Balkan vs CSKA Sofia Result & Analysis

Date: Fri 12 May 2023

Tip-off: 16:00

Final 79-90

24-23 16-19 9-20 30-28

Position#1

Record25-7

FormWWWWW

Points / game86.1

Allowed / game75.8

Balkan

CSKA Sofia 🏆

Position#3

Record22-10

FormLWLWW

Points / game84.0

Allowed / game79.3

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Meetings · Balkan v CSKA Sofia

Sections

🎯 1. Model Analysis

Balkan winLost

-no forecast

Best oddsnone

Implied-

Edge-

CSKA Sofia winWon

-no forecast

Best oddsnone

Implied-

Edge-

No frozen forecast was made for this game before tip-off.

🏀 2. Points Analysis

Balkan

Last 10 – points for & against

Opponent

Position

Result

Score

Points

Margin

Date

Competition

Levski

77-68

H29/03

NBL

Beroe

82-83

-1

H01/04

NBL

Chernomorets

92-88

H05/04

NBL

Yambol

89-84

A09/04

NBL

Cherno More

#10

105-76

105

+29

A14/04

NBL

Shumen

#11

105-89

105

+16

A19/04

NBL

Academic Plovdiv

74-67

A22/04

NBL

Spartak Pleven

78-67

+11

H26/04

NBL

Beroe

89-78

+11

H02/05

NBL

Beroe

91-72

+19

A05/05

NBL

24-15

19-24

19-20

15-9

24-32

21-24

18-11

19-16

13-16

18-28

28-20

33-24

21-17

25-21

20-29

23-17

20-22

35-17

27-17

23-20

30-21

22-25

29-25

24-18

17-20

21-17

21-22

15-8

19-21

22-19

17-10

20-17

22-22

18-16

33-15

16-25

27-15

21-14

19-21

24-22

165.4Avg total

88.2Scored

77.2Allowed

Split	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Win %
Season (32)	86.1	75.8	161.9	+10.3	78%
Season at home (16)	86.9	74.4	161.2	+12.5	81%
Season away (16)	85.4	77.2	162.6	+8.2	75%
Last 10 (10)	88.2	77.2	165.4	+11.0	90%
Last 5 (5)	87.4	74.6	162.0	+12.8	100%
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger	no games
vs Similar (3)	68.3	80.7	149.0	-12.3	0%
vs Weaker ◀ (26)	87.7	75.1	162.8	+12.5	85%

This opponent (CSKA Sofia) is Weaker. The matching 'vs' row is the one to weigh.

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria

Last 10 – points for & against

Opponent

Position

Result

Score

Points

Margin

Date

Competition

Levski

81-86

-5

A24/03

Bulgarian Cup

Rilski Sportist

89-86

A29/03

NBL

Levski

77-72

H05/04

NBL

Beroe

104-71

104

+33

H08/04

NBL

Chernomorets

88-86

H12/04

NBL

Yambol

71-75

-4

H19/04

NBL

Cherno More

#10

93-84

A23/04

NBL

Academic Plovdiv

74-99

-25

A26/04

NBL

Levski

94-77

+17

H02/05

NBL

Levski

87-79

A05/05

NBL

27-20

15-24

14-24

25-18

26-12

17-29

25-21

21-24

21-20

21-18

12-17

23-17

21-9

27-27

26-21

30-14

21-25

22-18

16-20

29-23

23-18

24-17

13-23

11-17

23-24

17-30

35-12

18-18

18-29

15-24

17-18

24-28

22-21

25-16

26-17

21-23

28-21

21-12

17-26

21-20

167.3Avg total

85.8Scored

81.5Allowed

Split	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Win %
Season (32)	84.0	79.3	163.2	+4.7	69%
Season at home (16)	84.1	74.1	158.2	+10.0	81%
Season away (16)	83.8	84.4	168.2	-0.6	56%
Last 10 (10)	85.8	81.5	167.3	+4.3	70%
Last 5 (5)	83.8	82.8	166.6	+1.0	60%
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger ◀ (5)	79.0	80.0	159.0	-1.0	60%
vs Similar (10)	85.6	78.6	164.2	+7.0	80%
vs Weaker (14)	87.3	79.1	166.4	+8.2	71%

This opponent (Balkan) is Stronger. The matching 'vs' row is the one to weigh.

