CSKA Sofia vs Qarabag UEFA Europa League prediction & result
Final score: CSKA Sofia 0-0 Qarabag.
Before kick-off the model made it 41% CSKA Sofia, 26% draw, 33% Qarabag — fair odds of 2.44, 3.85 and 3.03. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 2-1.
The model got this one wrong.
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The tie
Second leg of the UEFA Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round tie. First leg: Qarabag 0–0 CSKA Sofia (23 Jul) →
CSKA Sofia went through on penalties, after 0–0 on aggregate.
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Has the model earned this number?
It puts CSKA Sofia at 41% here. Across 5,149 settled matches (as of 30 October 2026), 2,375 forecasts have landed in the 40–50% band; those outcomes actually happened 45.2% of the time, against an average forecast of 43.9%. In this range the two line up, so the figure above can be read literally. The full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — CSKA Sofia vs Qarabag
Line-ups
- 21F. Lapoukhov
- 2PastorD
- 14T. IvanovD
- 32F. RodriguezD
- 17A. MartinoD
- 5J. GbaminD
- 7M. EbongM
- 8S. SensiM
- 6B. JordaoM
- 28I. PittasF
- 9L. GodoyF
- 25D. EvtimovG
- 10J. ZwartsF
- 11M. BrahimiM
- 19A. YordanovD
- 30P. PanayotovM
- 34V. KaymakanovM
- 38Leo PereiraM
- 77A. PiedrahitaM
- 80G. B. ChorbadzhiyskiM
- 99M. KochalskiG
- 2Matheus SilvaD
- 55B. HuseynovD
- 4B. Varkonyi
- 44E. CafarquliyevD
- 35Pedro BicalhoM
- 8M. JankovicM
- 21O. KashchukM
- 20Kady BorgesM
- 10A. Zoubir
- 11Z. SawoF
- 1S. MahammadaliyevG
- 23M. ZlomislicG
- 5B. LangaD
- 7J. MouaddibM
- 9J. MontielM
- 13B. MustafazadaD
- 22M. QurbanlyF
- 25C. MakreckisM
- 29R. CephasF
Form going into CSKA Sofia vs Qarabag
CSKA Sofia
All competitions we cover
- W3-2Botev Plovdiv27 July 2026
- D0-0away to Qarabag23 July 2026
- D0-0away to Slavia Sofia20 July 2026
Qarabag
All competitions we cover
- D0-0CSKA Sofia23 July 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
Head-to-head: CSKA Sofia vs Qarabag
- 23 July 2026Qarabag 0–0 CSKA SofiaUEFA Europa League
- 4 July 2023CSKA Sofia 0–1 QarabagFriendlies Clubs
- 7 July 2021CSKA Sofia 0–1 QarabagFriendlies Clubs
The result against the call
CSKA Sofia and Qarabag drew 0–0. The model had leaned towards a win for CSKA Sofia at 41% and given a draw 26%. At that figure it expects the outcome about once in every 4 matches like this one.