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Botev Plovdiv vs CSKA Sofia Prediction & Betting tips
Semifinals in the Bulgarian Cup! This week, four teams from the Parva League are fighting for the final, Lok Plovdiv, Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia. While Lok Plovdiv is considered the home team in the first semi-final pairing as an easy favorite, Botev Plovdiv is an outsider against CSKA despite home rights.
We would not support Botev Plovdiv’s outsider role in this case. The black-and-yellow diversified the restart in the Parva Liga, but they have the potential to surprise in the cup. The two clubs have already met in the round of the current league season. CSKA Sofia prevailed in both duels with close 1-0 successes.
In the Hristo Botev stadium, as in the Parva Liga, only 30% of the stadium will be allowed to play in the cup. This means that there is only a limited home advantage for the black and yellow.
How important the twelfth man can be in the back and what effects the right of home has on the outcome of the betting was summarized in the betting guide to the home advantage. Further tips and analyzes of the soccer games during the week can be found in the section sports betting tips.
Botev Plovdiv:
Botev Plovdiv will have to cope with the home loss after restarting the Parva Liga. In any case, the black and yellow team have no chance of winning the championship playoffs in a pending regular season league game. Now the focus is on the cup competition, where Botev senses the chance of reaching the final. For this, the black and yellow must submit in the first leg.
Last season Botev Plovdiv participated in the championship playoffs. There was only the disappointing last place in the table for the black and yellow from Plovdiv. This year Botev missed the leap into the top half of the table and has to settle for the relegation playoffs after a mixed season.
There, in the best possible scenario, there is definitely a chance to get a Europa League right to start on the second try. But Botev has to deliver in the relegation playoffs and prevail in a possible four-way fight, before it goes against the third in the table of the championship playoffs in the playoff final.
In the Bulgarian Cup, the team of coach Ferario Spasov wants to use the home right and set the course for the second leg in Sofia. The fact that Botev’s home strength was a decisive factor this season can already be seen from the results of the regular season. Among other things, there were home wins over Beroe (3: 1) and Levski Sofia (1: 0). Also a draw against Lok Plovdiv (0-0).
Only in the home games against Ludogorets Razgrad, Slavia Sofia and CSKA Sofia did Botev Plovdiv not get a point. The black and yellow had to give up in these home games with close 0: 1 results, but were never really inferior to their opponents. In Botev Plovdiv against CSKA Sofia, we do not find a prediction of the home side in the least wrong.
CSKA Sofia:
CSKA Sofia got away happily at the restart of the Bulgarian Parva League. In the away game against the bottom of the table Vitosha Bistritsa, CSKA Sofia had a conceivably narrow away win. The Reds’ offensive remained harmless for long stretches. Only shortly before the end of the game Evandro caused the relief and scored the winning goal for the 1-0 final score.
According to the presentation last weekend, CSKA Sofia seems to be still in the break. The narrow away win against the bottom of the table – after all, with 52 goals conceded the league’s shooting gallery – is not to be talked about, but the three points are gladly taken away in the tight table constellation. On the last day of the regular season, the six-point game against table neighbor Lok Plovdiv is coming up.
CSKA Sofia will have to master the cup game at Botev Plovdiv for the time being before the top game at the weekend. This season, the Reds from Sofia have scored 6-4-3 in 13 away games in the Parva Liga. Before the away win at the bottom of the table, Sofia had three away games in a row without a win.
CSKA Sofia is currently the best defender in the Bulgarian House of Lords behind the leaders from Razgrad. Only 16 goals were conceded in the 25 games of the regular league season. The next competitive matches against Botev (Cup) and Lok Plovdiv (League) will show whether the Red defensive bulwark will continue to deliver after the long season break.
Coach Milos Kruscic is unlikely to make any changes compared to the youngest starting eleven. However, rotation in the course of the game is to be expected.
Botev Plovdiv vs CSKA Sofia head to head matches
22.02.20 1L CSKA Sofia Botev Plovdiv 1 : 0
14.09.19 1L Botev Plovdiv CSKA Sofia 0 : 1
24.05.19 1L CSKA Sofia Botev Plovdiv 1 : 0
29.04.19 1L Botev Plovdiv CSKA Sofia 2 : 0
24.04.19 CUP CSKA Sofia Botev Plovdiv 3 : 3