AS Roma vs PFK CSKA Sofia, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
AS Roma vs PFK CSKA Sofia — Europe at Stadio Olimpico.
- AS Roma 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
- PFK CSKA Sofia 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Denis Scherbakov
- Referee Aliaksei Kulbakov
- Referee Dmitry Zhuk
- Referee Oleg Maslyanko
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Oct PFK CSKA Sofia H 0–0 D 26 Oct AC Milan A 3–3 D 22 Oct BSC Young Boys A 2–1 W 18 Oct Benevento Calcio H 5–2 W 03 Oct Udinese Calcio A 1–0 W 27 Sep Juventus FC H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Oct AS Roma A 0–0 D 22 Oct FC CFR 1907 Cluj H 0–2 L 01 Oct FC Basel 1893 A 3–1 W 24 Sep B36 H 3–1 W 17 Sep FK BATE Barysau H 2–0 W 27 Aug Sirens FC H 2–1 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
AS Roma this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Stadio Olimpico that hosts another battle between AS Roma and PFK CSKA Sofia.
- 5' PFK CSKA Sofia is showing some good football. However, PFK CSKA Sofia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering PFK CSKA Sofia that had 22 games and scored 30 goals.
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 20' The travelling PFK CSKA Sofia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 35' AS Roma started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
- 40' AS Roma seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 41' Bruno Peres was booked on 41.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Pedro. He replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan on 46 minute.
- 51' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Leonardo Spinazzola suffering a number of foals already.
- 56' Another change for AS Roma made on 56 minute. Chris Smalling leaves to be changed by Juan.
- 61' It looks like no one’s ball. PFK CSKA Sofia is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 65' The whistle greets Jerome Sinclair as he departs to be replaced by Henrique.
- 70' The whistle greets Borja Mayoral as he departs to be replaced by Edin Dzeko.
- 75' The AS Roma manager makes a substitution. Carles Perez departs to be replaced by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
- 80' The referee calls foul for Rick Karsdorp. He receives a Yellow card.
- 81' Tiago Rodrigues is replacing Geferson for the PFK CSKA Sofia side.
- 84' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Gonzalo Villar.
- 86' A meaty challenge results in booking for Petar Zanev on 86.
- 87' A meaty challenge results in booking for Gustavo Busatto on 87.
- 89' Time for substitution for PFK CSKA Sofia. Thibaut Vion is replaced by Ivan Turitsov.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
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Lineups
AS Roma Lineups
Starting XI
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan ↓ Pedro 46'
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6
Chris Smalling ↓ Juan 56'
- 13
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21
Borja Mayoral ↓ Edin Dzeko 70'
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- 37
- 20
- 4
- 14
- 31
Bench
- 3
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11
Pedro ↑ 46'
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5
Juan ↑ 56'
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2
Rick Karsdorp ↑ 46'
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7
Lorenzo Pellegrini ↑ 75'
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9
Edin Dzeko ↑ 70'
- 83
- 17
- 63
- 59
Coach Paulo FonsecaPFK CSKA Sofia Lineups
Starting XI
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24
Jerome Sinclair ↓ Henrique 65'
- 13
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15
Thibaut Vion ↓ Ivan Turitsov 89'
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21
Amos Youga ↓ Stefano Beltrame 81'
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- 26
- 30
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Geferson ↓ Tiago Rodrigues 81'
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Bench
- 17
- 25
- 8
- 14
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20
Tiago Rodrigues ↑ 81'
- 28
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7
Henrique ↑ 65'
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19
Ivan Turitsov ↑ 89'
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10
Stefano Beltrame ↑ 81'
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23
Ahmed Ahmedov ↑ 89'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ali Sowe 2 Tommaso P. Milanese 1 Tiago Rodrigues 1 Head to Head
AS Roma Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.03 AS Roma xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.9 PFK CSKA Sofia xGI would bet for: AS Roma or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 70%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.93Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 83% 17% ± 1.5 58% 42% ± 2.5 30% 70% ± 3.5 14% 86% ± 4.5 5% 95% Double Chance
AS Roma or Draw 71%Draw or PFK CSKA Sofia 61%AS Roma or PFK CSKA Sofia 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.4%1 – 0 13.6%0 – 1 11.7%2 – 0 7.3%2 – 1 6.8%1 – 2 5.9%0 – 2 5.6%2 – 2 3.2%3 – 0 2.5%3 – 1 2.4%1 – 3 1.8%Asian Handicap — AS Roma
Handicap AS Roma covers Push PFK CSKA Sofia covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 10% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 22% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 19% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
AS Roma keeps clean sheet 41% ✗PFK CSKA Sofia keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.