Ace Football previews the Conference League game between CSKA Sofia and Monaco who meet up this coming Thursday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Conference League title favourites CSKA Sofia begin their title challenge on Thursday in an opening day encounter with Monaco at Bulgarska Armiya.
Team form: CSKA Sofia vs Monaco
CSKA Sofia Form
In their last three matches, CSKA Sofia won 0-2 against PFC Lokomotiv Sofia 1929, before recording a draw in a 1-1 match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. They were back on top last time out, defeating CSKA 1948 2-3. CSKA Sofia are without a win in their last six Conference League matches on home soil, which produced a record of one draws and two defeats, in which they conceded four and scored two goals.
Monaco Form
Monaco are unbeaten in their last three matches, which began with a 1-1 draw against Strasbourg. Then, they took out Lens 2-1, followed by a 2-2 draw with Toulouse.
Betting stats and facts for CSKA Sofia and Monaco
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between CSKA Sofia and Monaco. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 8 of the last 9 CSKA Sofia home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 CSKA Sofia home matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- CSKA Sofia have won 7 of the last 9 home matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- CSKA Sofia have won 7 of the last 9 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- CSKA Sofia have lost 3 of the last 4 matches in the Conference League while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Monaco have won 4 of the last 5 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In the last 4 Monaco matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Monaco have won 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In the last 3 Monaco away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Monaco have won 3 of the last 4 matches and the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: CSKA Sofia vs Monaco
With another Conference League season only just beginning to take form, we are still a bit in the dark as to who will dominate the scoring charts for both CSKA Sofia and Monaco. Accordingly, we have listed some of the players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
Betting markets: CSKA Sofia vs Monaco
Full-time result
CSKA Sofia claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Monaco won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing three in this series of matches. CSKA Sofia did not lose any of their last 7 matches. Monaco are on a great streak of 9 matches without losing.
Both teams to score
CSKA Sofia scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Monaco got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. There appears to be a good chance of seeing CSKA Sofia on the scoreboard this coming Thursday with Monaco managing just a single three clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The hosts fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in six of CSKA Sofia’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Monaco, who managed to score 1.9 times in those matches. Monaco scored at least once in their previous 9 matches on the bounce.
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