Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Nacionalen Stadion Vasil Levski will host Thursday’s Conference League game between CSKA Sofia and Zorya Luhansk, the two teams who have yet to record a win in Group C. CSKA Sofia kicked off their Conference League campaign with a heavy 5-1 loss to Roma, with the team sharing the spoils with Norwegian champions Bodo in their second group game. The Bulgarians are eager to pick up all three points from the match, and they are likely to go all guns blazing at Zorya.
The Ukrainians, on the other hand, conceded six goals in total in back-to-back losses to Roma and Bodo, and seeing that CSKA are a real force to be reckoned with at home, the underdogs are unlikely to grab something from the Nacionalen Stadion Vasil Levski showdown. Defender Vitaliy Vernybud is unlikely to feature in Thursday’s clash as he limped off with injury in a massive 6-1 loss to Shakhtar at the weekend.
Highlighted Player (Dimitar Evtimov):
Dimitar Evtimov is a Bulgarian goalkeeper who plays for Accrington Stanley in the League One. The 190-cm tall shot-stopper played for the likes of Volov Shumen and Chavdar Etropole during his youth career and he continued playing for the Chavdar Stadium outfit at senior level.
Dimitar Evtimov then decided to take a step forward in his career as he signed for English club Nottingham Forest in April 2011. After spending a brief time loan at Ilkeston, he signed a loan deal with Gainsborough Trinity in November, 2011. The Bulgarian goalkeeper played for the likes of Nuneaton Town, Mansfield Town, Olhanense and Port Vale on loan as well before signing a contract with Burton Albion in September, 2018.
However, seeing that he was hungry for a first-team football at Pirelli Stadium, Dimitar Evtimov decided to move to Accrington Stanley in the winter of 2019. He was on the verge of keeping a clean sheet on his Acctington debut, but the capital club eventually broke the deadlock, winning the game 1-0.