Struggling Tsarsko selo will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying CSKA Sofia in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Tsarsko selo form and stats
Tsarsko selo have collected 12 points from their Parva Liga home games so far after 3-3-5.
Tsarsko selo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Vitosha Bistritsa.
Tsarsko selo were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on CSKA Sofia to win. Let's see if Tsarsko selo are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: one game found revealing zero Tsarsko selo wins, zero draws and one defeat.
The Tsarsko selo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Tsarsko selo have conceded 16 in these home matches.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga. CSKA Sofia has drawn their two previous away games.
CSKA Sofia have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gustavo Busatto. It's been 884 minutes since they last conceded in Parva Liga.
CSKA Sofia had fun at their own home (Stadion Vitosha) last time out, beating Botev Plovdiv 1-0. S. Beltrame scored. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Levski Sofia.
As mentioned earlier, CSKA Sofia will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in two wins (one by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and zero surprising defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as CSKA Sofia are hosting Botev Vratsa in the Bulgarian Cup only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far CSKA Sofia have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. CSKA Sofia's manager M. Kruščić has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 5 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result CSKA Sofia - Tsarsko selo 3-0 entered in the official records. Tsarsko selo-CSKA Sofia H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Tsarsko selo zero wins, CSKA Sofia two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 A. Sowe 9 goals | E. da Silva 8 goals |  T. Sousa Nóbrega Rodrigues 4 goals |
Tsarsko selo missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Tsarsko selo | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 36 |
| 37 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 82% |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 55% | 59% |
| 45% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 36% | 50% |
| 23% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 32% |
| 9% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 36% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 64% | 64% |
| 45% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 23% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 215 | 123 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 130 | 261 |
| 85 | 53 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 57 | 110 |
| 24% | 23% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 25% | 33% |
- CSKA Sofia has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Tsarsko selo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 45 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 43 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Beroe | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Arda | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Etar | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 20 |
| 11 | Tsarsko selo | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
| 12 | Dunav 2010 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 17 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 17 |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -32 | 5 |