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Lokomotiv Sofia take on visiting rivals CSKA Sofia at Stadion Lokomotiv in the First League tie on Saturday.
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๐ Form Guide
Lokomotiv Sofia
LWLWLL
Lokomotiv Sofia will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 6-0 First League losing effort in their last game against Ludogorets Razgrad.
Kwadwo Duah (2', 53'), Ivaylo Chochev (38'), Bernard Tekpetey (43'), Rwan Cruz (57') and Aslak Fonn Witry (88') scored for Ludogorets Razgrad.
It has been seldom in recent times where Lokomotiv Sofia havenโt conceded. The facts show that Lokomotiv Sofia have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 12 goals along the way. That sort of pattern isnโt assured to follow through into this next game, of course.
Looking at their past form shows that Lokomotiv Sofia:
- are winless against CSKA Sofia in their previous 6 league games.
- are without a home win in the past 9 matches in the league. They will be so desperate to end this run.
CSKA Sofia
LWLWWW ๐
CSKA Sofia come into this encounter following on from a 4-0 First League win with the downing of Botev in their previous game.
For CSKA Sofia, the scorers were Jonathan Lindseth (25'), Fernando Karanga (33', 42') and Matthias Phaรซton (65').
A series of outstanding showings by the CSKA Sofia defence has seen the number of goals theyโve conceded standing at 3 from their previous 6 fixtures combined. During the same time, their own attack force has managed to score 12.
Pre-game facts show that CSKA Sofia:
- are winless against Lokomotiv Sofia when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league matches. Not the best of away records.
- haven't been defeated by Lokomotiv Sofia in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 23/05/2015 tells us that Lokomotiv Sofia have won 0 of these & CSKA Sofia 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 4.
A total of 10 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 3 of them for The Railwaymen and 7 belonging to The Army Men. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.
The previous league contest featuring these clubs was First League match day 11 on 28/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of CSKA Sofia 2-0 Lokomotiv Sofia.
That time, CSKA Sofia had 62% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Michael Estrada (40', 45').
Lokomotiv Sofia got 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Kristiyan Kolev.
๐๏ธ Team News: Lokomotiv Sofia
Aleksandar Lyubenov (Broken cheekbone) and Baboucarr Gaye (Knee injury) wonโt be available for Lokomotiv Sofia boss Danilo Donฤiฤ.
๐ฐ Team News: CSKA Sofia
Owing to a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the CSKA Sofia boss Nestor El Maestro has zero fitness worries to report ahead of this match.
๐ง Prediction
In this game, CSKA Sofia look set to score at least a few goals against Lokomotiv Sofia, who may well struggle to break down their defence.
Things might really get out of hand.
We therefore think that itโs going to be a controlled 0-3 victory with possibly even more for CSKA Sofia at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 16:15 30/03/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Lokomotiv Sofia
Formed: 1929
Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv (22,000)
Captain: Krasimir Miloshev
Chairman: Boycho Velichkov
Manager: Danilo Donฤiฤ
Competitions: First League position 13
โญ Star Man: Dimitar Mitkov
Customarily taking to the field in the Striker position, Dimitar Mitkov was born in Bulgaria. After making a first senior appearance for Ludogorets Razgrad in the 2020 - 2021 season, the dangerous Forward has bagged 3 league goals in this First League 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 22 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 60 | WWWWW |
2 |
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25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 54 | LWWLW |
3 |
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25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 54 | WLWWW |
4 |
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26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 51 | WWDWW |
5 |
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26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 47 | LLWWL |
6 |
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24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 37 | DDLLL |
7 |
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26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 36 | LDWLD |
8 |
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26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 36 | WWDDD |
9 |
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25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 33 | LWDLL |
10 |
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25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 29 | LLLWD |
11 |
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26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 29 | DDWLL |
12 |
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26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 27 | WLDWL |
13 |
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25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -26 | 25 | WLWLL |
14 |
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26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -17 | 25 | WDDDW |
15 |
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26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | -31 | 17 | LLLDW |
16 |
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26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | -35 | 10 | LLLLL |
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Botev |
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Beroe Stara Zagora |
Cherno More Varna |
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CSKA Sofia |
Ludogorets Razgrad |
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Lokomotiv Sofia |
Arda Kardzhali |
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Pirin |
Levski Sofia |
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
Lokomotiv Sofia |
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Botev |
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Slavia Sofia |
Lokomotiv Sofia |
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Krumovgrad |
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Arda Kardzhali |
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Levski Sofia |
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CSKA 1948 |
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Cherno More Varna |
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Slavia Sofia |
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Krumovgrad |
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Etar Veliko Tarnovo |
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Pirin |
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Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 35 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 50 |
Yellow cards | 2.9 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Franรงa | 4 |
Dimitar Mitkov | 4 |
Antoni Ivanov | 2 |
Simeon Mechev | 2 |
Krasimir Stanoev | 2 |
Jonathan Lindseth | 7 |
Duckens Nazon | 7 |
Tobias Heintz | 6 |
Michael Estrada | 4 |
Fernando Karanga | 4 |
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Levski Sofia |
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Krumovgrad |
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Cherno More Varna |
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