Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gigant Saedinenie & CSKA Sofia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gigant Saedinenie form and stats
Gigant Saedinenie drew their last game, 1-1 away at Yambol 1915.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Chernomorets 1919 Burgas that finished 1-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dimitrovgrad are coming to town in four days.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
CSKA Sofia was sent out of Bulgarian Cup in the final last season.CSKA Sofia have an excellent away record in the Parva Liga so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.
Sofia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Cherno More.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Lokomotiv Sofia 1929.CSKA Sofia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Garcez 6 goals | D. Nazon 6 goals |  M. Carreazo Betin 3 goals |
Gigant Saedinenie missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Gigant Saedinenie | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 43 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 11 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.9 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 6.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 33 | 39 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Levski Sofia | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Arda | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Beroe | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 12 | Septemvri Sofia | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Hebar 1918 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -24 | 12 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -24 | 8 |
