CSKA 1948 come up against away team Botev Vratsa at Stadion Bistritsa in the First League tie on Monday.
View all CSKA 1948 v Botev Vratsa tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as the best betting odds.
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CSKA 1948
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CSKA 1948 will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-3 First League loss in their previous game against Hebar Pazardzhik.
For CSKA 1948, the goals were scored by Steve Furtado (4' Own goal) and Yevheniy Serdiuk (49'). Nabil Makni (26') and Yanis Guermouche (45') scored for Hebar Pazardzhik.
Fixtures involving CSKA 1948 have proved to be exciting ones recently with high scoring expected. Over their past six games alone, a total of 22 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 11 of these coming from CSKA 1948.
Botev Vratsa
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Botev Vratsa will come into the encounter after a 3-1 First League win with the downing of Arda Kardzhali in their previous outing.
For Botev Vratsa, the scorers were Daniel Genov (9', 76') and Brayan Perea (73'). Svetoslav Kovachev (30') scored for Arda Kardzhali.
The stats don’t lie, and Botev Vratsa have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals overall. In defence, Botev Vratsa have some weaknesses to address. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.
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Head to head
A review of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 06/08/2022 shows that CSKA 1948 have won 4 of these games and Botev Vratsa 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.
In all, 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 from CSKA and 4 belonging to Vratsa. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.
The previous league fixture between these sides was First League match day 22 on 21/02/2025 when the final score was CSKA 1948 1-0 Botev Vratsa.
The match was refereed by Radoslav Gidzhenov.
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Team News: CSKA 1948
There is just one fitness concern for the CSKA 1948 manager Aleksandar Aleksandrov to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Simeon Vasilev (Torn ankle ligaments) is out of contention.
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Team News: Botev Vratsa
Out of a mainly full-strength squad, there is only the one fitness worry for the Botev Vratsa gaffer Hristo Yanev to contend with. Miroslav Marinov (Muscle fiber tear) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
We believe that CSKA 1948 should get the goals that they need against Botev Vratsa, who won’t find it easy scoring a goal of their own.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a decent 2-0 victory for CSKA 1948 at the end of the 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds in the full-time result market, victory for CSKA 1948 can be had for 1.44, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 4.33 & staking on the winning team to be Botev Vratsa gets you 6. They are the best of the bets offered at the moment.
Victor Martins,
06:14 24/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
CSKA 1948
Formed: 2016
Stadium: Stadion Bistritsa (4,000)
Captain: Radoslav Kirilov
Chairman: Tsvetomir Naydenov
Manager: Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Competitions: First League position 10
🔑 Key Player: Thalis
Mostly playing in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Thalis was born in Ariquemes, Brazil. Having made a first senior appearance for Atlético Mineiro in the 2016 season, the skilful Midfielder has scored 7 league goals in this First League 2024 - 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 27 appearances.