Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arda & CSKA Sofia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Arda form and stats
Arda was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Bulgarian Cup.This match is a Bulgarian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
The fans are hoping that Arda will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Parva Liga game against Ludogorets. Vasil Simeonov, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 0.0 out of 10 in that game. Simeonov .
Before that, Arda drew at home versus CSKA 1948 Sofia.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Arda friendly games in pre-season: Arda played four friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Arda scored 7 goals and conceded 9 in these four games.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
CSKA Sofia was sent out of Bulgarian Cup in the final last season.Total Bulgarian Cup statistics for CSKA Sofia: 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Sofia are travelling again after losing away to Lokomotiv Plovdiv in their previous match (0-2). Dimitar Evtimov was the team player of the game with the player rating of 0.0. The agile goalkeeper Evtimov .
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Ludogorets in the Parva Liga.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sofia manager L. Penev as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against CSKA 1948 Sofia.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Sofia have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: zero - three - three (Arda wins - draws - CSKA Sofia wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Kokonov 8 goals | T. Yordanov 7 goals | S. Delev 6 goals |
Arda missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Arda | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 6 | 44 | ||
| 33 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | ||
| 92% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 44% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 22% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 36% | ||