Kupa na Bulgaria 2025/26 - Fourth Round (Semi-finals) - Statistics
Ludogorets 1-2 CSKA
time: 21 April 2026, Tuesday, 19:00 EEST, 9/8 C, rain/cloudy
place: "Huvepharma arena" st., Razgrad
referee: Kristiyan Kolev (Plovdiv); assistants: Hristo Hadzhiyski (Varna), Yordan P.Petrov (Plovdiv); fourth official: Georgi Stoyanov (Plovdiv)
video assistant referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo); assistant video assistant referee: Todor Kirov (Varna)
kits: green w/ white lower third and white edging, green w/ white edging, green w/ white edging (white numbers) ; white w/ red edging, white w/ red edging, white (red numbers)
captains: 3.Anton Nedyalkov ; 6.Bruno Jordão
Ludog.: 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK) - 17.Francisco Son, 24.Olivier Verdon, 4.Dinis Almeida, 3.Anton Nedyalkov (c) -
30.Pedro Naressi, 23.Deroy Duarte - 7.Alberto Salido, 14.Petar Stanić, 12.Rwan Cruz - 9.Kwadwo Duah.
bench: 1.Sergio Padt (GK) - 15.Edvin Kurtulus, 27.Vinícius Nogueira, 55.Idan Nachmias -
18.Ivaylo Chochev, 26.Filip Kaloč, 37.Bernard Tekpetey, 75.Yelisey Syrov - 29.Yves Erick Bile.
coach: Per-Mathias Høgmo
CSKA: 21.Fyodor Lapoukhov (GK) - 2.David Pastor, 14.Teodor Ivanov, 32.Facundo Rodríguez, 17.Ángelo Martino -
6.Bruno Jordão (c) - 11.Mohamed Brahimi, 99.James Eto'o, 10.Max Ebong, 38.Léo Pereira - 9.Santiago Godoy.
bench: 25.Dimitar Evtimov (GK) - 3.Andrey Yordanov, 4.Adrián Lapeña, 19.Ivan Turitsov -
30.Petko Panayotov, 73.Ilian Iliev, 77.Alejandro Piedrahita, 94.Isaac Solet - 28.Ioannis Pittas.
coach: Hristo Yanev
tactics: lud: 39 - 17, 24, 4, 3 - 30, 23 - 7, 14, 12 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
cska: 21 - 2, 14, 32, 17 - 6 - 11, 99, 10, 38 - 9; (4-1-4-1)
events:
1-0 - 18 - 9.Kwadwo Duah (right/open play/14.Petar Stanić/pass)
yc - 20 - 14.Petar Stanić lud (striking an opponent's head with hand)
yc - 37 - 6.Bruno Jordão cska (reckless foul)
+ 2 min
yc - 56 - 99.James Eto'o cska (reckless foul)
yc - 59 - 17.Ángelo Martino cska (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 60 - '1 18.Ivaylo Chochev on 7.Alberto Salido lud - same position
sub - 63 - '1 77.Alejandro Piedrahita on 11.Mohamed Brahimi cska - same position
sub - 66 - '2 27.Vinícius Nogueira on 3.Anton Nedyalkov lud
cap - 66 - 18.Ivaylo Chochev lud
sub - 67 - '2 30.Petko Panayotov on 10.Max Ebong cska - same position
sub - 67 - '2 37.Bernard Tekpetey on 12.Rwan Cruz lud -> 17, 24, 4, 27 - 30, 23 - 37, 14, 18
sub - 79 - '3 28.Ioannis Pittas on 38.Léo Pereira cska - same position
sub - 81 - '3 26.Filip Kaloč on 14.Petar Stanić lud - same position
sub - 81 - '3 29.Yves Erick Bile on 9.Kwadwo Duah lud - same position
1-1 - 82 - 28.Ioannis Pittas (right/open play/17.Ángelo Martino/pass)
1-2 - 84 - 9.Santiago Godoy (left/open play/99.James Eto'o/pass)
yc - 87 - 37.Bernard Tekpetey lud (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
yc - 87 - 12.Rwan Cruz lud (unsporting behaviour - provoking an opponent) /on the bench/
yc - 87 - 25.Dimitar Evtimov (GK) cska (unsporting behaviour - provoking an opponent) /on the bench/