📊 3. Team Totals

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⚖️ 4. Spread

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⏱️ 5. Quarters & Halves

Quarter by quarter

BalkanCSKA Sofia

Each team's average quarter over its last 10 games. Net is the quarter margin (above zero = the team wins that quarter on average: who starts fast, who closes); Pythia projection = the quarter means of tonight's simulation. Hover a bar for its value.

Bets by quarter and half · pick a period

1st quarter	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the quarter	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	21.9	19.0	40.9	+2.9	60%	-
Last 30 at home (15)	22.6	18.7	41.3	+3.9	60%	-
Last 30 away (15)	21.2	19.3	40.5	+1.9	60%	-
Last 10 (10)	21.7	20.1	41.8	+1.6	40%	-
Last 5 (5)	23.0	19.8	42.8	+3.2	40%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger	no games
vs Similar (3)	19.7	22.7	42.3	-3.0	33%	-
vs Weaker ◀ (26)	21.8	18.8	40.6	+3.0	62%	-

1st quarter	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the quarter	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	22.5	18.7	41.2	+3.7	70%	-
Last 30 at home (16)	22.2	18.1	40.3	+4.1	75%	-
Last 30 away (14)	22.8	19.4	42.2	+3.4	64%	-
Last 10 (10)	23.0	19.9	42.9	+3.1	70%	-
Last 5 (5)	22.8	22.6	45.4	+0.2	60%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger ◀ (5)	20.6	18.6	39.2	+2.0	40%	-
vs Similar (10)	23.3	19.5	42.8	+3.8	70%	-
vs Weaker (14)	22.4	18.4	40.8	+4.1	79%	-

2nd quarter	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the quarter	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	20.6	20.0	40.6	+0.6	57%	-
Last 30 at home (15)	21.5	20.8	42.3	+0.7	60%	-
Last 30 away (15)	19.7	19.2	38.9	+0.5	53%	-
Last 10 (10)	22.2	20.5	42.7	+1.7	60%	-
Last 5 (5)	20.8	18.2	39.0	+2.6	80%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger	no games
vs Similar (3)	17.7	18.7	36.3	-1.0	33%	-
vs Weaker ◀ (26)	20.8	20.3	41.1	+0.6	58%	-

2nd quarter	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the quarter	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	19.6	20.4	40.0	-0.8	43%	-
Last 30 at home (16)	19.1	17.1	36.2	+2.0	56%	-
Last 30 away (14)	20.1	24.1	44.2	-4.1	29%	-
Last 10 (10)	20.4	21.5	41.9	-1.1	50%	-
Last 5 (5)	20.4	19.8	40.2	+0.6	60%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger ◀ (5)	18.2	19.0	37.2	-0.8	60%	-
vs Similar (10)	20.5	18.9	39.4	+1.6	60%	-
vs Weaker (14)	19.9	22.4	42.3	-2.6	29%	-

BalkanLast 10 – 1st half points for & against

Opponent

Position

Result

Score

Points

Margin

Date

Competition

Levski

43-39

H29/03

NBL

Beroe

45-56

-11

H01/04

NBL

Chernomorets

31-44

-13

H05/04

NBL

Yambol

46-38

A09/04

NBL

Cherno More

#10

55-39

+16

A14/04

NBL

Shumen

#11

52-46

A19/04

NBL

Academic Plovdiv

38-37

A22/04

NBL

Spartak Pleven

41-40

H26/04

NBL

Beroe

40-38

H02/05

NBL

Beroe

48-29

+19

A05/05

NBL

84.5Avg total

43.9Scored

40.6Allowed

1st half	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the half	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	42.5	39.0	81.6	+3.5	70%	-
Last 30 at home (15)	44.1	39.5	83.7	+4.6	67%	-
Last 30 away (15)	40.9	38.5	79.5	+2.4	73%	-
Last 10 (10)	43.9	40.6	84.5	+3.3	80%	-
Last 5 (5)	43.8	38.0	81.8	+5.8	100%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger	no games
vs Similar (3)	37.3	41.3	78.7	-4.0	33%	-
vs Weaker ◀ (26)	42.7	39.1	81.7	+3.6	73%	-

This opponent (CSKA Sofia) is Weaker. The matching 'vs' row is the one to weigh.

