The league table is allowed to rest as Slavia Sofia and CSKA Sofia battle for Bulgarian Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Slavia and CSKA Sofia.
Slavia Sofia form and stats
Slavia Sofia was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Bulgarian Cup. Arda was too strong.6 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Slavia Sofia have to build on here at Stadion Slavija in the Parva Liga.
Slavia Sofia's previous game was also a home event, the loss 0-1 versus CSKA Sofia (in Bulgarian Cup).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Botev Vratsa (1-2).Slavia Sofia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Slavia have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for CSKA Sofia, as they won the Bulgarian Cup.The story so far for the visiting team on their Parva Liga travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Sofia, whose manager Mladenov could celebrate last time after the Bulgarian Cup win against Slavia Sofia.
It was a Parva Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.CSKA Sofia find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Sofia in these games.
Head 2 Head
Slavia Sofia-CSKA Sofia H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Slavia Sofia one win, CSKA Sofia seven wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  J. Caicedo Medina 15 goals |  T. Tasev 6 goals | G. Yomov 6 goals |
Slavia Sofia missing players
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| Slavia Sofia | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 8 | 39 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 64 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 46 |
| 4 | Cherno More | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 45 |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 8 | Beroe | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 32 |
| 9 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Arda | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | OFK Pirin | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 27 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 25 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -25 | 22 |
| 14 | Tsarsko selo | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 19 | -21 | 16 |
