OFI vs CSKA Sofia — UEFA Europa League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 19′OFI, goal:1–0
- Half-time1 – 0
- 51′OFI, penalty goal:2–0Penalty
- 53′CSKA Sofia, yellow card:Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 54′CSKA Sofia, yellow card:Roughing
- 56′CSKA Sofia, substitution:off
- 56′CSKA Sofia, substitution:off
- 64′CSKA Sofia, substitution:off
- 66′OFI, substitution:off
- 66′OFI, substitution:off
- 75′CSKA Sofia, substitution:off
- 76′OFI, substitution:off
- 76′OFI, substitution:off
- 80′CSKA Sofia, yellow card:
- 81′CSKA Sofia, red card:Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 86′OFI, substitution:off
- 90′OFI, goal:3–0assist
- Full-time3 – 0
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Match report
OFI thrash ten-man CSKA Sofia to move through in Europa League play-offs
OFI eased into the next round of the UEFA Europa League play-offs with a 3-0 win over CSKA Sofia at the Pankritio Stadium. Taxiarchis Fountas opened the scoring in the 19th minute, and the home side led 1-0 at half-time before adding further gloss after the break.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Fountas struck again just after the interval, converting a penalty in the 51st minute to make it 2-0. CSKA's task grew harder when Mohamed Brahimi was sent off in the 81st minute, leaving Hristo Yanev's side to play out the remainder a man light.
OFI made the numerical advantage count deep into stoppage time, with Lorenzo Dickmann finishing off a move assisted by Dimitrios Nikolaou in the fifth minute of added time to complete the 3-0 scoreline. The result marked a sharp turnaround for Christos Kontis's side after a run of four straight defeats in their recent form.
Fountas was involved directly in two of OFI's three goals, opening the scoring in the first half and adding a second-half penalty to put the tie firmly out of CSKA's reach.
CSKA's night was compounded by conceding two more fouls than their opponents before Brahimi's dismissal further hampered their efforts.
OFI beat CSKA Sofia 3–0 (half-time 1–0).
OFI met CSKA Sofia in the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs). Kick-off was Thursday, 20 August 2026, 18:00 UTC at Pagritio. Referee: Srdan Jovanovic.
Team pages: OFI · CSKA Sofia · UEFA Europa League
Key moments
- 19' Goal: Taxiarchis Fountas — 1–0
- 51' Goal (penalty): Taxiarchis Fountas — 2–0
- 81' Red card: Mohamed Brahimi
- 90' Goal: Lorenzo Dickmann (assist: Dimitrios Nikolaou) — 3–0
Starting line-ups
OFI (3-4-3)
CSKA Sofia (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave OFI 35%, the draw 25%, CSKA Sofia 40%. It finished OFI 3–0 CSKA Sofia.
CSKA Sofia's rating edge outweighs OFI's home ground — CSKA Sofia are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of CSKA Sofia's 40%. The draw at 25% is trimmed by a league that produces few draws.
Why CSKA Sofia at 40%?
CSKA Sofia sit 146 points higher on our strength rating — 1402 to 1548. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,060 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 34–27–39.
Why only 40%?
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 4,414 games vs 44.9% across all 99,157 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. Not enough recent scoring data to set the goals dial — the draw stays at the class table's rate. UEFA Europa League produces fewer draws than most, taking 2.1 points off.
What did we measure but not count?
OFI have 1 fully-tracked match 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.
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About this match
On this page: the OFI 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 OFI and CSKA Sofia team pages or the UEFA Europa League page.