There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa Conference League Play-offs meeting between Basel and CSKA Sofia. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for CSKA Sofia, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
Not much time to rest for the home team, as they were involved in a Swiss Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Allschwil.
Basel form and stats
Basel have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Brøndby and Crusaders. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Olympique Marseille.Basel have played three Super League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.
Basel haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 225 minutes ago. Ndoye scored that one.
Basel are returning here after visiting Allschwil in a Swiss Cup match and winning with a 5-0 scoreline.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against CSKA Sofia in the Europa Conference League.
There will be little rest for Basel after this match as they are travelling to Zurich for a Super League game in only three days.
Basel have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated St Patrick's and Makedonija in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the group stage.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of CSKA Sofia playing as the away team in the Parva Liga this season. Total Europa Conference League statistics for CSKA Sofia: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The regulars enjoyed Sofia's previous fixture versus Basel, a Europa Conference League win (1-0) played at home. Matheij was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Matheij won 8 of 11 duels.
Before that, CSKA Sofia secured a home win against Septemvri Sofia with the score 1-0.After this away game Sofia return home for a Parva Liga game against CSKA 1948 Sofia. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but CSKA Sofia has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent match: CSKA Sofia - Basel 1-0. Basel-CSKA Sofia H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Basel two wins, CSKA Sofia two wins, zero draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Garcez 5 goals |   W. Burger 1 goals |  D. Ndoye 1 goals |
Basel missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Basel | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 6 | 32 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Sion | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Servette | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Luzern | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Basel | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 10 | Zurich | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Cherno More | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Ludogorets | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Arda | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Botev Vratsa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Septemvri Sofia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Hebar 1918 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 13 | Beroe | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | OFK Pirin | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 15 | Botev Plovdiv | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | -15 | 1 |
