Europa League betting and spectator preview: CSKA Sofia and Roma meet at Stadion Slavija to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's no vacation for neither Sofia nor Roma as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams have little in common geographically as Roma have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
Last season, Sofia's Europa League journey ended in the 3rd qualifying round.CSKA Sofia are steadily winning Parva Liga games and points here at Stadion Slavija. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. On the other hand, in the Europa League, CSKA Sofia has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In general it's been a long time since Sofia tasted defeat here at Stadion Slavija, as they have taken at least one point from their last 20 home games in the league. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Sofia has won four games in a row. The Arda match was the last time out without a victory.
Happy days for CSKA Sofia in their previous game, a Parva Liga match away at Botev Plovdiv that ended with a 3-0 victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at CFR Cluj that finished 0-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sofia, as the Parva Liga home game vs Botev Vratsa is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Sofia in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Sofia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Slavija in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Roma form and stats
Roma's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Roma have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Roma played 0-0 against Sassuolo in their previous match. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Young Boys.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Roma manager P. Rodrigues Fonseca as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bologna.
Roma find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. For Roma, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Roma - Sofia 0-0 earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Sofia won zero, Roma won two and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mkhitaryan 5 goals |   A. Sowe 4 goals |  J. Veretout 4 goals |
CSKA Sofia missing players
Roma missing players
| CSKA Sofia | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 32 | 60 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.3 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Roma | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 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 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Arda | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Cherno More | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Beroe | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | Levski Sofia | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -10 | 14 |
| 11 | Tsarsko selo | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Montana | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 13 | Etar | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -20 | 10 |
| 14 | Slavia Sofia | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 9 |
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Inter | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Juventus | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 4 | Sassuolo | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Napoli | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 6 | Roma | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Lazio | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Atalanta | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Bologna | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Sampdoria | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Udinese | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Spezia | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Benevento | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Parma | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Fiorentina | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Torino | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 6 |
| 19 | Genoa | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 20 | Crotone | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 2 |