Home: Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Maccabi Tel-Aviv are in red-hot form having won four and drawn one of their last five matches, and four consecutive games.
Away: PFC CSKA Sofia
- PFC CSKA Sofia are unbeaten in five (W3, D2) having won their last two on the bounce.
- CSKA are one of the better-travelled sides in Europe right now and their form in the Bulgarian Parva Liga 2026/2027 has been strong, especially across the last five.
- Across all competitions, CSKA's away record is W1, D2, L1 from four, and Yanev's side have conceded just two goals away from home, at a rate of 0.50 per game.
Head-to-Head
- Maccabi are much more of a structured side with their wing-backs providing width and Kenny Miller's men more than happy to play in the right areas to build up their attacks in the thirds.
- CSKA Sofia are a bit more of a mish-mash, Hristo Yanev's men overloading the centre of the park in order to press high and hoping to hit opponents on the break.
- If the Bulgarians can break Maccabi's first press then this game will open up quickly, but if they don't, then the hosts will win the possession share and their wing-back service should enable them to control the tempo of the match.
Key Players
Sayed Abu Farkhi has four of Maccabi's last 12 goals and he is their most dangerous player.
Betting Insights
- CSKA are unbeaten in their last five but Maccabi come into this game as the clear favourite and they are reasonably marked at 1.62, with the visitors at 5.5 and the draw at 3.65.
- The most likely result is an Under 2.5 goal bet at 1.98, whilst BTTS No at 1.98 has some shade of value as well.
Prediction
Maccabi are in better form overall and we think the Israeli side will win this one, although it will be tight .
