CSKA Sofia host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round game. Sepsi will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stadionul Municipal before the return leg in 12 days.
Both participants have had enough rest since their last match. Let's wish for an animated game!
CSKA Sofia form and stats
CSKA Sofia participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the play-offs and lost against Basel.The story so far in the Parva Liga for CSKA Sofia at their home stadium (Stadion Bâlgarska Armija) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for CSKA Sofia, as their goalkeeper Gustavo Busatto has completely shut out the opponents for 315 minutes in the Parva Liga.
Sofia's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Levski Krumovgrad. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that, CSKA Sofia played out a Parva Liga draw 0-0 when visiting Hebar 1918.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how CSKA Sofia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
At Stadion Bâlgarska Armija, CSKA Sofia has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sepsi form and stats
Sepsi was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Djurgården turned out to be too strong.The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
278 minutes! That's how long the Sepsi goalkeeper Roland Csaba Niczuly and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Sepsi had fun at their own home (Stadion Bâlgarska Armija) last time out, beating U Craiova 1948 1-0. Fernández scored. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Ciobotariu when Fernández scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Before that, Sepsi travelled to Rapid Bucuresti and returned home with a draw after the Liga 1 game finished 0-0.Sepsi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Liga 1 trip to Dinamo Bucuresti.
Sepsi have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Heintz 1 goals |   M. Rondón Fernández 1 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Sepsi missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 6 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 41% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 34% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 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 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Levski Krumovgrad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Beroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Arda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Cherno More | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hebar 1918 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Etar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Ludogorets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | OFK Pirin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | FCSB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Otelul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Petrolul 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rapid Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Botosani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | CSM Iasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | U Craiova 1948 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
