Arda Kardzhali – CSKA-Sofia, Prediction – Bulgarian Cup

According to the latest news, it is clear that there are expected to be 20,000 fans in the match, which will significantly improve the charge of the game, which is on Wednesday at 19:30 at the Vasil Levski Stadium.

😎 Arda are a well-deserved finalist

We think that Arda’s path to the final was a little easier than that of CSKA, but they deservedly got here with a good game.

The biggest role in Arda’s results, in our opinion, has the coach Nikolay Kirov, who took the best coach’s award in 2020. A unique tactician who with his former team Botev Plovdiv won the cup in the 2016/2017 season, the next season was eliminated in the semifinals against Slavia, and in 2018/2019 lost in the final against Loko Plovdiv, and the interesting thing is that in the semifinals he eliminated CSKA-Sofia, who even then was led by Lubo Penev. Nikolay Kirov definitely has experience and trump cards that he can use against CSKA.

Arda’s team does not chase players and does not take new ones all the time, but plays with almost the same squad, which makes it very cohesive with a good spirit. There is no star to shine because each player plays an important role in the results. Highly underestimated and highly motivated to win, the team from Kardzhali will be very tactful for this clash.

✔️ CSKA has been playing very convincingly lately

CSKA-Sofia, led by Lubo Penev, is in very good shape with 4 wins and 1 loss in its last 5 matches. Most likely, the same eleven that was against Ludogorets in the 4-1 victory will come into play. In the semifinals for the cup, the team of CSKA eliminated Ludogorets.

The reds will be more active in the second half

 Expert view: CSKA and Arda met earlier this month as the victory and the better performance was for the reds. Watching the match we saw that CSKA had 4 chances to score against 2 or 3 for Arda and most of them were in the second half. The last 5 matches between the two teams ended with 2 or fewer goals.

We believe that both teams will start the final more closed and there will not be much chance of scoring in the first half as CSKA will control the game. In the second half, both teams should show more attacking play and we expect a goal for the reds then. Prediction – CSKA to score in the 2nd half at 1.55. This is our banker prediction for the match, but unfortunately, the odds fell from 1.80. Also, good bets are Under 2.5 goals at 1.65 and 0-0 in the first half at 2.50.

Lubo Penev is highly motivated to avenge the loss of Nikolay Kirov in the semifinals for the cup 2 years ago and we believe that if you play a bet for the final outcome, then the better choice is CSKA.