📊 Form Guide

Arda Kardzhali

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Arda Kardzhali, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-0 First League success vs Ludogorets Razgrad.

The only player to score from Arda Kardzhali was Dimitar Velkovski (4').

Their most recent results really do illustrate the point that it has been a great time for the Arda Kardzhali defence. Arda Kardzhali have kept it tight, seeing the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last 6 games standing at 4.

Botev

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Botev head into the match after a 0-3 First League win to beat Dobrudzha Dobrich in their last fixture.

For Botev, the scorers were Nikola Soldo (52'), Igor (74') and Mascote (91').

A run of effective performances from the Botev defenders has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 outings overall. Over that same time, their forwards have scored 11. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this game, however.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head results stretching back to 11/05/2024 reveals that these encounters have been pretty painful for Botev. They’ve not been able to get themselves any victories at all whereas Arda Kardzhali have managed to find a way, winning in 67 per cent of those ties.

In all, 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 of them from The Vallecans and 2 being from The Canaries. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was First League match day 18 on 02/12/2025 when the final score was Arda Kardzhali 0-0 Botev.

The referee was Dragomir Draganov.

ℹ️ Team News: Arda Kardzhali

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just a single fitness concern for the Arda Kardzhali boss Aleksandar Tunchev to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group. Georgi Nikolov (Cruciate ligament surgery) will miss out.

We are thinking that The Vallecans may well employ a 4-2-3-1 system for this game and select Anatoli Gospodinov, Gustavo Cascardo, Martin Paskalev, Emil Viyachki, Dimitar Velkovski, Lachezar Kotev, Idowu David Akintola, Svetoslav Kovachev, Antonio Vutov, Atanas Kabov and Patrick Luan.

ℹ️ Team News: Botev

From a largely full-strength squad, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Botev boss Lachezar Baltanov to contend with. Martin Achkov (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

It’s our belief that The Canaries could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Daniel Naumov, Enock Kwateng, Simeon Petrov, Nikola Soldo, K. Balogiannis, Lucas Araujo, Carlos Algarra, Samuel Kalu, Todor Nedelev, Pedro Igor and Nikola Iliev.

✨ Prediction

When taking everything into account, Botev will have their work cut out to register a score against this Arda Kardzhali team who we reckon should get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re going for a very even match with a 1-0 winning margin for Arda Kardzhali at the end of this one.

Lucas Pereira, 15:03 26/04/2026