yc - 90 - 32.Facundo Rodríguez cska (striking an opponent's head with hand)
yc - 90+3 - 28.Ioannis Pittas cska (dissent)
yc - 90+4 - 27.Vinícius Nogueira lud (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
yc - 90+4 - 6.Bruno Jordão cska (foul stopping a promising attack)
rc - 90+4 - 6.Bruno Jordão cska (second yellow card) -> 21 - 2, 14, 32, 17 - 77, 99, 30, 28 - 9
cap - 90+4 - 14.Teodor Ivanov cska
yc - 90+8 - 17.Ángelo Martino cska (reckless foul)
rc - 90+8 - 17.Ángelo Martino cska (second yellow card) -> 21 - 2, 14, 32, 28 - 30, 99, 77 - 9; (5-3-1-1)
+ 9 min
abbreviations and event notes
Arda 0-4 Lokomotiv (Pd)
time: 22 April 2026, Wednesday, 19:00 EEST, 12/10 C, cloudy
place: "Arena Arda" st., Kardzhali
referee: Mariyan Grebencharski (Samokov); assistants: Petar Mitrev (Sofia), Todor Vukov (Sofia); fourth official: Lyuboslav Lyubomirov (Pernik)
video assistant referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia); assistant video assistant referee: Martin Markov (Sofia)
kits: sky blue w/ white edging, white w/ dark blue edging, sky blue (dark blue numbers) ; red-black vert.stripe, black, black (black numbers)
captains: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) ; 39.Parvizdzhon Umarbayev
Arda: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) (c) - 21.Vyacheslav Velyev, 93.Félix Eboa Eboa, 24.Martin Paskalev, 35.Dimitar Velkovski -
80.Lachezar Kotev, 18.Cəlal Hüseynov - 10.Svetoslav Kovachev, 20.Serkan Yusein, 99.Birsent Karagaren - 30.Wilson Samaké.
bench: 12.Ivaylo Nedelchev (GK) - 2.Gustavo Cascardo, 6.Plamen Krachunov, 23.Emil Viyachki -
4.David Idowu, 8.Atanas Kabov, 26.Burak Akandzha, 39.Antonio Vutov - 17.Patrick Luan.
coach: Aleksandar Tunchev
Loko Pd: 1.Bojan Milosavljević (GK) - 2.Adrián Cova, 23.Martin Ruskov, 4.Andrei Chindriș, 5.Todor Pavlov -
22.Ivaylo Ivanov, 12.Efe Ali - 94.Cătălin Itu, 39.Parvizdzhon Umarbayev (c), 7.Sevi Idriz - 77.Joël Zwarts.
bench: 40.Petar Zovko (GK) - 13.Lucas Ryan -
3.Miha Trdan, 10.Gianni Touma, 29.Georgi Chorbadzhiyski, 33.Martin Atanasov, 99.Julien Lamy - 9.Aksel Velev, 19.Mariyan Vangelov.
coach: Dušan Kosič
tactics: arda: 1 - 21, 93, 24, 35 - 80, 18 - 10, 20, 99 - 30; (4-2-3-1)
lok: 1 - 2, 23, 4, 5 - 22, 12 - 94, 39, 7 - 77; (4-2-3-1)
events:
yc - 43 - 2.Adrián Cova lok (persistent offences)
+ 1 min
yc - 46 - 35.Dimitar Velkovski arda (holding an opponent with hand)
yc - 50 - 10.Svetoslav Kovachev arda (reckless foul)
0-1 - 51 - 94.Cătălin Itu (right/free kick/39.Parvizdzhon Umarbayev/pass)
0-2 - 63 - 7.Sevi Idriz (left/open play/12.Efe Ali/pass)
sub - 66 - '1 39.Antonio Vutov on 18.Cəlal Hüseynov arda
sub - 66 - '1 8.Atanas Kabov on 99.Birsent Karagaren arda -> 80, 20 - 10, 39, 8
sub - 74 - '2 17.Patrick Luan on 30.Wilson Samaké arda - same position
sub - 75 - '1 99.Julien Lamy on 94.Cătălin Itu lok /injury/ - same position
sub - 79 - '2 3.Miha Trdan on 39.Parvizdzhon Umarbayev lok
cap - 79 - 1.Bojan Milosavljević (GK) lok
sub - 79 - '2 29.Georgi Chorbadzhiyski on 12.Efe Ali lok /injury/ -> 3, 22 - 99, 29, 7
yc - 81 - 4.Andrei Chindriș lok (holding an opponent with hand)
