Europa Conference League

3rd Qualifying Round

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5 August, 19:30

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Panathinaikos

69 Ball possession (%) 31

14 Goal attempts 19

5 Shots on Goal 2

9 Shots off Goal 17

0 Blocked shots 0

8 Corner Kicks 7

0 Goalkeeper Saves 0

2 Offsides 0

9 Fouls 11

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

637 Total Passes 279

567 Completed Passes 200

89 Passes accuracy (%) 72

Panathinaikos vs CSKA 1948 Sofia: prediction & betting odds 5 August 2026

Published: 3 August 2026 22:03

5 August 2026 at 19:30 BST, Greek side Panathinaikos will host Bulgaria's CSKA 1948 at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spyros Louis" in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League third qualifying round.

The Athens club are considered one of the favourites in the current qualifying campaign thanks to the high quality of their squad and their extensive international experience. The Bulgarian team will try to withstand the hosts' early pressure and keep their chances realistic ahead of the return leg. Even an away draw would be a very successful result for the visitors.

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Both clubs came through the second round with difficulty: Panathinaikos only avoided extra time in their home match against Paksi in the 85th minute, while CSKA played out two goalless draws with Spartak Trnava and only got the job done in the penalty shootout.

The Greeks are easing into the season under a new coach: Jacob Neestrup has replaced Rafa Benitez after an unsuccessful spell at Copenhagen, where the reigning Danish champions dropped into the relegation group. Given that they have played only two competitive matches and are dealing with the new-coach factor, we do not think Panathinaikos should be expected to win the upcoming meeting by a landslide, even though bookmakers have them at a very short 1.09.

We suggest backing CSKA (+2.5): Panathinaikos have covered (-2.5) in only 4 of their last 20 matches when they were favourites at below 1.50, while CSKA themselves have lost by more than two goals only four times since the start of the 2020/21 season in matches where they were clear underdogs.

Betting prediction

CSKA 1948 (+2.5)

Odds

1/2

Who Will Referee the Match

Matteo Marchetti (Italy)

Matches – 7 (international fixtures, 2025–2026);

Average fouls per match – 25;

Average yellow cards per match (including second yellows) – 3.2;

Matches with red cards – 0 out of 7;

Matches with penalties – 4 out of 7.

Panathinaikos

Jacob Neestrup	coach
Player		Matches	Goals
Line-up
Ignacio Peña Sotorres	gk.	3	-4
Giorgos Kyriakopoulos	df.	3	0
Stefan de Vrij	df.	3	0
Rick van Drongelen	df.	2	0
Adriano Jagušić	mf.	3	2
Facundo Pellistri Rebollo	mf.	3	0
Pedro Chirivella Burgos	mf.	3	0
Triantafyllos Tsapras	mf.	3	0
Étienne Amara Camara	mf.	3	0
Elmin Rastoder	fw.	3	1
Santino Andino Valencia	fw.	3	1
Substitutes
Panagiotis Biniaris		0	0
Konstantinos Kotsaris	gk.	0	0
Lucas Abraham Chaves	gk.	0	0
Ahmed Touba	df.	2	0
Giorgos Marios Katris	df.	1	0
Adam Gnezda Čerin	mf.	3	0
Sotiris Kontouris	mf.	2	0
Anass Zaroury	fw.	3	0
Vicente Taborda	fw.	2	0
Giorgos Kyriopoulos	fw.	0	0

Ognyan Mladenov	coach
Player		Matches	Goals
Line-up
Petar Totev Marinov	gk.	0	0
Andre Hoffmann	df.	0	0
Diego Daniel Medina Román	df.	0	0
Héctor Manuel Cuéllar Rosales	df.	0	0
Lasha Dvali	df.	0	0
Ognjen Gašević	df.	0	0
Frédéric Ferreira Maciel	mf.	0	0
Moataz Zemzemi	mf.	0	0
Atanas Petrov Iliev	fw.	0	0
Georgi Rosenov Rusev	fw.	0	0
Jules Meyer	fw.	0	0
Substitutes
Aleks Anastasov Bozhev	gk.	0	0
Dimitar Georgiev Sheytanov	gk.	0	0
Dragan Grivić	df.	0	0
Egor Parkhomenko	df.	0	0
Fourat Soltani	df.	0	0
Brian Gabriel Sobrero	mf.	0	0
Florian Krebs	mf.	0	0
Marto Nikolov Boychev	mf.	0	0
Petar Ivo Vitanov	mf.	0	0
Elias Corrêa Franco	fw.	0	0
Kaloyan Radostinov Strinski	fw.	0	0
Mamadou Diallo	fw.	0	0

