First League duel: Close contest expected between CSKA 1948 Sofia and Levski Sofia

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vitosha (2500 seats)

CSKA 1948 Sofia and Levski Sofia are both riding high in the First League with their 3rd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a wonderful game!

Insights:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (21) in First League

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

There haven't been much to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Bulgarian Cup match only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lokomotiv Sofia 1929, was also a home game here at Stadion Vitosha. The away team is better rested.

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CSKA 1948 Sofia form and stats

CSKA 1948 Sofia have performed here at Stadion Vitosha this season with 11 wins from 15 First League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in the Bulgarian Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.

Ahead of that match, CSKA 1948 Sofia lost 0-1 at home to Slavia Sofia.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how CSKA 1948 Sofia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Sofia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Vitosha with 25 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, CSKA 1948 Sofia have conceded only 8 goals.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

The visitors are W5-D6-L4 on the road this term. That's in the First League.

Two away games in a row for Levski, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv. That defeat broke this club's string of league matches in a row without losing; ten games in all!

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Septemvri Sofia.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Levski Sofia playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Levski Sofia win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's last 13 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Levski Sofia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past result between these teams is the Levski Sofia - CSKA 1948 Sofia 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Sofia victories, three draws and two Levski Sofia wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA 1948 SofiaI. Chochev
I. Chochev
19 goals
CSKA 1948 SofiaG. Rusev
G. Rusev
6 goals
Levski SofiaF. Yavorov Krastev
F. Yavorov Krastev
6 goals

CSKA 1948 Sofia missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

CSKA 1948 Sofia Levski Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 3 15 30
17 11 0 Won W 0 5 15
8 2 2 Drew D 3 6 9
5 2 1 Lost L 0 4 6
49 25 2 Scored S 0 15 38
22 8 3 Conceded C 0 10 14
90% 93% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 73% 80%
60% 53% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 47% 50%
37% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 23%
27% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 13%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
40% 27% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 20%
47% 60% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 70%
23% 20% 67% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 30%
 
5.8 6.1 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 6.1 6.8
4.9 4.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.2 3.1
2.7 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.1
7 5 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.6 10.7 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 13.4 15.1
4.8 3.9 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 4.7 5.2
34% 43% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 25%
 
9.7 7.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 4.7 5.4 4.9
3.3 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 2 1.8
Key stats in First League this season:
  • CSKA 1948 Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Levski Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Levski Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in First League
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in First League
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (21) in First League
  • Levski Sofia have the most matches under the total-line (23) in First League
  • Levski Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ludogorets 30 23 5 2 72 21 15 11 3 1 37 10 15 12 2 1 35 11 51 74
2 CSKA Sofia 30 23 4 3 57 14 15 11 3 1 30 7 15 12 1 2 27 7 43 73
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 30 17 8 5 49 22 15 11 2 2 25 8 15 6 6 3 24 14 27 59
4 Levski Sofia 30 15 9 6 38 14 15 10 3 2 23 4 15 5 6 4 15 10 24 54
5 Cherno More 30 15 8 7 36 27 15 8 4 3 20 14 15 7 4 4 16 13 9 53
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 8 8 33 28 15 10 2 3 22 11 15 4 6 5 11 17 5 50
7 Slavia Sofia 30 15 4 11 31 27 15 8 4 3 18 12 15 7 0 8 13 15 4 49
8 Arda 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 7 4 4 22 17 15 4 5 6 11 15 1 42
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 30 10 8 12 32 38 15 7 4 4 18 20 15 3 4 8 14 18 -6 38
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 5 16 38 40 15 6 3 6 21 15 15 3 2 10 17 25 -2 32
11 Botev Vratsa 30 7 7 16 23 55 15 6 4 5 10 16 15 1 3 11 13 39 -32 28
12 Beroe 30 7 6 17 26 47 15 5 2 8 15 23 15 2 4 9 11 24 -21 27
13 OFK Pirin 30 5 9 16 21 39 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 2 4 9 7 17 -18 24
14 Hebar 1918 30 6 5 19 19 51 15 1 3 11 8 27 15 5 2 8 11 24 -32 23
15 Septemvri Sofia 30 5 7 18 25 45 15 2 5 8 10 20 15 3 2 10 15 25 -20 22
16 Spartak Varna 30 3 8 19 27 60 15 3 4 8 16 25 15 0 4 11 11 35 -33 17

Read more about First League

The First Professional Football League, also known as the Parva Liga, is the top level of football in Bulgaria. It has 14 teams playing a regular season of 26 fixtures to set a league table. The top six then enter a championship playoff, the bottom eight a relegation group.