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 no vacation for neither Sofia nor Lokomotiv Plovdiv as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
Last season, Sofia's Bulgarian Cup journey ended in the semi-finals against Botev Plovdiv.4W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Bulgarian Cup for CSKA Sofia. The CSKA Sofia fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadion Slavija and will expect new points from this game. Sofia has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat. The last three games played by CSKA Sofia, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Sofia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Slavia Sofia that ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a Bulgarian Cup home match hosting Botev Plovdiv in a game that was won 2-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ludogorets are coming to town in four days.
Sofia have prepared for this season with eight friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these eight matches are 3 victories, 1 draws and 4 losses. In these games, CSKA Sofia have scored 8 goals and conceded 11 times.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Lokomotiv, as they won the Bulgarian Cup.When we have look at the Bulgarian Cup statistics, we find 4W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
Lokomotiv play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-6 to Ludogorets. Before that, Lokomotiv Plovdiv travelled to Levski Sofia and returned home with a draw after the Bulgarian Cup game finished 0-0.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.
A new game in only four days for Lokomotiv, the Parva Liga home match versus Beroe. Busy days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Lokomotiv have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from eight fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Sofia, three draws and two wins for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Krasimirov Iliev 12 goals |  A. Sowe 10 goals | E. da Silva 9 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 24 | Scored | S | 9 | 35 | ||
| 18 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 76% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 19% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 36% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 240 | 146 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 173 | ||
| 98 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 79 | ||
| 27% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||