CSKA Sofia 4:1 Arda Kardzhali: First League Match Result

First League

CSKA Sofia WDWWWD

4:1

Finished

Kick-off was 12 Sep, 19:15 BST

Arda Kardzhali WWLLDL

Venue: Vasil Levski National Stadium City: Sofia

In the First League game on 12 September 2026, CSKA Sofia beat Arda Kardzhali 4:1. Match numbers: shots on target 8:5, corners 4:3.

Key numbers

Possession, % 63 – 37

Shots on target 8 – 5

Shots off target 6 – 1

Attacks 92 – 61

⚽ 2' Birsent Karagaren — Goal 🟨 34' Dominik Yankov — Yellow card ⚽ 41' Stefano Sensi — Penalty 🟨 42' Vyacheslav Velev — Yellow card 🟨 45' Jean-Philippe Gbamin — Yellow card ⇄ 46' Cătălin Itu — Substitution ⇄ 46' Dominik Yankov — Substitution ⚽ 48' Leonardo Augusto dos Santos Pereira — Goal ⚽ 53' Joel·Zwarts — Goal ⇄ 66' Stefano Sensi — Substitution ⇄ 66' James Eto'o — Substitution ⇄ 66' Birsent Karagaren — Substitution ⇄ 66' Georgi Nikolaev Nikolov — Substitution ⇄ 71' Joel·Zwarts — Substitution ⚽ 72' Ioannis Pittas — Penalty ⇄ 82' David Samuel Custódio Lima — Substitution 🟨 85' Yellow card 🟨 86' Yellow card ⇄ 89' Viktor Popov — Substitution 🟨 90+3' Yellow card

Match events

2' 0:1 Arda Kardzhali Goal Birsent Karagaren
34' 0:1 Arda Kardzhali Yellow card Dominik Yankov
41' 1:1 CSKA Sofia Penalty Stefano Sensi
42' 1:1 Arda Kardzhali Yellow card Vyacheslav Velev
45' 1:1 CSKA Sofia Yellow card Jean-Philippe Gbamin
46' 1:1 CSKA Sofia Substitution Cătălin Itu off: Leonardo Augusto dos Santos Pereira
46' 1:1 Arda Kardzhali Substitution Dominik Yankov off: Adama Ardile Traore
48' 2:1 CSKA Sofia Goal Leonardo Augusto dos Santos Pereira
53' 3:1 CSKA Sofia Goal Joel·Zwarts
66' 3:1 CSKA Sofia Substitution Stefano Sensi off: petko panayotov
66' 3:1 CSKA Sofia Substitution James Eto'o off: mohamed brahimi
66' 3:1 Arda Kardzhali Substitution Birsent Karagaren off: Atanas Kabov
66' 3:1 Arda Kardzhali Substitution Georgi Nikolaev Nikolov off: Preslav·Bachev
71' 3:1 CSKA Sofia Substitution Joel·Zwarts off: Santiago Godoy
72' 4:1 CSKA Sofia Penalty Ioannis Pittas
82' 4:1 CSKA Sofia Substitution David Samuel Custódio Lima off: Barry Cotter
85' 4:1 Arda Kardzhali Yellow card
86' 4:1 Arda Kardzhali Yellow card
89' 4:1 Arda Kardzhali Substitution Viktor Popov off: Dimitar Velkovski
90+3' 4:1 Arda Kardzhali Yellow card

Statistics

63 Possession, % 37

8 Shots on target 5

6 Shots off target 1

92 Attacks 61

4 Corners 3

15 Free kicks 16

2 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 5

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 11

21 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

5 Blocked shots 1

0.42 Shot accuracy 0.71

Line-ups

CSKA Sofia

Starting XI
#	Player	number
21	Fedor Lapoukhov	21
2	Pastor	2
14	Theodor Ivanov	14
5	Jean-Philippe Gbamin	5
6	Bruno André Cavaco Jordão	6
8	Stefano Sensi	8
19	Andrey Yordanov	19
67	Cătălin Mihai Itu	67
99	James Eto'o	99
10	Joël Zwarts	10
28	Ioannis Pittas	28

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Dimitar Evtimov	25
4	Dinis da Costa Lima Almeida	4
32	Facundo Santiago Rodríguez	32
37	Barry Noel Cotter	37
30	P. Panayotov	30
34	Vasil Kaymakarov	34
80	Georgi Brankov Chorbadzhiyski	80
94	Isaac Solet Bomawoko	94
9	Santiago Leandro Godoy	9
11	Mohamed Amine Brahimi	11
38	Leonardo Augusto dos Santos Pereira	38

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Arda Kardzhali

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Anatoli Gospodinov	1
5	Viktor Lyubenov	5
6	Viktor Popov	6
21	Vyacheslav Velev	21
24	Martin Paskalev	24
8	Dominik Ivilin Yankov	8
80	Lachezar Hristov Kotev	80
9	G. Nikolov	9
10	Svetoslav Svetozarov Kovachev	10
91	Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov	91
99	Birsent Hamdi Karagaren	99

Substitutes
#	Player	number
22	Yanko Georgiev	22
18	Simeon Vasilev	18
35	Dimitar Velkovski	35
44	Adama Ardile Traoré	44
26	Burak Akandzha	26
39	Antonio Ventsislavov Vutov	39
11	Atanas Kabov	11
16	Preslav Bachev	16

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Match prediction: CSKA Sofia — Arda Kardzhali

Slight edge: CSKA Sofia

Confidence 40%

Reasoning

ЦСКА София — 3. place, 17 points after 7 games (5 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses)
Арда Кърджали — 5. place, 16 points after 8 games (5 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses)
ЦСКА София, last 5 games: 2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses
Арда Кърджали, last 5 games: 4 wins, 1 losses
Head-to-head: 10 games, ЦСКА София — 6, 2 draws, Арда Кърджали — 2

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Match information

State: Finished
Series: First League
Venue: Vasil Levski National Stadium
City: Sofia
Kick-off: 12 Sep, 19:15 BST

Key numbers

63:37 Possession, %
8:5 Shots on target
6:1 Shots off target
92:61 Attacks

First League

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Levski Sofia	9	8	1	0	25
2	CSKA Sofia	10	7	3	0	24
3	Ludogorets Razgrad	9	7	2	0	23
4	CSKA 1948	10	7	1	2	22
5	Arda Kardzhali	10	5	2	3	17
6	Botev Plovdiv	10	5	1	4	16
7	Slavia Sofia	10	2	5	3	11
8	Spartak Varna	10	2	4	4	10
9	Botev Vratsa	10	2	3	5	9
10	Septemvri Sofia	10	2	2	6	8