 matches in the league. Not an away record to be proud of.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head results stretching back to 20/02/2022 shows that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Slavia Sofia. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas CSKA Sofia have simply been better than them, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those matches played.

A total of 17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 12 of them for The Army Men and 5 being from The White Avalanche. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league game between these clubs was First League match day 19 on 01/12/2023 when the final score was Slavia Sofia 1-1 CSKA Sofia.

That day, Slavia Sofia managed 52% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Martin Georgiev (67' Own goal) and Roberto Raychev (86').

CSKA Sofia had 14 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Stanimir Trenchev.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that CSKA Sofia certainly have the ability to create enough chances to score more than one when they come up against Slavia Sofia, who might well find it difficult to score themselves.

Our tip is for a decent 2-0 winning margin for CSKA Sofia at full-time.

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

Renata Leite, 15:06 17/08/2024