The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. CSKA 1948 Sofia are in the 9th position while the guesting Botev Plovdiv worry at 10th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This stadium uses grass, unlike Botev Plovdiv's home stadium. The visitors last 38 games on grass have ended in 11 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses.
CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats
CSKA 1948 Sofia have collected 7 points from their Parva Liga home games so far after 2-1-1. Two home wins in a row for Sofia bring valid hopes of a third.
Sofia's last game was hosting Etar (placed 14th) and winning 5-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Levski Sofia (0-3).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sofia played a great game against Etar and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sofia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
The Sofia manager K. Balakov has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
It's not happening yet for Botev Plovdiv on their Parva Liga travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on F. Spasov, the Plovdiv manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Plovdiv go into this game after a win, the home game against Levski Sofia that ended 2-1. A 1-3 defeat away at Montana before that.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Botev Plovdiv playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.
The visiting Plovdiv have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Plovdiv's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
CSKA 1948 Sofia-Botev Plovdiv H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Sofia zero wins, Botev Plovdiv three wins, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Iliev 7 goals |  G. Ivanov 3 goals |  T. Nedelev 3 goals |
CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| CSKA 1948 Sofia | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 43% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 57% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 65 | 43 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 18 | 55 |
| 26 | 19 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 26 |
| 35% | 47% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 42% |
- All of Botev Plovdiv's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of CSKA 1948 Sofia's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Botev Plovdiv has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Parva Liga
- Botev Plovdiv have lost all their away matches so far.
- Botev Plovdiv have scored in all their away matches so far.
- CSKA 1948 Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Botev Plovdiv have scored away.
- CSKA 1948 Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Beroe | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| 3 | Arda | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Levski Sofia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Botev Vratsa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Tsarsko selo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Montana | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Cherno More | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| 14 | Etar | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -17 | 0 |