National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ludogorets or Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Ludogorets saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Parva Liga. That game was an away game at Botev Plovdiv, so at least Ludogorets are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Ludogorets form and stats
Last season, Ludogorets's Bulgarian Cup journey ended in the semi-finals against CSKA Sofia.5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Parva Liga numbers at home for Ludogorets so far this season. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Ludogorets has won their last four matches.
Ludogorets are returning here after visiting Botev Plovdiv in a Parva Liga game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Jordan Ikoko, Alex Santana and Pieros Sotiriou scored the goal(s).
Ahead of that match, Ludogorets lost 0-1 at home to Sporting Braga.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Beroe are coming to town in three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ludogorets is on fire here. A stunning 17 from 5 league matches. Ludogorets have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa form and stats
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.There were no winners in Oryahovitsa's previous match, a 3. League Northwest home game that ended 1-1 vs Spartak Pleven.
Preceding that game was the away 3. League Northwest victory against Lokomotiv Mezdra with the score of 4-0.Oryahovitsa have another fixture that requires travelling in just two days, a 3. League Northwest match against Bdin. A demanding timetable for the visiting team!
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's five Ludogorets victories, zero draws and one Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Soteriou 6 goals |  E. Manu 4 goals |  B. Tekpetey 4 goals |
Ludogorets missing players
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa missing players
| Ludogorets | Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 27 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Beroe | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | Arda | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 13 | Tsarsko selo | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 8 |