0-3 - 89 - 29.Georgi Chorbadzhiyski (right/open play/7.Sevi Idriz/pass)
sub - 90+1 - '3 2.Gustavo Cascardo on 21.Vyacheslav Velyev arda - same position
0-4 - 90+2 - 35.Dimitar Velkovski OWN GOAL (head/open play)
yc - 90+7 - 2.Adrián Cova lok (delaying restart of play)
rc - 90+7 - 2.Adrián Cova lok (second yellow card) -> 1 - 22, 23, 4, 5 - 99, 29, 3, 7 - 77; (4-1-4-1)
+ 9 min
abbreviations and event notes
CSKA 0-0 Ludogorets
time: 29 April 2026, Wednesday, 19:00 EEST, 16/15 C, partly cloudy/mostly cloudy/cloudy
place: Natsionalen stadion "Vasil Levski", Sofia
referee: Gero Piskov (Sofia); assistants: Martin Venev (Sofia), Ivo Kolev (Sofia); fourth official: Georgi Stoyanov (Plovdiv)
video assistant referee: Vasil Minev (Sofia); assistant video assistant referee: Kristiyan Kolev (Plovdiv)
kits: red w/ dark red sleeves and shoulder edging, red, red (white numbers) ; yellow w/ green edging, yellow w/ green edging, yellow w/ green edging (green numbers)
captains: 6.Bruno Jordão ; 3.Anton Nedyalkov
CSKA: 21.Fyodor Lapoukhov (GK) - 2.David Pastor, 14.Teodor Ivanov, 32.Facundo Rodríguez, 17.Ángelo Martino -
6.Bruno Jordão (c) - 11.Mohamed Brahimi, 99.James Eto'o, 10.Max Ebong, 38.Léo Pereira - 9.Santiago Godoy.
bench: 25.Dimitar Evtimov (GK) - 3.Andrey Yordanov, 4.Adrián Lapeña, 5.Lumbardh Dellova, 19.Ivan Turitsov -
30.Petko Panayotov, 77.Alejandro Piedrahita, 94.Isaac Solet - 28.Ioannis Pittas.
coach: Hristo Yanev
Ludog.: 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK) - 17.Francisco Son, 24.Olivier Verdon, 4.Dinis Almeida, 3.Anton Nedyalkov (c) -
30.Pedro Naressi, 23.Deroy Duarte - 77.Erick Marcus, 14.Petar Stanić, 18.Ivaylo Chochev - 9.Kwadwo Duah.
bench: 1.Sergio Padt (GK) - 5.Georgi Terziev, 27.Vinícius Nogueira, 55.Idan Nachmias -
26.Filip Kaloč, 37.Bernard Tekpetey, 82.Ivan Yordanov - 7.Alberto Salido, 12.Rwan Cruz.
coach: Per-Mathias Høgmo
tactics: cska: 21 - 2, 14, 32, 17 - 6 - 11, 99, 10, 38 - 9; (4-1-4-1)
lud: 39 - 17, 24, 4, 3 - 30, 23 - 77, 14, 18 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
events:
yc - 37 - 18.Ivaylo Chochev lud (reckless foul)
yc - 42 - 9.Kwadwo Duah lud (reckless foul)
+ 1 min
yc - 58 - 99.James Eto'o cska (foul stopping a promising attack)
sub - 61 - '1 12.Rwan Cruz on 18.Ivaylo Chochev lud
sub - 62 - '1 27.Vinícius Nogueira on 3.Anton Nedyalkov lud -> 17, 24, 4, 27 - 77, 30, 23, 14 - 12, 9; (4-4-2)
cap - 62 - 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK) lud
sub - 68 - '1 28.Ioannis Pittas on 38.Léo Pereira cska - same position
sub - 69 - '2 26.Filip Kaloč on 30.Pedro Naressi lud - same position
sub - 78 - '3 37.Bernard Tekpetey on 77.Erick Marcus lud - same position
sub - 84 - '2 5.Lumbardh Dellova on 99.James Eto'o cska -> 5 - 11, 10, 6, 28
yc - 85 - 32.Facundo Rodríguez cska (holding an opponent with hand)
yc - 90+1 - 17.Ángelo Martino cska (delaying restart of play)
sub - 90+4 - '3 4.Adrián Lapeña on 10.Max Ebong cska - same position
yc - 90+5 - 21.Fyodor Lapoukhov (GK) cska (delaying restart of play)
+ 5 min
abbreviations and event notes
Lokomotiv (Pd) 1-1 Arda