CSKA SofiaLast 10 – 1st half points for & against

Opponent

Position

Result

Score

Points

Margin

Date

Competition

Levski

42-44

-2

A24/03

Bulgarian Cup

Rilski Sportist

43-41

A29/03

NBL

Levski

42-38

H05/04

NBL

Beroe

48-36

+12

H08/04

NBL

Chernomorets

43-43

H12/04

NBL

Yambol

47-35

+12

H19/04

NBL

Cherno More

#10

40-54

-14

A23/04

NBL

Academic Plovdiv

33-53

-20

A26/04

NBL

Levski

47-37

+10

H02/05

NBL

Levski

49-33

+16

A05/05

NBL

84.8Avg total

43.4Scored

41.4Allowed

1st half	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the half	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	42.0	39.1	81.2	+2.9	60%	-
Last 30 at home (16)	41.3	35.2	76.6	+6.1	75%	-
Last 30 away (14)	42.9	43.6	86.4	-0.7	43%	-
Last 10 (10)	43.4	41.4	84.8	+2.0	60%	-
Last 5 (5)	43.2	42.4	85.6	+0.8	60%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger ◀ (5)	38.8	37.6	76.4	+1.2	60%	-
vs Similar (10)	43.8	38.4	82.2	+5.4	50%	-
vs Weaker (14)	42.3	40.8	83.1	+1.5	64%	-

This opponent (Balkan) is Stronger. The matching 'vs' row is the one to weigh.

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3rd quarter	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the quarter	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	21.0	17.5	38.5	+3.4	63%	-
Last 30 at home (15)	22.0	15.5	37.5	+6.5	87%	-
Last 30 away (15)	19.9	19.5	39.5	+0.4	40%	-
Last 10 (10)	23.1	19.0	42.1	+4.1	60%	-
Last 5 (5)	23.8	18.6	42.4	+5.2	60%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger	no games
vs Similar (3)	13.7	20.0	33.7	-6.3	0%	-
vs Weaker ◀ (26)	21.9	17.4	39.3	+4.5	69%	-

3rd quarter	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the quarter	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	20.4	19.4	39.8	+1.0	47%	-
Last 30 at home (16)	20.7	18.5	39.2	+2.2	56%	-
Last 30 away (14)	20.1	20.4	40.5	-0.4	36%	-
Last 10 (10)	20.1	19.9	40.0	+0.2	40%	-
Last 5 (5)	21.6	19.2	40.8	+2.4	40%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger ◀ (5)	19.8	20.0	39.8	-0.2	40%	-
vs Similar (10)	18.2	20.0	38.2	-1.8	30%	-
vs Weaker (14)	21.6	19.0	40.6	+2.6	57%	-

4th quarter	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the quarter	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	21.5	17.9	39.3	+3.6	73%	-
Last 30 at home (15)	21.5	19.2	40.7	+2.3	73%	-
Last 30 away (15)	21.4	16.5	37.9	+4.9	73%	-
Last 10 (10)	21.2	17.6	38.8	+3.6	90%	-
Last 5 (5)	19.8	18.0	37.8	+1.8	80%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger	no games
vs Similar (3)	13.7	15.3	29.0	-1.7	33%	-
vs Weaker ◀ (26)	22.3	18.0	40.3	+4.3	77%	-

4th quarter	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the quarter	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	22.4	19.7	42.1	+2.7	57%	-
Last 30 at home (16)	22.8	18.6	41.4	+4.2	62%	-
Last 30 away (14)	21.9	21.0	42.9	+0.9	50%	-
Last 10 (10)	22.3	20.2	42.5	+2.1	50%	-
Last 5 (5)	19.0	21.2	40.2	-2.2	20%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger ◀ (5)	18.4	20.8	39.2	-2.4	20%	-
vs Similar (10)	23.6	20.2	43.8	+3.4	70%	-
vs Weaker (14)	23.4	19.3	42.7	+4.1	64%	-

