📊 Form Guide

CSKA Sofia

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CSKA Sofia will be wanting a better result here after a 2-0 First League loss in their previous game against Septemvri Sofia.

Bertrand Fourrier (57') and Nicolas Fontaine (90') scored for Septemvri Sofia.

Their most recent results really do illustrate the point that quality has been evident in the CSKA Sofia defence. CSKA Sofia have been miserly, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their previous six matches standing at 4.

Analysis of their past results shows that CSKA Sofia:

• haven't won against Botev Vratsa in their last 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 8 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.

Botev Vratsa

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In their previous fixture, Botev Vratsa drew 0-0 in the First League match with Beroe Stara Zagora.

For 5 of the prior six games featuring Botev Vratsa, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell comes out as a paltry 1, with the average goals for Vratsa standing at 0.5. We will have to find out if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Coming into this fixture, Botev Vratsa are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 08/05/2023 tells us that these encounters have not been happy ones for Botev Vratsa. They’ve not been able to register any wins at all while CSKA Sofia have been dominant against them, winning in 67 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

An aggregate of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 14 of them from The Army Men and 3 created by Vratsa. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league encounter between these sides was First League match day 9 on 22/09/2025 when it ended Botev Vratsa 1-1 CSKA Sofia.

The match was refereed by Nikola Popov.

📰 Team News: CSKA Sofia

It seems likely that The Army Men look set to make use of the 4-3-3 system in the match, beginning the first half with Fedor Lapoukhov, Pastor, Lumbardh Dellova, Teodor Ivanov, Angelo Martino, Max Ebong, Bruno Jordao, Petko Panayotov, Alejandro Piedrahita, Leandro Godoy and Leo Pereira.

📰 Team News: Botev Vratsa

We reckon that Botev Vratsa seem likely to utilise a 3-4-2-1 formation, going with Lyubomir Vasilev, Djordje Jovicic, Milen Stoev, Lazar Boyanov, Vladislav Naydenov, Antoan Stoyanov, Radoslav Tsonev, Ivan Goranov, Martin Smolenski, Daniel Genov and Martin Petkov.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that CSKA Sofia have it within them to get amongst the goals when they meet Botev Vratsa, who could well struggle to score themselves.

We can therefore see a controlled 2-0 margin for CSKA Sofia at the end of the match.

Peter Guest, 16:07 04/03/2026