time: 30 April 2026, Thursday, 19:00 EEST, 7/7 C, rain
place: "Lokomotiv" st., Plovdiv
referee: Lyuboslav Lyubomirov (Pernik); assistants: Georgi Pl.Todorov (Sofia), Kostadin Tanovchev (Blagoevgrad); fourth official: Mariyan Grebencharski (Samokov)
video assistant referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia); assistant video assistant referee: Dimitar D.Dimitrov (Sofia)
kits: white-black vert.stripe, black, black (black numbers) ; sky blue w/ white edging, white w/ dark blue edging, sky blue (dark blue numbers)
captains: 1.Bojan Milosavljević (GK) ; 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK)
Loko Pd: 1.Bojan Milosavljević (GK) (c) - 2.Adrián Cova, 4.Andrei Chindriș, 13.Lucas Ryan, 5.Todor Pavlov -
22.Ivaylo Ivanov, 12.Efe Ali - 7.Sevi Idriz, 29.Georgi Chorbadzhiyski, 94.Cătălin Itu - 77.Joël Zwarts.
bench: 40.Petar Zovko (GK) - 33.Martin Atanasov, 44.Kaloyan Kostov -
3.Miha Trdan, 10.Gianni Touma, 11.Zapro Dinev, 99.Julien Lamy - 9.Aksel Velev, 19.Mariyan Vangelov.
coach: Dušan Kosič
Arda: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) (c) - 21.Vyacheslav Velyev, 24.Martin Paskalev, 23.Emil Viyachki, 35.Dimitar Velkovski -
80.Lachezar Kotev, 20.Serkan Yusein - 10.Svetoslav Kovachev, 39.Antonio Vutov, 8.Atanas Kabov - 17.Patrick Luan.
bench: 12.Ivaylo Nedelchev (GK) - 2.Gustavo Cascardo, 93.Félix Eboa Eboa -
4.David Idowu, 11.André Shinyashiki, 18.Cəlal Hüseynov, 26.Burak Akandzha, 99.Birsent Karagaren - 30.Wilson Samaké.
coach: Aleksandar Tunchev
tactics: lok: 1 - 2, 4, 13, 5 - 22, 12 - 7, 29, 94 - 77; (4-2-3-1)
arda: 1 - 21, 24, 23, 35 - 80, 20 - 10, 39, 8 - 17; (4-2-3-1)
events:
1-0 - 16 - 94.Cătălin Itu (right/open play/no assist)
sub - 26 - '1 4.David Idowu on 39.Antonio Vutov arda /injury/ -> 4, 80 - 10, 20, 8
+ 1 min
sub - ht - 99.Birsent Karagaren on 8.Atanas Kabov arda /injury/ - same position
sub - ht - 99.Julien Lamy on 94.Cătălin Itu lok - same position
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1-1 - 64 - 80.Lachezar Kotev (right/open play/35.Dimitar Velkovski/pass)
sub - 65 - '2 30.Wilson Samaké on 20.Serkan Yusein arda
sub - 65 - '2 11.André Shinyashiki on 10.Svetoslav Kovachev arda -> 11, 4, 80, 99 - 30, 17; (4-4-2)
sub - 69 - '1 9.Aksel Velev on 77.Joël Zwarts lok - same position
sub - 69 - '1 10.Gianni Touma on 7.Sevi Idriz lok - same position
yc - 72 - 9.Aksel Velev lok (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 72 - '3 18.Cəlal Hüseynov on 80.Lachezar Kotev arda -> 99, 4, 18, 11
yc - 73 - 4.David Idowu arda (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 78 - '2 44.Kaloyan Kostov on 13.Lucas Ryan lok -> 2, 44, 4, 5
sub - 83 - '3 33.Martin Atanasov on 5.Todor Pavlov lok - same position
yc - 89 - 10.Gianni Touma lok (foul stopping a promising attack)
+ 2 min
abbreviations and event notes
Abbreviations and event notes:
yc - yellow card
rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half
about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right;
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.
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