The visiting CSKA Sofia side should be favourites in this visit to Botev Plovdiv, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.
- Botev Plovdiv has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Parva Liga
- CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Botev Plovdiv nor CSKA Sofia 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.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not CSKA Sofia's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf CSKA Sofia have performed like this: Played four matches resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats with the goal stats 3-5 (scored/conceded).
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
When playing at home in the Parva Liga, Botev Plovdiv have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 7 games.
Plovdiv haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 294 minutes ago. D. Tonev scored that one.
Botev Plovdiv manager F. Spasov and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Slavia Sofia (placed 13th) in the Parva Liga. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lokomotiv Plovdiv (0-6).
Plovdiv has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Plovdiv are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of CSKA Sofia playing as the away team in the Parva Liga this season.
CSKA Sofia has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to CFR Cluj for a Europa League game that ended a draw (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs CSKA 1948 Sofia.
After this away game CSKA Sofia return home for a Europa League game against Roma. That game is only four sleeps after this.
CSKA Sofia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Sofia have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Plovdiv and CSKA Sofia have met before this season: CSKA Sofia - Botev Plovdiv 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Plovdiv won two, CSKA Sofia won six and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Iliev 8 goals |  A. Sowe 4 goals |  T. Nedelev 3 goals |
Botev Plovdiv missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Botev Plovdiv | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 24 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 77% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 54% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 54% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 77% |
| 38% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 15.3 | 13.2 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 30% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | 30% |
- All of CSKA Sofia's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Botev Plovdiv has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Parva Liga
- Botev Plovdiv have not yet lost a game at home.
- CSKA Sofia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- CSKA Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CSKA Sofia have scored in all their matches so far.
- CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Arda | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Beroe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Levski Sofia | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -10 | 14 |
| 11 | Tsarsko selo | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Montana | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 9 |
| 14 | Etar | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -21 | 7 |