Derry City vs CSKA Sofia — UEFA Europa League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 46′Derry City, substitution:offK. Santos
- 46′CSKA Sofia, yellow card:Ángelo MartinoFoul
- 47′Derry City, goal:1–0assist
- 74′CSKA Sofia, goal:1–1assist
- 75′CSKA Sofia, substitution:offL. Godoy
- 75′CSKA Sofia, substitution:J. Eto'ooff
- 75′CSKA Sofia, yellow card:Foul
- 77′Derry City, substitution:J. Stottoff
- 77′Derry City, substitution:off
- 79′Derry City, yellow card:Foul
- 90′CSKA Sofia, own goal:1–2Own goal
- 90+4′CSKA Sofia, yellow card:Facundo RodríguezFoul
- 90+10′CSKA Sofia, substitution:off
- 90+10′Derry City, substitution:J. Clarkeoff
- 90+13′CSKA Sofia, yellow card:Foul
- 90+16′CSKA Sofia, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 2
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Derry City vs CSKA Sofia — the facts
CSKA Sofia won 2–1 away against Derry City (half-time 0–0).
Derry City met CSKA Sofia in the UEFA Europa League (1st Qualifying Round). Kick-off was Thursday, 16 July 2026, 17:30 UTC at Brandywell Stadium. Referee: Jasmin Šabotić.
Team pages: Derry City · CSKA Sofia · UEFA Europa League
Key moments
- 47' Goal: Ellis Chapman (assist: Brandon Fleming) — 1–0
- 74' Goal: Ioannis Pittas (assist: Dimitar Evtimov) — 1–1
- 90' Goal (own goal): Barry Cotter — 1–2
Starting line-ups
Derry City (4-3-3)
CSKA Sofia (3-5-2)
- 25 Dimitar Evtimov
- 32 Facundo Santiago Rodríguez
- 30 Petko Panayotov
- 14 Teodor Ivanov
- 17 Ángelo Martino
- 8 Stefano Sensi
- 6 Bruno Jordão
- 94 I. Solet
- 2 Pastor
- 9 L. Godoy
- 28 Ioannis Pittas
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Derry City 27%, the draw 23%, CSKA Sofia 50%. It finished Derry City 1–2 CSKA Sofia.
CSKA Sofia's rating gap outweighs Derry City's home ground — CSKA Sofia are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of CSKA Sofia's 50%. The draw at 23% is trimmed by a league that produces few draws.
Why CSKA Sofia at 50%?
CSKA Sofia sit 293 points higher on our strength rating — 1239 to 1531. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge on the road won 52.0% of 5,967 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 25–24–51.
Why only 50%?
UEFA Europa League home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (22.8% vs 24.9% norm). UEFA Europa League homes won 47.5% of 4,364 games vs 44.9% across all 98,173 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 23%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.0%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,366. UEFA Europa League produces fewer draws than most, taking 2.1 points off. The goals environment adds 1.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Derry City have 20 fully-tracked matches with us — under our usual 25-game bar — but their strength rating is anchored to the long-run European club ratings list, which carries their wider competitive history into the number. Clubs from leagues we don't fully cover play too few tracked games for a record built from scratch, so their rating chain starts from published long-run club ratings instead of a blind first guess.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Derry City vs CSKA Sofia final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Derry City and CSKA Sofia team pages or the UEFA Europa League page.