National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Montana or CSKA 1948 Sofia that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Montana form and stats
Montana was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Bulgarian Cup.Montana have collected 8 points from their B PFG home games so far after 2-2-1.
Montana shared the glory with FK Minyor Pernik in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Yantra 1919.Montana has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Montana are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Ogosta in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats
Sofia's mission in Bulgarian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Playing away, CSKA 1948 Sofia have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Parva Liga this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Levski Sofia in their previous outing. The Parva Liga match ended in a draw 0-0.
Before that, Sofia secured a home win against Botev Vratsa with the score 5-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Sofia are hosting Tsarsko selo in the Parva Liga only four days away.
Goals are few and far between in Sofia's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Sofia have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior seven meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Montana, two draws and four wins for CSKA 1948 Sofia. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Yordanov 5 goals |  I. Chochev 3 goals | S. Petrov 2 goals |
Montana missing players
CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players
| Montana | CSKA 1948 Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 32 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7.7 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.4 | ||
| 3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hebar 1918 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Etar | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 3 | FK Minyor Pernik | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Spartak Varna | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Strumska slava | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Septemvri Sofia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Ludogorets II | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Sozopol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Montana | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Septemvri Simitli | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Marek | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv II | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Sportist Svoge | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | CSKA 1948 Sofia II | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Lovech | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Yantra 1919 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 19 | Neftohimik | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -16 | 5 |
| 20 | Levski Lom | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botev Plovdiv | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Cherno More | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Beroe | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 6 | CSKA Sofia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Botev Vratsa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Arda | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Levski Sofia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Tsarsko selo | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |