Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gigant Saedinenie & Rodopa Smolyan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bulgarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gigant Saedinenie form and stats
It's back home for Saedinenie, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rodopa Smolyan away with the result 2-0.
Ahead of that result, a home win against Sokol Markovo in the Bulgarian Cup.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. League Southeast game versus Borislav 2009 in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion Sadovo.
Rodopa Smolyan form and stats
Last season their Bulgarian Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.Home advantage was not enough for Rodopa Smolyan in their previous game as they lost hosting Gigant Saedinenie, 0-2.
It was a 3. League Southeast defeat before that one as the away game against Chernomorets 1919 Burgas wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rodopa Smolyan manager Syurdzhiev as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Dimitrovgrad.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former eight meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Saedinenie, one draw and two wins for Rodopa Smolyan. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Gigant Saedinenie missing players
Rodopa Smolyan missing players
| Gigant Saedinenie | Rodopa Smolyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 23 | Scored | S | 9 | 35 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
