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Derry City vs CSKA Sofia match stats & report

1–2 Full time

UEFA Europa League · 1st Qualifying Round · Brandywell Stadium, Derry · Ref Jasmin Sabotic, Luxembourg

Derry City stats & fixtures · CSKA Sofia stats & fixtures

Derry City lost to CSKA Sofia 1–2 in the UEFA Europa League (1st Qualifying Round) on 16 July 2026.

Derry City vs CSKA Sofia match statistics

Derry CityCSKA Sofia

Goals and cards

  1. 46' Yellow card Ángelo Martino CSKA Sofia
  2. 47' Goal E. Chapman (assist B. Fleming) Derry City
  3. 74' Goal Ioannis Pittas (assist Dimitar Evtimov) CSKA Sofia
  4. 75' Yellow card Teodor Ivanov CSKA Sofia
  5. 79' Yellow card Christy Grogan Derry City
  6. 90' Own goal B. Cotter CSKA Sofia
  7. 90+4' Yellow card Facundo Rodríguez CSKA Sofia
  8. 90+13' Yellow card Stefano Sensi CSKA Sofia

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Derry City

Confirmed 4-3-3 Tiernan Lynch

Bench Tom Norcott , S. Callister , J. Stott , R. Slevin , J. Clarke , J. McClean , N. Twisk , C. Dummigan , T. Doherty , L. Kelly

CSKA Sofia

Confirmed 3-5-2 Hristo Yanev

Bench Daniel Nikolov , Tamimou Ouorou , Jean-Philippe Gbamin , Joël Zwarts , M. Brahimi , Andrey Yordanov , Vasil Kaymakanov , Léo Pereira , A. Piedrahita , Georgi Brankov Chorbadzhiyski , Aleks Tunchev , James Eto'o

Form guide

Derry City at home

4–3–3 in 10 matches

Scored
1.5 per game
Conceded
1.1 per game
Clean sheets
5 / 10
Corners
5.9 per game
Shots on target
4.4 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

CSKA Sofia away

5–4–1 in 10 matches

Scored
1.5 per game
Conceded
0.8 per game
Clean sheets
5 / 10
Corners
3.0 per game
Shots on target
6.5 per game

Derry City vs CSKA Sofia head-to-head

DateMatchScore
CSKA Sofia v Derry City 3–2

Only 1 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Derry City vs CSKA Sofia head-to-head record