Perhaps a welcome break from league football as CSKA Sofia & Lokomotiv Plovdiv 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 Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
Home games in the Parva Liga have been a walk in the park for CSKA Sofia so far, with 28 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The Sofia club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Botev Vratsa and win 4-0.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Slavia Sofia.The CSKA Sofia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. CSKA Sofia have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
They also participated in Bulgarian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W3-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv go into this game after a win, the home game against Tsarsko selo that ended 1-0.
Prior to that match, the Lokomotiv manager Tunchev faced defeat when travelling to Levski Sofia and losing 1-2.The schedule is very tough for Lokomotiv Plovdiv now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Parva Liga game at Botev Plovdiv is waiting in only four days.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sofia three wins, three draws and Lokomotiv Plovdiv four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Caicedo Medina 14 goals |  D. Krasimirov Iliev 9 goals | G. Yomov 6 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 41 | 34 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 51 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| 4 | Cherno More | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Beroe | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | OFK Pirin | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Arda | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Tsarsko selo | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 11 |
