First League match preview and numbers: Levski Sofia welcome Botev Vratsa

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov (25000 seats)

The home followers bank on a victory in this game, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a struggling visitor. Levski Sofia are in 6th spot while the guesting Botev Vratsa stress at 11th.

Insights:
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (14) in First League
  • Botev Vratsa have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in First League

Both squads have had enough rest since their last game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic game!

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Levski Sofia form and stats

6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Levski Sofia so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Levski, as their goalkeeper Plamen Andreev has completely shut out the opponents for 225 minutes in the First League.

Levski Sofia are returning here after visiting Hebar 1918 and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Ricardinho (2) scored the goal(s). This was their first victory after eleven straight league fixtures without winning!

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ludogorets that ended 0-0.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 9 have produced two goals or less.

The Levski Sofia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Levski have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Botev Vratsa form and stats

Botev Vratsa have only collected 5 points from their away games in the First League, after 1-2-8 (11 played).

Perea scored in Botev Vratsa's previous match, the home game against Slavia Sofia that ended 1-0.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Spartak Varna's place.

Look out: 9 of the last 10 league games involving this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The attacking power of Botev Vratsa when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Botev Vratsa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other already this season, with the match result Botev Vratsa - Levski 0-2 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Levski Sofia wins - draws - Botev Vratsa wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Botev VratsaB. Perea Vargas
B. Perea Vargas
8 goals
Levski SofiaF. Yavorov Krastev
F. Yavorov Krastev
5 goals
Levski SofiaM. Plamenov Petkov
M. Plamenov Petkov
4 goals

Levski Sofia missing players

Botev Vratsa missing players

Levski Sofia Botev Vratsa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
9 6 3 Won W 0 1 6
8 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 2 0 Lost L 3 8 12
28 17 10 Scored S 1 10 18
13 4 0 Conceded C 9 23 36
77% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 86%
55% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 64%
27% 27% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 45%
18% 18% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 23%
9% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 14%
27% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 64% 36%
64% 73% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 36%
32% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 27% 41%
 
6.9 7.1 11.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.1
3 3 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5 5.1
2.2 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 6
 
15.6 17.2 26.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.5 9
5.2 5.5 8.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.5 3.5
25% 28% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 26% 23%
 
5 4.8 2.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 14.5 13.8
1.8 1.6 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 5.5 4.9
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Botev Vratsa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botev Vratsa have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in First League
  • 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 most clean sheets (14) 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 22 17 3 2 43 12 11 9 2 0 24 5 11 8 1 2 19 7 31 54
2 Ludogorets 22 15 5 2 50 15 11 7 3 1 23 6 11 8 2 1 27 9 35 50
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 22 13 6 3 37 14 11 9 2 0 22 5 11 4 4 3 15 9 23 45
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 22 11 5 6 24 21 11 7 1 3 16 9 11 4 4 3 8 12 3 38
5 Cherno More 22 10 6 6 21 19 11 5 3 3 12 11 11 5 3 3 9 8 2 36
6 Levski Sofia 22 9 8 5 28 13 11 6 3 2 17 4 11 3 5 3 11 9 15 35
7 Arda 22 10 5 7 26 21 11 7 2 2 18 9 11 3 3 5 8 12 5 35
8 Slavia Sofia 22 11 2 9 25 22 11 7 2 2 16 9 11 4 0 7 9 13 3 35
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 3 3 13 15 11 2 4 5 11 13 -4 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 22 8 2 12 30 29 11 6 1 4 19 10 11 2 1 8 11 19 1 26
11 Botev Vratsa 22 6 4 12 18 36 11 5 2 4 8 13 11 1 2 8 10 23 -18 22
12 Beroe 22 5 5 12 19 38 11 4 2 5 13 17 11 1 3 7 6 21 -19 20
13 Septemvri Sofia 22 4 7 11 20 29 11 1 5 5 6 13 11 3 2 6 14 16 -9 19
14 OFK Pirin 22 3 7 12 15 30 11 2 4 5 9 16 11 1 3 7 6 14 -15 16
15 Hebar 1918 22 4 4 14 12 39 11 1 3 7 7 18 11 3 1 7 5 21 -27 16
16 Spartak Varna 22 2 6 14 17 43 11 2 3 6 10 16 11 0 3 8 7 27 -26 12

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.