Match Report
In the standings it was CSKA Sofia 3rd on 16 points, Botev Vratsa 10th on 7 — separated by 9. Per game in the league, CSKA Sofia were scoring 2.67 and conceding 0.67, Botev Vratsa 0.88 and 2.13, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Botev Vratsa — three in succession. CSKA Sofia had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Botev Vratsa, 4.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 5 for CSKA Sofia, 0 for Botev Vratsa and 2 drawn, at 2.86 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 71% of the meetings won by the home side. Recent meetings have been cagier — 2 goals per game across the last five against 2.86 historically.
The referee was N. Popov, with 73 matches in our database and 1.2 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Stadion Vasil Levski (capacity 22,015). On the scoreboard, CSKA Sofia led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 5-0.
Goal scorers
CSKA Sofia: Joël Zwarts (12'), Petko Panayotov (38'), Teodor Ivanov (65'), Joël Zwarts (72'), Leandro Godoy (79')
Key stats
Possession: CSKA Sofia 48% · Botev Vratsa 52% · Total shots: 18-11 · On target: 11-2 · Corners: 7-5