This promises to be an action-packed encounter for CSKA Sofia at Stadion Slavija when the Europa Conference League tournament arrives in town and Roma with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Parva Liga. That game was an away game at OFK Pirin, so at least Sofia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Slavija as CSKA Sofia have scored 13 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Parva Liga are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in this competition. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Slavija after three straight home wins.
An away draw last time out for CSKA Sofia, facing OFK Pirin in a game that ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Sofia won a home game hosting Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 (2-0).The match schedule is unforgiving for CSKA Sofia as they have a new game in only three days, a Parva Liga match thankfully also at home. Cherno More are visiting.
A decent goal production from Sofia in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Sofia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Roma form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Roma have produced an overall stat of 3-0-5 so far. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Roma: 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The attacking players of Roma have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 238 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Roma in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Inter, 0-3. Roma lost heavily in their last match (against Inter as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations. Midfield player Bryan Cristante was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.1/10. Cristante dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).
Prior to that match, the Roma manager J. dos Santos Mourinho faced defeat when travelling to Bologna and losing 0-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Spezia in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Roma's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. Roma struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Roma - CSKA Sofia 5-1 was the product when this pair of squads formerly did battle, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Sofia one win, one draw and Roma three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Caicedo Medina 9 goals |   L. Pellegrini 5 goals | G. Yomov 4 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Roma missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 25 | Scored | S | 22 | 51 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 15.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2 | Roma | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Zorya | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 1 |
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 31 | 42 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Cherno More | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 29 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Levski Sofia | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Beroe | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Arda | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Botev Vratsa | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 16 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 13 | OFK Pirin | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 14 | Tsarsko selo | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 2 | Inter | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 3 | Napoli | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Juventus | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Roma | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Lazio | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Bologna | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Empoli | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Torino | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | Udinese | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 15 |
| 16 | Venezia | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 15 |
| 17 | Spezia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | Genoa | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 10 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 9 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -22 | 8 |