Levski Sofia welcomes Ludogorets to this second leg of the Bulgarian Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Levski Sofia form and stats
Levski Sofia was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Bulgarian Cup.Levski's previous fixture was a Bulgarian Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 1-0 against Ludogorets. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Before that, Levski Sofia played out a Parva Liga draw 0-0 when visiting CSKA Sofia.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Levski friendly games in pre-season: Levski Sofia played twelve friendlies, won 4, drew 6 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Levski Sofia scored 18 goals and conceded 12 in these twelve games.
Ludogorets form and stats
Last season their Bulgarian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against CSKA Sofia.Two away games in a row for Ludogorets, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Slavia Sofia.It's a day of discovery for Ludogorets as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Ludogorets have played seven with the results W3-D3-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ludogorets has scored 18 goals and conceded 12 times.
Head 2 Head
Levski Sofia and Ludogorets have faced off before this season: Levski Sofia - Ludogorets 1-0. Levski-Ludogorets H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Levski Sofia two wins, Ludogorets seven wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Soteriou 16 goals |  B. Tekpetey 9 goals |  B. Bari 6 goals |
Levski Sofia missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| Levski Sofia | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 24 | 58 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 9.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
