Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Botev Ihtiman & CSKA Sofia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Botev Ihtiman form and stats
Last season, Ihtiman's Bulgarian Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.Overall 3. League Southwest stats at home this season for Botev Ihtiman are 4-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
As mentioned above, Ihtiman "killed" Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Goals decide football matches and Botev Ihtiman are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ihtiman's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
Sofia's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the final.The visitors are W2-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga.
Sofia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Montana. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Young Boys's place.
CSKA Sofia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sofia have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Ihtiman zero wins, zero draws and CSKA Sofia two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Sankharé 3 goals |  A. Sowe 3 goals | V. Ivaylov Antov 2 goals |
Botev Ihtiman missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Botev Ihtiman | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 25 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 334 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 126 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Marek | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Kyustendil | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 32 |
| 3 | Vihren | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Chavdar Etropole | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 5 | Belasitsa | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | Oborishte | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | Pirin Gotse Delchev | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Botev Ihtiman | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Rilski Sportist | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Slivnishki geroy | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Balkan Botevgrad | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Pirin Razlog | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Perun | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Granit Vladaya | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | Levski Chepintsi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Velbazhd | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 11 |
| 18 | Bansko | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | -26 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ludogorets | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Beroe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Arda | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Tsarsko selo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Montana | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 7 |
| 14 | Etar | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -22 | 3 |