National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Montana or Ludogorets that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Montana nor Ludogorets as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Montana form and stats
Montana was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Bulgarian Cup.4 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Montana have to build on here at Huvepharma Arena in the B PFG.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Levski Lom that finished 1-1.Montana have scored 8 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Montana have conceded only 7 goals.
Ludogorets form and stats
They also participated in Bulgarian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when CSKA Sofia drew the shortest straw.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 0 draws and only 3 losses in the Parva Liga.
Before that, Ludogorets secured a home win against Slavia Sofia with the score 3-1.As mentioned earlier, Ludogorets will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in seven wins (five by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
Ludogorets have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 23 goals from 10 away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Ludogorets in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the result Montana - Ludogorets 0-5 logged in the official records. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Montana won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Ludogorets got nine wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  P. Soteriou 14 goals |  K. Despodov 6 goals |   Y. Yordanov 5 goals |
Montana missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| Montana | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 25 | 55 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 8% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 23% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 42% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Varna | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Etar | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 49 |
| 3 | Hebar 1918 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | FK Minyor Pernik | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 |
| 5 | Ludogorets II | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 42 |
| 6 | Septemvri Sofia | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 7 | Strumska slava | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 37 |
| 8 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
| 9 | Montana | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Sportist Svoge | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 30 |
| 11 | Sozopol | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Yantra 1919 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv II | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -13 | 24 |
| 14 | Marek | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 15 | Septemvri Simitli | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -16 | 23 |
| 16 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 22 |
| 17 | Lovech | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 18 | CSKA 1948 Sofia II | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 20 |
| 19 | Neftohimik | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 20 | Levski Lom | 24 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 25 | -29 | 8 |
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 51 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| 4 | Cherno More | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Beroe | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | OFK Pirin | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Arda | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Tsarsko selo | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 11 |