2nd half	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the half	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	42.4	35.4	77.8	+7.0	77%	-
Last 30 at home (15)	43.5	34.7	78.3	+8.8	93%	-
Last 30 away (15)	41.3	36.1	77.4	+5.3	60%	-
Last 10 (10)	44.3	36.6	80.9	+7.7	80%	-
Last 5 (5)	43.6	36.6	80.2	+7.0	80%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger	no games
vs Similar (3)	27.3	35.3	62.7	-8.0	0%	-
vs Weaker ◀ (26)	44.2	35.4	79.6	+8.8	85%	-

2nd half	Scored	Allowed	Total	Margin	Won the half	Over main line
Last 30 (30)	42.8	39.1	81.9	+3.7	57%	-
Last 30 at home (16)	43.5	37.1	80.6	+6.4	75%	-
Last 30 away (14)	42.0	41.4	83.4	+0.6	36%	-
Last 10 (10)	42.4	40.1	82.5	+2.3	60%	-
Last 5 (5)	40.6	40.4	81.0	+0.2	40%	-
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger ◀ (5)	38.2	40.8	79.0	-2.6	40%	-
vs Similar (10)	41.8	40.2	82.0	+1.6	60%	-
vs Weaker (14)	45.0	38.3	83.3	+6.7	57%	-

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🎯 8. Shooting Profile

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Balkantheir own shots, last 10 games

Where their points come from

Balkan: 63.0 points a game scored

🏀🏀60%

🏀🏀🏀29%

🏀11%

🏀🏀 2-pointers38.0 pts a game · 60% of the points

🏀🏀🏀 3-pointers18.0 pts a game · 29% of the points

🏀 Free throws7.0 pts a game · 11% of the points

League average for comparison: 83.7 points a game

51%

29%

20%

Shooting by shot type

Shot type	Attempts per game	Made per game	Accuracy (made ÷ attempts)	League accuracy	Points per game
🏀🏀 2-pointers	37.0	19.0	51.4%	54.7%	38.0
🏀🏀🏀 3-pointers	27.0	6.0	22.2%	32.1%	18.0
🏀 Free throws	11.0	7.0	63.6%	71.4%	7.0

They take 64.0 shots from the field a game (2-pointers + 3-pointers); 27.0 of them are 3-pointers, so 42% of their shots are threes (league average: 39%). Accuracy is green when it beats the league average.

CSKA Sofiatheir own shots, last 10 games

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Shot type	Opponents' Attempts per game	Opponents' Made per game	Opponents' Accuracy (made ÷ attempts)	League accuracy	Points per game
🏀🏀 2-pointers	54.0	22.0	40.7%	54.7%	44.0
🏀🏀🏀 3-pointers	17.0	6.0	35.3%	32.1%	18.0
🏀 Free throws	12.0	11.0	91.7%	71.4%	11.0

Shot type	Opponents' Attempts per game	Opponents' Made per game	Opponents' Accuracy (made ÷ attempts)	League accuracy	Points per game
🏀🏀 2-pointers	54.0	22.0	40.7%	54.7%	44.0
🏀🏀🏀 3-pointers	17.0	6.0	35.3%	32.1%	18.0
🏀 Free throws	12.0	11.0	91.7%	71.4%	11.0

💪 9. Team Strengths

Side by side

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🤝 10. Games History

Head-to-head record

Balkan wins

CSKA Sofia wins

Date	Game	Score
22/03/23	CSKA Sofia v Balkan	82-80 OT
15/03/23	Balkan v CSKA Sofia	71-81
07/01/23	Balkan v CSKA Sofia	81-67
22/10/22	CSKA Sofia v Balkan	78-72

Balkanlast 10

Date	H/A	Opponent	Score
05/05/23	A	Beroe	91-72
02/05/23	H	Beroe	89-78
26/04/23	H	Spartak Pleven	78-67
22/04/23	A	Academic Plovdiv	74-67
19/04/23	A	Shumen	105-89
14/04/23	A	Cherno More	105-76
09/04/23	A	Yambol	89-84
05/04/23	H	Chernomorets	92-88
01/04/23	H	Beroe	82-83
29/03/23	H	Levski	77-68

