Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs CSKA 1948 Live Stream, Predictions (May 25)

📏 Form Guide

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 First League success vs Slavia Sofia.

For Lokomotiv Plovdiv, the goalscorers were Juan Perea (16') and Parvizdzhon Umarbayev (31'). Roberto Raychev (53') was the scorer for Slavia Sofia.

It has been seldom in recent games that Lokomotiv Plovdiv have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Lokomotiv Plovdiv have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 8 goals during that time. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Lokomotiv Plovdiv:

• have not won against CSKA 1948 in their previous 10 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 4 matches in the league. That's never good.

CSKA 1948

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CSKA 1948 will come into the game after a 2-0 First League win versus Krumovgrad in their most recent match.

For CSKA 1948, goals were scored by Kufre Eta (72') and Boris Dimitrov (77').

A series of hard-working performances by the CSKA 1948 defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 outings in total. In that period, their forwards have scored 6.

Coming into this meeting, CSKA 1948 remain undefeated by Lokomotiv Plovdiv when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league matches. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/04/2023 shows that Lokomotiv Plovdiv have won 0 of these and CSKA 1948 3, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

A total of 10 goals were scored between them in this period, with 3 of them from Smarfovete and 7 created by CSKA. The average goals per game has been 1.67.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was First League match day 24 on 08/03/2025 when the final score was CSKA 1948 2-1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

The referee was Krasen Georgiev.

🗞️ Team News: Lokomotiv Plovdiv

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Plovdiv manager Dušan Kosič to be concerned about from a near full-strength squad. Kristiyan Peshov (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out.

📋 Team News: CSKA 1948

Due to a mostly available group, there’s just a single fitness issue for the CSKA 1948 manager Aleksandar Aleksandrov to contend with. Simeon Vasilev (Torn ankle ligaments) misses out for this game.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that CSKA 1948 may find it difficult to breach the defence of this Lokomotiv Plovdiv outfit who we reckon should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’re going for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning score for Lokomotiv Plovdiv at the end of the 90.

Should be a close one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the win-draw-win market, a victory for Lokomotiv Plovdiv can be had for 2.1, a wager on the draw is 3.4 and selecting a win for CSKA 1948 can get you 3.25. Those are the best prices available at this very moment.

Andre Moura, 13:06 21/05/2025