Preview

• Anticipation builds as Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 prepare to host CSKA 1948 Sofia at Nikola Shterev-Starika Complex on 2025-05-14 (kick-off 13:15 GMT), in the Relegation Round of the 2024-2025 First League.
• There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between R. Dostanić and I. Stoyanov.
• A view of the standings shows Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in 4th spot with 38 points and CSKA 1948 Sofia in 2nd on 41 points.
• No absentees for either Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 or CSKA 1948 Sofia.
• Our forecast has Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with CSKA 1948 Sofia set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
• Contrast in results: Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 had to share the points 0-0 with Slavia Sofia, whereas CSKA 1948 Sofia claimed victory 2-0 vs. Septemvri Sofia.
• Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 look strong (2-3-0) over the last 5 matches, whereas CSKA 1948 Sofia have 2-1-2 in the same span.
• CSKA 1948 Sofia hold the upper hand H2H: of 15 meetings, they've triumphed 8 times, conceded 1 time and shared 6 draws.
• Our algorithm actually favours an away win: CSKA 1948 Sofia to win 2-1, despite Lokomotiv Sofia 1929's 6-4-7 home form - CSKA 1948 Sofia's strong 4-8-4 record away with 1.28 goals/game does the trick.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

14/05/2025 12:15

Nikola Shterev-Starika Complex

R. Gidzhenov

First League

Team Kits

Events

9'	B. Katsarov
16'			B. Dimitrov Jeka
26'	Y. Nenov Octavio
28'		0 - 1	B. Dimitrov B. Karagaren
33'			B. Karagaren
45+2'	S. Delev
HT 0 - 1
46'	M. Orachev Bruno Franco
51'	S. Delev R. Bidounga	1 - 1
74'	D. Ali C. Raposo
74'	A. Pitsolis D. Teixeira
77'			K. Strinski B. Karagaren
80'	S. Dikov
84'	M. Diarra P. Galchev
86'	Y. Nenov
90+5'			P. Vitanov W. Fonkeu
90+5'			M. Boychev Thalis
90+5'	A. Lyubenov S. Delev	2 - 1

Lineups

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929CSKA 1948 Sofia

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 4-2-3-1 R. Dostanić

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Aleksandar Lyubenov

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Dzhuneyt Ali

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Bozhidar Katsarov

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Ryan Bidounga

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Miki Orachev

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Krasimir Stanoev

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Julian Nenov

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Mamadou Diarra

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Athanasios Pitsolis

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Spas Delev

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Svetoslav Dikov

Substitute Players

13

Celso Raposo

12

Bruno Franco

58

Octávio

27

Patrik-Gabriel Galchev

20

Diogo Teixeira

77

Erik Manolkov

21

Kristian Chachev

15

Luka Ivanov

1

Dragomir Petkov

CSKA 1948 Sofia 4-2-3-1 Y. Vasev

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Petar Marinov

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Birsent Karagaren

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Thalis Cantanhede

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Christopher Acheampong

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Mario Petkov

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Emil Tsenov

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Jonathan Carlos Pereira

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Kufre Eta

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Petar Vitanov

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Cassiano Bouzon

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Yevhen Serdyuk

Substitute Players

33

William Fonkeu

6

Steeve Furtado

14

Teodor Ivanov

58

Marto Boychev

13

Paolo Sciortino

18

Boris Dimitrov

26

Ivaylo Markov

44

Kaloyan Strinski

31

Martin Yankov

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

Regular Season

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Ludogorets	30	24	4	2	62	14	48	76	W W W W L
2	Levski Sofia	30	19	5	6	55	25	30	62	W L W W D
3	Arda	30	15	8	7	49	33	16	53	L W W W W
4	Cherno more	30	14	11	5	41	25	16	53	D W D L D
5	Botev Plovdiv	30	14	7	9	32	31	1	49	D W D D D
6	Spartak Varna	30	14	6	10	39	38	1	48	L W W W L
7	CSKA Sofia	30	13	8	9	40	27	13	47	L W D W W
8	Beroe	30	12	6	12	34	29	5	42	D W L D L
9	Slavia Sofia	30	12	6	12	43	42	1	42	W W L L D
10	CSKA 1948 Sofia	30	8	10	12	38	44	-6	34	L L L L W
11	Septemvri Sofia	30	10	3	17	32	47	-15	33	L L L W L
12	Lokomotiv Sofia 1929	30	8	6	16	29	49	-20	30	D L W L W
13	Krumovgrad	30	7	9	14	16	31	-15	30	W L W L L
14	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	7	7	16	27	40	-13	28	L L L D W
15	Botev Vratsa	30	5	6	19	24	57	-33	21	W L D L W
16	Hebar 1918	30	3	8	19	23	52	-29	17	W L L D L

Championship Round

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Ludogorets	36	25	8	3	70	22	48	83	D D L D D
2	Levski Sofia	36	21	9	6	64	29	35	72	D D W W D
3	Cherno more	36	15	14	7	44	30	14	59	D D W L D
4	Arda	36	15	13	8	54	41	13	58	D D L D D

Conference League Play-off Group

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	CSKA Sofia	36	19	8	9	58	28	30	65	W W W W W
2	Botev Plovdiv	36	16	8	12	43	43	0	56	L L W L W
3	Spartak Varna	36	15	6	15	45	53	-8	51	L W L L L
4	Beroe	36	14	7	15	41	43	-2	49	W L L W L

Relegation Round - Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Slavia Sofia	37	14	7	16	50	52	-2	49	L L W D L
2	Lokomotiv Sofia 1929	37	13	8	16	43	51	-8	47	W W W D W
3	CSKA 1948 Sofia	37	12	11	14	45	47	-2	47	W W L W D
4	Septemvri Sofia	37	14	3	20	42	56	-14	45	W L W L W
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	37	10	8	19	37	49	-12	38	L W L W W
6	Botev Vratsa	37	10	6	21	34	65	-31	36	W L W W L
7	Krumovgrad	37	8	9	20	20	45	-25	33	L L L L L
8	Hebar 1918	37	4	9	24	28	64	-36	21	L W L L D

Championship Round

UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Relegation Round