CSKA Sofialast 10

Date	H/A	Opponent	Score
05/05/23	A	Levski	87-79
02/05/23	H	Levski	94-77
26/04/23	A	Academic Plovdiv	74-99
23/04/23	A	Cherno More	93-84
19/04/23	H	Yambol	71-75
12/04/23	H	Chernomorets	88-86
08/04/23	H	Beroe	104-71
05/04/23	H	Levski	77-72
29/03/23	A	Rilski Sportist	89-86
24/03/23	A	Levski	81-86

📊 11. Overall Statistics

Balkan

NBL 2022-23

Recent: 9 Wins / 1 Losses (last 10)

Form	Last 5	Win %
Overall	WWWWW	78%
Home	WLWWW	81%
Away	WWWWW	75%

Stats	Overall	Home	Away
Games	32	16	16
Win %	78%	81%	75%
Points / game	86.1	86.9	85.4
Allowed / game	75.8	74.4	77.2
Point differential	+10.3	+12.5	+8.2
Avg total	161.9	161.2	162.6
Over main line	-	-	-
Win by 10+	50%	62%	38%
Close games (≤5 pts) won	75% (8)	67% (3)	80% (5)
Overtime %	6%	0%	12%

CSKA Sofia

NBL 2022-23

Recent: 7 Wins / 3 Losses (last 10)

Form	Last 5	Win %
Overall	LWLWW	69%
Home	WWWLW	81%
Away	WWWLW	56%

Stats	Overall	Home	Away
Games	32	16	16
Win %	69%	81%	56%
Points / game	84.0	84.1	83.8
Allowed / game	79.3	74.1	84.4
Point differential	+4.7	+10.0	-0.6
Avg total	163.2	158.2	168.2
Over main line	-	-	-
Win by 10+	34%	50%	19%
Close games (≤5 pts) won	67% (9)	67% (3)	67% (6)
Overtime %	3%	0%	6%

This competition's season before tip-off. Green = better than tonight's opponent on the same split; win-% badge green from 60%, red below 40%.

🏆 12. League Table

#	Team	GP	W	L	Win %	PF/g	PA/g	Diff
1	Rilski Sportist	33	28	5	85%	90.5	76.8	+13.7
2	Balkan	32	25	7	78%	86.1	75.8	+10.3
3	CSKA Sofia	32	22	10	69%	84.0	79.3	+4.7
4	Chernomorets	32	21	11	66%	87.3	80.5	+6.8
5	Spartak Pleven	32	16	16	50%	83.2	81.1	+2.1
6	Levski	32	15	17	47%	79.8	79.1	+0.7
7	Beroe	32	14	18	44%	84.9	89.3	-4.3
8	Academic Plovdiv	33	12	21	36%	79.4	84.7	-5.3
9	Yambol	30	9	21	30%	79.1	86.7	-7.6
10	Cherno More	30	6	24	20%	83.9	93.5	-9.6
11	Shumen	30	6	24	20%	75.9	89.6	-13.6

Built from this season's results before tip-off (all phases of the competition). Click a column to sort. Bars: win %, points scored and allowed per game across the league, and the point differential (green +, red -).

📋 13. Box Score

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Balkan	24	16	9	30	79
CSKA Sofia	23	19	20	28	90

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Balkan vs CSKA Sofia Result & Analysis

🎯 1. Model Analysis

🏀 2. Points Analysis

📊 3. Team Totals

⚖️ 4. Spread

⏱️ 5. Quarters & Halves

Quarter by quarter

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🎯 8. Shooting Profile

Where their points come from

Shooting by shot type

Where their opponents' points come from

Shooting by shot type

Where their points come from

Shooting by shot type

Where their opponents' points come from

Shooting by shot type

💪 9. Team Strengths

Side by side

🤝 10. Games History

📊 11. Overall Statistics

🏆 12. League Table

📋 13. Box Score

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