CSKA 1948 Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv met (Parva Liga) at Bistritsa Stadium, Sofia. It was played on , with kick-off at . The referee is L. Lubomirov. CSKA 1948 Sofia are coached by Aleksandar Aleksandrov, Lokomotiv Plovdiv by Dusan Kosic.
CSKA 1948 Sofia beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2-0. It was 1-0 at half time. The goals came from B. Tsonev (45') and E. Franco (90').
CSKA 1948 Sofia came into the match with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5, scoring 18 and conceding 6. Lokomotiv Plovdiv came into the match with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5, scoring 5 and conceding 4.
In our records the two sides have met 5 times: CSKA 1948 Sofia won 5, 0 ended level and Lokomotiv Plovdiv won 0. Their last meeting, on , finished Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0-5 CSKA 1948 Sofia. Every result is on the head-to-head page.
This page has the CSKA 1948 Sofia – Lokomotiv Plovdiv match report, the goals, the line-ups and the standings.
CSKA 1948 Sofia beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv2-0 without conceding at Bistritsa Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time. The top ScoreMondo rating of the match went to CSKA 1948 Sofia's E. Franco: 7.2. The match was played on Friday, 28 August 2026 at Bistritsa Stadium in Sofia.
The story of the match
B. Tsonev opened the scoring for CSKA 1948 Sofia after 45 minutes, set up by H. Cuellar. It was CSKA 1948 Sofia 1-0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv at half-time.
CSKA 1948 Sofia extended their lead to 2-0 in the 90th minute through E. Franco, set up by G. Rusev.
Match statistics
CSKA 1948 Sofia's yellow cards went to H. Cuellar in the 76th minute. Booked for Lokomotiv Plovdiv: Lucas Ryan (12'), A. Cova (34') and P. Umarbaev (35').
Ratings and substitutions
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to B. Tsonev (CSKA 1948 Sofia, 7.2), G. Rusev (CSKA 1948 Sofia, 6.9) and A. Bozhev (CSKA 1948 Sofia, 6.7). From the CSKA 1948 Sofia bench came A. Iliev on 69 minutes, P. Vitanov on 69 minutes, D. Tarasenko on 84 minutes and K. Strinski on 93 minutes. Lokomotiv Plovdiv made 3 changes: R. Leijten for D. Ali (60'), A. Aleksandrov for S. Idriz (84') and M. Petrovic for C. Longville (84').
Before the match
CSKA 1948 Sofia came into the match with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from their last 5 matches. FC Septemvri Sofia beat CSKA 1948 Sofia 1-0 last time out. Before kick-off, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's last 5 matches had brought 1 win and 4 defeats. Lokomotiv Plovdiv lost 1-0 at home to FK Arda Kardzhali in their last match. The record between them over the last 5 matches reads 5-0-0 from CSKA 1948 Sofia's point of view. The last meeting, in 2026 in the Parva Liga, ended in a 5-0 win for CSKA 1948 Sofia. Those 5 games produced 15 goals, an average of 3.0 per match. L. Lubomirov was the referee.
The bigger picture
Lokomotiv Plovdiv have lost 5 in a row.
Coming up
Lokomotiv Plovdiv visit FC Septemvri Sofia next, on 20 November.
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