Preview

• The Conference League Play-off Group of the 2024-2025 First League sees CSKA Sofia and Spartak Varna collide on 2025-05-13 at 18:15 GMT.
• In the past 10 games, A. Tomash recorded 4 victories against N. Kirov, who recorded 3 victories, with 3 draws.
• After 33 matchdays, CSKA Sofia sit 1st with 56 points and Spartak Varna are 3rd having collected 48 points.
• CSKA Sofia and Spartak Varna will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
• Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, CSKA Sofia should be met by Spartak Varna's expected 3-4-2-1.
• Conflicting outcomes: CSKA Sofia triumphed 3-0 over Botev Plovdiv, while Spartak Varna went down 1-2 to Beroe.
• CSKA Sofia look strong (4-0-1) over the last 5 matches, whereas Spartak Varna have 1-0-4 in the same span.
• CSKA Sofia have clearly got the edge H2H: in 14 meetings, they've beaten Spartak Varna 12 times, with 1 draw and only 1 loss.
• With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (8-5-3 vs 5-4-7) and scoring roughly 1.63-1.35 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

13/05/2025 17:15

N/A

M. Grebencharski

First League

Team Kits

Events

28'	I. Pittas S. Shopov	1 - 0
41'	I. Pittas
43'			V. Mitev
43'	I. Iliev
HT 1 - 0
53'	J. Eto'o I. Pittas	2 - 0
55'	M. Phaeton S. Sanyang	3 - 0
59'			D. Ivanov D. Mitkov
59'			A. Georgiev Berna
59'			Y. Baurenski
61'	M. Phaeton I. Iliev	4 - 0
62'	M. Carreazo M. Phaeton
63'	O. Skarsem J. Lindseth
63'	Z. Bytyqi I. Iliev
63'	P. Panayotov S. Shopov
65'			A. Vutov
68'	F. Lapoukhov
68'			P. Konate A. Vutov
70'	Y. Bornosuzov I. Pittas
76'			A. Yanchev Xande
83'	J. Eto'o Z. Bytyqi	5 - 0

Lineups

CSKA SofiaSpartak Varna

CSKA Sofia 4-1-4-1 A. Tomash

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Fedor Lapoukhov

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Stanislav Shopov

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Ioannis Pittas

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Ivan Turitsov

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Liam Cooper

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Lumbardh Dellova

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Sainey Sanyang

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James Eto'o

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Olaus Jair Skarsem

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Marcelino Carreazo

Substitute Players

73

Ilian Iliev

10

Jonathan Lindseth

11

Matthias Phaëton

91

Yoan Bornosuzov

29

Ivan Tasev

30

Petko Panayotov

15

Thibaut Vion

18

Mica Pinto

25

Ivan Dyulgerov

73

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Spartak Varna 3-4-2-1 N. Kirov

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Martin Velichkov

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Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo

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Felix Strauss

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Aleksandar Tsvetkov

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Xandy

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Filip Lesniak

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Yoan Baurenski

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Viktor Mitev

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Pa Konate

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Alexander Georgiev

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Daniel Ivanov

Substitute Players

39

Antonio Vutov

7

Berna

9

Dimitar Mitkov

2

Aleksandar Aleksandrov

22

Aleksandar Yanchev

23

Maksym Kovalov

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