First League

CSKA Sofia 4-1 Arda Kardzhali

CSKA Sofia vs Arda Kardzhali finished 4-1 in First League. Key event: 2' Birsent Karagaren (Normal Goal). Head to head: H2H last 8: 5-1-2. Home form: W D W L L; Away form: L W W W W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, recent team results, head-to-head.

CSK 4 - 1 Finished

Competition First League Season 2026 Country Bulgaria Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 12 Sep 2026, 18:15 Venue time 12 Sep 2026, 21:15 EEST

Match preview 2 facts

Home form W D W L L 7 pts, goals 8-9, 1.60 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match

Away form L W W W W 12 pts, goals 10-4, 2.00 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Timeline 20 events

2' Goal Birsent Karagaren 0–1 Arda Kardzhali Normal Goal

34' Yellow Dominik Yankov Arda Kardzhali Dominik Yankov - Yellow Card

41' Goal Stefano Sensi 1–1 CSK Penalty

42' Yellow Vyacheslav Velev Arda Kardzhali Vyacheslav Velev - Yellow Card

45' Yellow Jean-Philippe Gbamin CSK Jean-Philippe Gbamin - Yellow Card

46' Sub Cătălin Itu CSK on for Leonardo Augusto dos Santos Pereira

46' Sub Dominik Yankov Arda Kardzhali on for Adama Ardile Traore

48' Goal Leonardo Augusto dos Santos Pereira 2–1 CSK Normal Goal

53' Goal Joel·Zwarts 3–1 CSK Normal Goal

66' Sub Stefano Sensi CSK on for petko panayotov

66' Sub James Eto'o CSK on for mohamed brahimi

66' Sub Birsent Karagaren Arda Kardzhali on for Atanas Kabov

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66' Sub Georgi Nikolaev Nikolov Arda Kardzhali on for Preslav·Bachev

71' Sub Joel·Zwarts CSK on for Santiago Godoy

72' Goal Ioannis Pittas 4–1CSK Penalty

82' Sub David Samuel Custódio Lima CSK on for Barry Cotter

85' Yellow Yellow card Arda Kardzhali Yellow Card

86' Yellow Yellow card Arda Kardzhali Yellow Card

89' Sub Viktor Popov Arda Kardzhali on for Dimitar Velkovski

93+3' Yellow Yellow card Arda Kardzhali Yellow Card

Head-to-head H2H last 11: 7-2-2

CSKA Sofia leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 7 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 06 Feb 2026 · CSKA Sofia vs Arda Kardzhali · 3 - 1.

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Showing 8 of 11 head-to-head matches.

CSKA Sofia 3 - 1 Arda Kardzhali

Arda Kardzhali 1 - 0 CSKA Sofia

Arda Kardzhali 1 - 1 CSKA Sofia

CSKA Sofia 2 - 1 Arda Kardzhali

CSKA Sofia 2 - 0 Arda Kardzhali

Arda Kardzhali 2 - 1 CSKA Sofia

Arda Kardzhali 2 - 3 CSKA Sofia

CSKA Sofia 1 - 0 Arda Kardzhali

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CSKA Sofia 0 - 0 Arda Kardzhali

Arda Kardzhali 1 - 3 CSKA Sofia

CSKA Sofia 3 - 0 Arda Kardzhali

Recent form

Showing 8 of 12 recent form matches.

Lokomotiv Sofia 0 - 2 CSKA Sofia

Levski Sofia 2 - 4 CSKA Sofia

Spartak Varna 1 - 1 CSKA Sofia

Arda Kardzhali 2 - 3 Botev Plovdiv

Arda Kardzhali 2 - 0 Botev Vratsa

CSKA Sofia 3 - 1 Cherno More Varna

CSKA Sofia 0 - 2 OFI

Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 - 1 Arda Kardzhali

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OFI 3 - 0 CSKA Sofia

Arda Kardzhali 3 - 1 Lokomotiv Sofia

CSKA Sofia 5 - 0 Botev Vratsa

CSKA Sofia 1 - 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Team statistics 8 metrics

57% Ball Possession 43%

57% 43%

17 Total Shots 7

70% 29%

9 Shots on Goal 6

60% 40%

4 Corner Kicks 3

57% 42%

1 Yellow Cards 5

16% 83%

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0 Blocked shots 0

0 Free kicks 0

0 Red Cards 0

Lineups

21 F. Lapoukhov GK

19 A. Yordanov MID

5 J. Gbamin MID

14 T. Ivanov DEF

2 Pastor DEF

6 Bruno Jordão MID

8 S. Sensi MID

99 J. Eto'o MID

67 C. Itu MID

28 I. Pittas FWD

10 J. Zwarts FWD

1 A. Gospodinov GK

6 V. Popov DEF

24 M. Paskalev DEF

5 V. Lyubenov DEF

21 V. Velev DEF

80 L. Kotev MID

10 S. Kovachev FWD

91 S. Ivanov FWD

8 D. Yankov MID

99 B. Karagaren FWD

9 G. Nikolov FWD

CSKA Sofia

4-1-2-1-2 · Manager Daniel Morales

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F. Lapoukhov GK 19

A. Yordanov MID 5

J. Gbamin MID 14

T. Ivanov DEF 2

Pastor DEF 6

Bruno Jordão MID 8

S. Sensi MID 99

J. Eto'o MID 67

C. Itu MID 28

I. Pittas FWD 10

J. Zwarts FWD

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P. Panayotov MID 32

Facundo Santiago Rodríguez DEF 94

I. Solet Bomawoko MID 4

Dinis Almeida DEF 11

M. Brahimi FWD 80

G. Chorbadzhiyski MID 37

B. Cotter DEF 25

D. Evtimov GK 9

S. Godoy FWD 34

V. Kaymakanov MID 38

Léo Pereira FWD

Arda Kardzhali

4-1-4-1 · Manager A. Tunchev

1

A. Gospodinov GK 6

V. Popov DEF 24

M. Paskalev DEF 5

V. Lyubenov DEF 21

V. Velev DEF 80

L. Kotev MID 10

S. Kovachev FWD 91

S. Ivanov FWD 8

D. Yankov MID 99

B. Karagaren FWD 9

G. Nikolov FWD

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D. Velkovski DEF 18

S. Vasilev DEF 44

Adama Ardile Traoré DEF 11

A. Kabov FWD 22

Y. Georgiev GK 16

P. Bachev FWD 26

B. Akandzha MID 39

A. Vutov MID