First League: Levski Sofia anticipated to overcome Beroe

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov (25000 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is expected from this fixture if the league standings is to be believed. The Levski Sofia followers are hoping that the mismatch between 4th and Beroe's 11th spot in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (18) in First League
  • Beroe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 First League games here at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov for Levski Sofia. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Levski Sofia after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Levski are confident in defense, having played 585 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Levski Sofia drew their last game, 0-0 away at CSKA Sofia (placed 1st). Popov felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against CSKA Sofia as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 90th minute.

Ahead of that match, Levski Sofia won a home game hosting Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 (1-0).

It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The Levski fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. Levski Sofia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Beroe form and stats

There's been little loot from Beroe's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the First League. Beroe only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.

The manager Kirov was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stadion Beroe. Beroe suffered a 0-1 loss to Slavia Sofia (placed 7th).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Spartak Varna with the score of 4-0.

You'll want to know how Beroe managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

The attacking power of Beroe when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Beroe's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Beroe has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Levski Sofia have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Beroe.

The last head to head encounter ended Beroe - Levski 0-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Levski SofiaF. Yavorov Krastev
F. Yavorov Krastev
6 goals
Levski SofiaM. Plamenov Petkov
M. Plamenov Petkov
4 goals
Levski SofiaI. Popov
I. Popov
4 goals

Levski Sofia missing players

Beroe missing players

Levski Sofia Beroe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
12 8 4 Won W 0 2 6
9 3 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 2 0 Lost L 2 7 14
34 20 12 Scored S 2 10 24
13 4 0 Conceded C 10 21 42
77% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
54% 54% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 77%
27% 23% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 42%
15% 15% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 31% 31%
8% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 8%
23% 15% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 46%
69% 77% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 19%
31% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 54% 42%
 
7 7.8 12 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.1 4.2
3.2 3.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.3 4.6
2.1 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
15.3 17.5 26 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 8.4 8.5
5.3 5.8 8.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.6 2.8
25% 27% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 32%
 
4.8 4.6 3.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.5 10.3
1.8 1.7 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 4.6
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Beroe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Levski Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in First League
  • 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 (10) at home in First League
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (18) in First League
  • Levski Sofia have the most matches under the total-line (19) 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 CSKA Sofia 26 20 4 2 47 12 13 10 3 0 25 5 13 10 1 2 22 7 35 64
2 Ludogorets 26 19 5 2 66 20 13 9 3 1 34 9 13 10 2 1 32 11 46 62
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 16 6 4 45 18 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 6 4 3 21 11 27 54
4 Levski Sofia 26 12 9 5 34 13 13 8 3 2 20 4 13 4 6 3 14 9 21 45
5 Cherno More 26 13 6 7 29 23 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 6 3 4 12 11 6 45
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 12 7 7 28 25 13 8 2 3 18 10 13 4 5 4 10 15 3 43
7 Slavia Sofia 26 13 2 11 27 25 13 8 2 3 17 11 13 5 0 8 10 14 2 41
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 26 10 7 9 29 30 13 7 3 3 16 15 13 3 4 6 13 15 -1 37
9 Arda 26 10 6 10 28 28 13 7 2 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 9 14 0 36
10 Botev Plovdiv 26 8 4 14 34 35 13 6 3 4 21 12 13 2 1 10 13 23 -1 28
11 Beroe 26 6 6 14 24 42 13 4 2 7 14 21 13 2 4 7 10 21 -18 24
12 Botev Vratsa 26 6 6 14 19 46 13 5 4 4 8 13 13 1 2 10 11 33 -27 24
13 Septemvri Sofia 26 5 7 14 24 38 13 2 5 6 9 17 13 3 2 8 15 21 -14 22
14 OFK Pirin 26 4 9 13 18 33 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 1 4 8 6 16 -15 21
15 Hebar 1918 26 4 5 17 13 45 13 1 3 9 8 22 13 3 2 8 5 23 -32 17
16 Spartak Varna 26 2 7 17 19 51 13 2 3 8 11 22 13 0 4 9 8 29 -32 13

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.