Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (3500 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another interesting battle at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 in the Parva Liga. Botev Plovdiv is in 4th place and host Levski Sofia in 11th spot. Learn more about the match here!

Insights:
  • Botev Plovdiv have the most points (6) at home in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Parva Liga

These are hectic days for the home side, as they were in action only four days ago in the Parva Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Botev Vratsa.

2 - 0 - 2 with 5-4. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Levski Sofia when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Levski Sofia play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Botev Plovdiv form and stats

Perfect Parva Liga season at home so far for Botev Plovdiv, who have the most points (6) at home in Parva Liga, 2 wins from 2 appearances.

An away draw last time out for Plovdiv, facing Botev Vratsa in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against 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 Botev Plovdiv have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost three.

Botev Plovdiv has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

Levski Sofia have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Parva Liga were 2 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 13 fixtures.

Levski had fun at their own home (Sporten kompleks Botev 1912) last time out, beating Tsarsko selo 3-1. Martin Petkov, Borislav Tsonev and Andrian Kraev scored.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Arda.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Levski playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Levski Sofia wins, three draws and two defeats.

Levski Sofia have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Botev Plovdiv, three draws and four wins for Levski Sofia. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Botev PlovdivP. Konate
P. Konate
1 goals
PlovdivJ. Costa Martins
J. Costa Martins
1 goals
Botev PlovdivE. Toku
E. Toku
1 goals

Botev Plovdiv missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

Botev Plovdiv Levski Sofia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
4 3 2 Scored S 0 0 4
4 1 1 Conceded C 2 2 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
3.5 5.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3.8
6 6.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 4.2
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 12 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 11.2
3.2 3.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.5
31% 43% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Plovdiv have the most points (6) at home in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Parva Liga
Botev Plovdiv Last season Levski Sofia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
7 5   Won W   5 11
11 6   Drew D   5 8
14 5   Lost L   6 13
34 20   Scored S   17 34
52 18   Conceded C   13 32
84% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   81% 88%
75% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 62%
53% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 44%
31% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 12%
19% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
47% 38%   BTTS BTTS   38% 41%
25% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 34%
44% 44%   Failed to Score F T   44% 38%
 
4.2 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.4
5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.7
2.7 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
4 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
9.2 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8.2
3.4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.2
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cherno More 4 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 8
2 Botev Vratsa 4 2 2 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 8
3 Slavia Sofia 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
4 Botev Plovdiv 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 7
5 Ludogorets 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 6
6 Beroe 4 2 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 6
7 Arda 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
9 CSKA Sofia 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
10 OFK Pirin 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
11 Levski Sofia 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 3
12 Tsarsko selo 4 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 2
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -3 1
14 CSKA 1948 Sofia 4 0 1 3 4 12 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 7 -8 1
Last season 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 26 20 4 2 59 18 13 12 1 0 28 4 13 8 3 2 31 14 41 64
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 15 7 4 41 19 13 8 5 0 25 10 13 7 2 4 16 9 22 52
3 CSKA Sofia 26 14 8 4 39 20 13 9 4 0 21 6 13 5 4 4 18 14 19 50
4 Arda 26 12 9 5 36 29 13 8 4 1 23 14 13 4 5 4 13 15 7 45
5 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 10 8 8 34 30 13 8 3 2 24 10 13 2 5 6 10 20 4 38
6 Beroe 26 10 7 9 38 28 13 5 3 5 20 13 13 5 4 4 18 15 10 37
7 Cherno More 26 10 7 9 27 25 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 3 4 6 10 13 2 37
8 Tsarsko selo 26 9 7 10 29 27 13 5 5 3 18 13 13 4 2 7 11 14 2 34
9 Levski Sofia 26 7 7 12 25 27 13 5 2 6 13 15 13 2 5 6 12 12 -2 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 26 5 9 12 25 46 13 4 5 4 14 16 13 1 4 8 11 30 -21 24
11 Slavia Sofia 26 6 5 15 19 40 13 4 3 6 9 16 13 2 2 9 10 24 -21 23
12 Botev Vratsa 26 6 4 16 26 39 13 3 2 8 15 18 13 3 2 8 11 21 -13 22
13 Etar 26 4 10 12 20 45 13 2 7 4 10 16 13 2 3 8 10 29 -25 22
14 Montana 26 4 8 14 21 46 13 4 3 6 17 22 13 0 5 8 4 24 -25 20

Read more about Parva Liga

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.