Slavia Sofia welcomes Arda to this second leg of the Bulgarian Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It's no vacation for neither Slavia nor Arda 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.
Slavia Sofia form and stats
Last season, Slavia Sofia's Bulgarian Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.When playing at home in the Parva Liga, Slavia Sofia have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games. 2W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Bulgarian Cup for Slavia Sofia.
The Slavia crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to CSKA 1948 Sofia here at Stadion Slavija in a Parva Liga match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Arda that finished 0-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Slavia as they are travelling to their away game against Botev Plovdiv in the Parva Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Slavia aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Slavija in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. Slavia Sofia have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Arda form and stats
Last season their Bulgarian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Parva Liga travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Total Bulgarian Cup statistics for Arda: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Arda are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at CSKA Sofia. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Slavia Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup.
A new game in only four days for Arda, the Parva Liga home match versus Beroe. Busy days.
Arda are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Arda as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Arda - Slavia 0-0, played this season. Slavia-Arda H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Slavia Sofia two wins, Arda three wins, one draw. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Kokonov 8 goals | S. Delev 6 goals |   P. Makrillos 4 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
Arda missing players
| Slavia Sofia | Arda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 44% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 32 | 55 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 | Arda | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Beroe | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Tsarsko selo | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | -17 | 24 |
| 11 | Montana | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
| 12 | Slavia Sofia | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -20 | 19 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
| 14 | Etar | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -25 | 17 |