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Predictions and Tips
The First League tie at Stadion Balgarska Armia on Saturday will see home side CSKA Sofia welcome opponents Beroe Stara Zagora.
Our CSKA Sofia v Beroe Stara Zagora predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide

CSKA Sofia
WLWWWW 📈
CSKA Sofia will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 5-0 First League success over Spartak Varna.
For CSKA Sofia, goals were scored by Stanislav Shopov (28'), Ioannis Pittas (53'), Sainey Sanyang (55'), Ilian Iliev (61') and Zymer Bytyqi (83').
Their most recent results reveal that much solidity has been shown by the CSKA Sofia rearguard. CSKA Sofia have kept it tight, with the number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their previous six games standing at 1. Putting that to one side, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend might persist in this upcoming game or not.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that CSKA Sofia:
- have not lost a league tie with Beroe Stara Zagora in their last 10 matches. A long run without a loss.
- are unbeaten in their last 12 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
Beroe Stara Zagora
WDDLWL ⚖
Since being beaten in their last game against Botev in First League competition, Beroe Stara Zagora will be hoping to turn things around here.
Nikolay Minkov (6'), Samuel Akere (24'), Ivelin Popov (65', 68'), Yanis Karabelyov (77') and Vinni Triboulet (85') scored for Botev.
The stats tell the story, and Beroe Stara Zagora have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals in all. At the back, Beroe Stara Zagora have clearly had some problems.
Their prior results show that Beroe Stara Zagora:
- have not won against CSKA Sofia in away games against them for the last 11 matches in the league. Very poor away form.
- are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.
👥 Head to head
Looking over past results between these clubs going back to 12/02/2023 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Beroe Stara Zagora. They’ve not managed to get any victories at all while CSKA Sofia have dominated them, winning in 100 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.
In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 16 for The Army Men and 1 coming from Zelenite. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.
The last league game featuring these sides was First League match day 2 on 03/05/2025 when it finished Beroe Stara Zagora 0-3 CSKA Sofia.
The match was refereed by Dimitar Dimitrov.
🗞️ Team News: Beroe Stara Zagora
Owing to an otherwise full-strength squad, there is just the one fitness worry for the Beroe Stara Zagora gaffer Josu Uribe to be concerned about. Stefan Gavrilov (Knee surgery) misses out for this game.
🧠 Prediction
It seems to us that Beroe Stara Zagora will have a tough assignment to find the net against a CSKA Sofia side who have the capability to set up a big win.
We’re expecting a very comfortable 3-0 win for CSKA Sofia at the end of the 90 minutes.
Renata Leite, 14:03 17/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
CSKA Sofia
Formed: 1948
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia (22,995)
Captain: Liam Cooper
Chairman: Danail Iliev
Manager: Aleksandar Tomash
Competitions: First League position 5
⭐ Key Player: Marcelino Carreazo
Regularly taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Marcelino Carreazo was born in El Carmen de Bolívar, Colombia. After having played his first senior match for CSKA Sofia in the 2022 - 2023 season, the talented Midfielder has scored 4 league goals in the First League 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 26 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 81 | WWDDL |
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34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 70 | WDDWW |
3 |
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34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 57 | DLDLW |
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34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 56 | LDDDL |
5 |
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34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 59 | LWWWW |
6 |
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34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 56 | DDWLW |
7 |
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34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 48 | LLLLL |
8 |
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34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 46 | DDLWL |
9 |
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35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 49 | WLLDW |
10 |
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35 | 13 | 3 | 19 | -13 | 42 | WLWLW |
11 |
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35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 41 | WDWDW |
12 |
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35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 41 | LWDWL |
13 |
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35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 35 | LDWWL |
14 |
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35 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -22 | 33 | LWLLL |
15 |
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35 | 9 | 6 | 20 | -31 | 33 | WWLWW |
16 |
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35 | 3 | 9 | 23 | -34 | 18 | LLDLL |
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Cherno More Varna |
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
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Levski Sofia |
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Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 33 |
Time first goal conceded | 49 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 3.4 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goduine Koyalipou | 14 |
Ioannis Pittas | 6 |
Stanislav Shopov | 5 |
Zymer Bytyqi | 4 |
Marcelino Carreazo | 4 |
Leandro Godoy | 16 |
Alberto Salido | 9 |
Juanca Pineda | 6 |
Kevin Ceijas | 2 |
Luciano Squadrone | 2 |
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