CSKA Sofia get ready to welcome Ludogorets for something different than the ordinary league football: The Bulgarian Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
Sofia was eliminated in the final last season in the Bulgarian Cup.27 points is a decent return from 11 Parva Liga games here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija for CSKA Sofia. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. On the other hand, in the Bulgarian Cup, CSKA Sofia has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. The CSKA Sofia fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadion Bâlgarska Armija and will expect new points from this game. CSKA Sofia has played 25 games in a row here without a defeat.
Sofia lost their last game at Beroe after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, CSKA Sofia won a home game hosting Botev Vratsa (4-0).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sofia, as the Parva Liga home game vs Arda is only three days away.
The Sofia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Sofia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Ludogorets form and stats
Ludogorets's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.6-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ludogorets in their Parva Liga matches away. Total Bulgarian Cup statistics for Ludogorets: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Tsarsko selo in their previous outing. The Parva Liga match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Tsarsko selo.
As mentioned above, Ludogorets drew the match against Tsarsko selo. Manager V. Dambrauskas brought on Pieros Sotiriou to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A new game in only three days for Ludogorets, the Parva Liga home match versus Montana. Busy days.
The Ludogorets manager V. Dambrauskas has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Ludogorets in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): CSKA Sofia won one game, seven matches ended with a draw and Ludogorets has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nineTop Goalscorers
  C. Keșerü 14 goals |  H. Marín Escavy 4 goals |  E. Manu 4 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 28 | Scored | S | 24 | 49 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 43 |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | Arda | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Beroe | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Tsarsko selo | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 28 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Montana | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -17 | 19 |
| 12 | Slavia Sofia | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -18 | 19 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 18 |
| 14 | Etar | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -25 | 17 |