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CSKA 1948

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CSKA 1948 won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 0-1 First League loss in their previous game against Beroe Stara Zagora.

Gianni Politino (88') was the scorer for Beroe Stara Zagora.

It’s been seldom in recent games where CSKA 1948 have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that CSKA 1948 have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals during that time. Let’s see if that trend can be sustained in this game.

Coming into this meeting, CSKA 1948 have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Botev Vratsa

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Botev Vratsa go into this meeting following on from a 3-2 First League win against Hebar Pazardzhik in their previous outing.

For Botev Vratsa, the scorers were Kléri Serber (16') and Brayan Perea (52', 90'). Stefan Tsonkov (69') and Krasian Kolev (90') scored for Hebar Pazardzhik.

Botev Vratsa have had no problems opening up opposition defences of late, scoring 8 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Botev Vratsa can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same games.

Ahead of this clash, Botev Vratsa are without a win away from home in their last 9 league games. Who knows how long it might last, too.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 21/03/2021 shows that CSKA 1948 have won 5 of these & Botev Vratsa 1, with the number of draws standing at 0.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 22 in all at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league contest between the two was First League match day 12 on 30/09/2023 when it finished Botev Vratsa 1-2 CSKA 1948.

The referee was Dragomir Draganov.

🗞️ Team News: CSKA 1948

The CSKA 1948 boss Nikolay Panaytov does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection. Reyan Daskalov will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We are thinking that CSKA will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, handing starts to Petar Marinov, Steve Furtado, Teodor Ivanov, Rosen Bozhinov, Simeon Vasilev, Nedeljko Piscevic, Emil Tsenov, Radoslav Kirilov, Thalis, Pedrinho and Jeka.

📰 Team News: Botev Vratsa

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Botev Vratsa manager Hristo Yanev has zero fitness worries to report ahead of this match. Bryan Mendoza cannot play in this game through suspension.

We believe Botev Vratsa seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Federico Barrios, Spas Georgiev, Martin Bachev, M. Biatoumoussoka, Martin Achkov, Martin Smolenski, Diogo Barbosa, Marco Majouga, Klery Serber, Boubacar Traore and Brayan Perea.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that CSKA 1948 will likely get the win and a possible clean sheet when they come up against Botev Vratsa, who will be up against it to find the back of the net.

We’re therefore anticipating a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning margin for CSKA 1948 when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 11:06 04/04/2024