A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Levski Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv know what's at stake in this second leg of the Bulgarian Cup Semi-finals clash.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Levski and Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
Levski Sofia form and stats
Levski was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Bulgarian Cup.This match is a Bulgarian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition. The Levski manager G. Vasilev Todorov might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Levski travelled for their previous game, a trip to CSKA Sofia that ended 3-3. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Arda.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The hometeam coach G. Vasilev Todorov made a successful contribution in the game against CSKA Sofia, bringing on Simeon Slavchev who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw.
There will be little rest for Levski after this match as they are travelling to Beroe for a Parva Liga game in only four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Levski Sofia, who have participated in four training matches. Levski have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Lokomotiv, as they won the Bulgarian Cup.Total Bulgarian Cup statistics for Lokomotiv Plovdiv: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Lokomotiv's previous game was their home loss versus Slavia Sofia (0-1). Before that, Lokomotiv travelled to CSKA Sofia and returned home with a draw after the Parva Liga game finished 1-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lokomotiv manager B. Akrapović as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ludogorets.
Just as the home team, Lokomotiv have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Levski 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Levski victories, three draws and four Lokomotiv Plovdiv wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Krasimirov Iliev 12 goals |  N. Robertha 9 goals | P. de Menezes Melo 8 goals |
Levski Sofia missing players
Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players
| Levski Sofia | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 9 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 233 | 152 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 172 | ||
| 90 | 53 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 81 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||