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Tournament Home Away

#	Team	G
1	Aarhus	0:0
2	Ajax	0:0
3	Atalanta	0:0
4	Borac Banja Luka	0:0
5	Sporting Braga	0:0
6	Brann	0:0
7	Brighton and Hove Albion	0:0
8	Copenhagen	0:0
9	Crvena Zvezda	0:0
10	CSKA Sofia	0:0
11	Egnatia Rrogozhine	0:0
12	Freiburg	0:0
13	Gent	0:0
14	Getafe	0:0
15	Hajduk Split	0:0
16	Hearts	0:0
17	Iberia 1999	0:0
18	Inter Club d'Escaldes	0:0
19	Jablonec	0:0
20	Kairat	0:0
21	FK Kauno Zalgiris	0:0
22	KuPS	0:0
23	Lincoln Red Imps	0:0
24	Lugano	0:0
25	Midtjylland	0:0
26	Mjällby	0:0
27	Monaco	0:0
28	Nordsjælland	0:0
29	Pafos	0:0
30	Panathinaikos	0:0
31	FC Riga	0:0
32	Sint-Truidense	0:0
33	FC Thun	0:0
34	Trabzonspor	0:0
35	Twente	0:0
36	Universitatea	0:0

#	Team	G
1	Aarhus	0:0
2	Ajax	0:0
3	Atalanta	0:0
4	Borac Banja Luka	0:0
5	Sporting Braga	0:0
6	Brann	0:0
7	Brighton and Hove Albion	0:0
8	Copenhagen	0:0
9	Crvena Zvezda	0:0
10	CSKA Sofia	0:0
11	Egnatia Rrogozhine	0:0
12	Freiburg	0:0
13	Gent	0:0
14	Getafe	0:0
15	Hajduk Split	0:0
16	Hearts	0:0
17	Iberia 1999	0:0
18	Inter Club d'Escaldes	0:0
19	Jablonec	0:0
20	Kairat	0:0
21	FK Kauno Zalgiris	0:0
22	KuPS	0:0
23	Lincoln Red Imps	0:0
24	Lugano	0:0
25	Midtjylland	0:0
26	Mjällby	0:0
27	Monaco	0:0
28	Nordsjælland	0:0
29	Pafos	0:0
30	Panathinaikos	0:0
31	FC Riga	0:0
32	Sint-Truidense	0:0
33	FC Thun	0:0
34	Trabzonspor	0:0
35	Twente	0:0
36	Universitatea	0:0

#	Team	G
1	Aarhus	0:0
2	Ajax	0:0
3	Atalanta	0:0
4	Borac Banja Luka	0:0
5	Sporting Braga	0:0
6	Brann	0:0
7	Brighton and Hove Albion	0:0
8	Copenhagen	0:0
9	Crvena Zvezda	0:0
10	CSKA Sofia	0:0
11	Egnatia Rrogozhine	0:0
12	Freiburg	0:0
13	Gent	0:0
14	Getafe	0:0
15	Hajduk Split	0:0
16	Hearts	0:0
17	Iberia 1999	0:0
18	Inter Club d'Escaldes	0:0
19	Jablonec	0:0
20	Kairat	0:0
21	FK Kauno Zalgiris	0:0
22	KuPS	0:0
23	Lincoln Red Imps	0:0
24	Lugano	0:0
25	Midtjylland	0:0
26	Mjällby	0:0
27	Monaco	0:0
28	Nordsjælland	0:0
29	Pafos	0:0
30	Panathinaikos	0:0
31	FC Riga	0:0
32	Sint-Truidense	0:0
33	FC Thun	0:0
34	Trabzonspor	0:0
35	Twente	0:0
36	Universitatea	0:0

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