Perhaps a welcome break from league football as CSKA Sofia & Botev Vratsa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for CSKA Sofia and Botev Vratsa.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
CSKA Sofia was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Bulgarian Cup. Botev Plovdiv was too strong.CSKA Sofia are steadily winning Parva Liga games and points here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija.
CSKA Sofia lost their last game at Tsarsko selo after a 1-2 scoreline. Previous to that game, a Parva Liga home match hosting Botev Plovdiv in a game that was won 1-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for CSKA Sofia, as the Parva Liga home game vs Beroe is only four days away.
CSKA Sofia can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 22 times. From these home matches, CSKA Sofia have conceded only 9 goals.
Botev Vratsa form and stats
Botev Vratsa was sent out of Bulgarian Cup in the 16th finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botev Vratsa so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Dunav 2010 in their previous outing. The Parva Liga match ended in a draw 0-0. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Arda in the Parva Liga.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Botev Vratsa as the away team, we found three results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and three defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Botev Vratsa as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. Botev Vratsa have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's eight CSKA Sofia victories, one draw and zero Botev Vratsa wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 A. Sowe 9 goals | E. da Silva 8 goals |   V. Domovchiyski 5 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Botev Vratsa missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Botev Vratsa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 31 | 43 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 231 | 108 | Total Shots | T S | 80 | 178 | ||
| 92 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 90 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 45 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 43 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Beroe | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Arda | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Etar | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -14 | 23 |
| 11 | Tsarsko selo | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 22 |
| 12 | Dunav 2010 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 18 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 18 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 23 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -36 | 5 |