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

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 11:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vasil Levski (46340 seats)

Buckle up for a show! The leading antagonists are CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia, a win is the target and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (6) in First League
  • Levski Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning extra tension and importance.

CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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CSKA Sofia form and stats

When playing at home in the First League, CSKA Sofia have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

Sofia are confident in defense, having played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

CSKA Sofia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lokomotiv Plovdiv's place. The match ended 2-0 with Nazon and Estrada scoring.

Before that, Sofia had a home game versus Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 which ended with a victory 2-0.

CSKA Sofia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. CSKA Sofia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Levski Sofia playing as the away team in the First League this season.

Levski failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Ludogorets (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that defeat this team had gained at least a draw from six league rounds in a row.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Slavia Sofia at their stadium, the result 2-0.

5 goals have been conceded by Levski Sofia in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Sofia wins - draws - Levski Sofia wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA SofiaD. Nazon
D. Nazon
7 goals
Levski SofiaJ. El Jemili Setti
J. El Jemili Setti
4 goals
Levski SofiaR. Viana Filho
R. Viana Filho
4 goals

CSKA Sofia missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 4 11
7 3 0 Won W 0 2 7
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
16 7 1 Scored S 1 8 20
6 2 1 Conceded C 2 5 8
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 64%
27% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 45%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
27% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 36%
64% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 55%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
4.5 6.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 6.2
3.5 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 2.5
2.6 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.1 14 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.8 16.1
5.4 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6 5.9
27% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 33% 31%
 
7.6 7.2 15 Shots against (avg) S A 4 8 5.7
3 2.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.8 3
Key stats in First League this season:
  • All of Levski Sofia's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • CSKA Sofia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Sofia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • CSKA Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (6) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have the most clean sheets (7) in First League
  • CSKA Sofia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • CSKA Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • CSKA Sofia is in the best form (5-1-0) in First League
  • 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 scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Levski Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Levski Sofia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Levski Sofia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 12 9 2 1 25 10 7 5 1 1 14 4 5 4 1 0 11 6 15 29
2 Cherno More 12 8 4 0 21 8 5 5 0 0 7 1 7 3 4 0 14 7 13 28
3 CSKA Sofia 11 7 3 1 16 6 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 4 1 1 9 4 10 24
4 Arda 10 7 1 2 21 7 5 4 1 0 14 4 5 3 0 2 7 3 14 22
5 Levski Sofia 11 7 1 3 20 8 7 5 0 2 12 3 4 2 1 1 8 5 12 22
6 Ludogorets 10 6 2 2 26 8 5 3 2 0 16 3 5 3 0 2 10 5 18 20
7 CSKA 1948 Sofia 10 5 3 2 12 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 6 3 1 2 6 5 5 18
8 Levski Krumovgrad 12 4 2 6 12 18 6 3 1 2 10 9 6 1 1 4 2 9 -6 14
9 Beroe 12 4 2 6 11 19 5 3 1 1 6 3 7 1 1 5 5 16 -8 14
10 Hebar 1918 12 3 4 5 10 13 7 2 3 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 3 6 -3 13
11 Botev Plovdiv 12 3 3 6 15 17 6 2 0 4 10 11 6 1 3 2 5 6 -2 12
12 OFK Pirin 12 3 2 7 7 15 7 1 2 4 3 7 5 2 0 3 4 8 -8 11
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 12 3 1 8 9 23 7 2 1 4 7 11 5 1 0 4 2 12 -14 10
14 Botev Vratsa 12 3 1 8 6 21 6 2 0 4 4 10 6 1 1 4 2 11 -15 10
15 Slavia Sofia 11 1 2 8 6 23 4 0 0 4 2 11 7 1 2 4 4 12 -17 5
16 Etar 11 1 1 9 7 21 5 0 1 4 3 8 6 1 0 5 4 13 -14 4

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.