After the first game it's CSKA Sofia - Botev Plovdiv 1-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Parva Liga game of the season?
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Botev Plovdiv have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-9-16 (win-draw-loss) from 37 matches.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
CSKA Sofia travelled for their previous game, a trip to CSKA 1948 Sofia that ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Sofia won a home game hosting Beroe (5-0).
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against CSKA 1948 Sofia last time out, but a goal from Ali Sowe completed a comeback to a draw result for Sofia.
Sofia are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew one and lost one.
Last season, CSKA Sofia's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Parva Liga. Over these 26 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season CSKA Sofia managed 8-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 10 conceded.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
The supporters enjoyed Plovdiv's previous game versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv (placed 13th), a Parva Liga 2-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Cherno More.
You'll want to know how Plovdiv managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in zero away wins, three draws and three home wins.
Let's have a look at how Botev Plovdiv performed last season in the Parva Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 13/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Sofia won five, Botev Plovdiv won two and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Ivaylov Antov 1 goals | A. Sowe 1 goals |   T. Nedelev 1 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| CSKA Sofia | Last season | Botev Plovdiv | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 52 | 34 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 84% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 65% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 66% | ||
| 48% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 41% | ||
| 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 19% | ||
| 10% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 39% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 58% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | ||
| 19% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 38% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 374 | 190 | Total Shots | T S | 121 | 309 | ||
| 151 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 141 | ||
| 34% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tsarsko selo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Botev Vratsa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Beroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Arda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Montana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | CSKA Sofia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Cherno More | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Slavia Sofia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ludogorets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Etar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 72 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 59 |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 55 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 53 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 53 |
| 6 | Beroe | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 49 |