First League: Levski Sofia expected to beat Cherno More

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Competition: Bulgaria First League
Competition: Fri 26.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov (25000 seats)

Excitement is likely at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov when Levski Sofia face Cherno More in what looks to be a grand fixture. Read on!

Insights:
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (22) in First League
  • Cherno More have won significantly less corners away then at home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Levski Sofia form and stats

Levski Sofia have performed here at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov this season with 10 wins from 15 First League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2. Levski has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov. We remember; it was Ludogorets.

Levski Sofia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lokomotiv Plovdiv's place. The match ended 3-0 with Ricardinho, Popov and Krastev scoring.

Before that, Levski played out a draw 2-2 when visiting CSKA 1948 Sofia.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 latest league games reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Levski Sofia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Levski Sofia have only let in {4 goals} at home. 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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Cherno More form and stats

The visitors are W7-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the First League.

Cherno played 1-1 against CSKA 1948 Sofia in their previous match.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting CSKA Sofia's place.

Cherno More have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Levski Sofia - Cherno More 0-1 was the outcome when this pair of sides formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Levski won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Cherno More have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The games between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Levski SofiaF. Yavorov Krastev
F. Yavorov Krastev
7 goals
Levski SofiaR. Viana Filho
R. Viana Filho
7 goals
Levski SofiaI. Popov
I. Popov
5 goals

Levski Sofia missing players

Cherno More missing players

Levski Sofia Cherno More
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 3 Played P 4 16 32
16 10 1 Won W 0 7 15
10 3 2 Drew D 1 4 9
6 2 0 Lost L 3 5 8
43 23 2 Scored S 2 16 37
16 4 0 Conceded C 6 15 30
81% 87% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 84%
53% 53% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 56%
28% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 34%
16% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 19% 16%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 12%
22% 13% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 19% 38%
69% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 56% 47%
28% 20% 67% Failed to Score F T 75% 44% 31%
 
6.9 7.6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.9
3.2 2.9 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 3.9 3.6
2.1 1.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
14.9 16.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 4.8 9.8 11.1
5.2 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.6 3.9
26% 27% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 30%
 
5.3 4.4 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8.9 8.7
1.9 1.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3.3
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Cherno More have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 (5) in First League
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in First League
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (12) at home in First League
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (22) 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.