Soccer match preview: Levski Sofia confident before travelling to Botev Vratsa

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (12000 seats)

Levski Sofia have travelled here for an interesting battle versus the hosts Botev Vratsa. Get ready for the match with this thorough Parva Liga preview!

Insights:
  • Botev Vratsa have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Parva Liga

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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Botev Vratsa form and stats

Botev Vratsa must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Parva Liga games here at Stadion Hristo Botev.

Vratsa lost their last game at Slavia Sofia (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Before that, Botev Vratsa had a home game versus Spartak Varna which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Botev Vratsa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.

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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 7 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 16 fixtures.

308 minutes! That's how long the Levski Sofia goalkeeper Plamen Andreev and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Levski won their last game, 4-0 versus Hebar 1918 played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Levski Sofia was very dominant against Hebar 1918, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Tsunami, Milanov, Petkov and Krastev providing the goals.

aweayteam Hara magic won.

The schedule is very tough for Levski now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super Cup game at Ludogorets is waiting in only four days.

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

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Botev Vratsa two wins, three draws and Levski Sofia five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VratsaB. Perea Vargas
B. Perea Vargas
5 goals
Levski SofiaF. Yavorov Krastev
F. Yavorov Krastev
3 goals
Levski SofiaB. Bari
B. Bari
2 goals

Botev Vratsa missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

Botev Vratsa Levski Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 1 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
9 4 0 Scored S 0 0 10
13 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
71% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 75%
14% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 25%
 
4.9 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 9.8
4.4 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 1.2
3.1 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 14.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 24.5
3.9 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 7
33% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 36%
 
13 12.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 3.2
4 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 0.8
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Botev Vratsa have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Parva Liga

  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 1948 Sofia 7 5 2 0 13 5 4 3 1 0 10 4 3 2 1 0 3 1 8 17
2 Cherno More 6 5 0 1 9 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 15
3 Ludogorets 5 4 1 0 16 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 2 1 0 9 2 14 13
4 CSKA Sofia 5 4 1 0 11 2 4 4 0 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9 13
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 6 4 1 1 6 4 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 13
6 Slavia Sofia 5 4 0 1 8 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 6 2 5 12
7 Arda 7 4 0 3 9 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 5 5 1 12
8 Levski Sofia 4 3 0 1 10 1 3 3 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 9
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 7 2 3 2 7 5 4 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 9
10 Botev Vratsa 7 2 1 4 9 13 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 5 10 -4 7
11 Septemvri Sofia 7 2 1 4 9 13 4 1 1 2 4 8 3 1 0 2 5 5 -4 7
12 Hebar 1918 7 2 0 5 4 13 3 0 0 3 1 7 4 2 0 2 3 6 -9 6
13 Beroe 7 1 2 4 6 14 4 1 2 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 2 9 -8 5
14 OFK Pirin 7 0 2 5 4 12 3 0 1 2 2 7 4 0 1 3 2 5 -8 2
15 Botev Plovdiv 6 0 1 5 6 13 3 0 0 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 1
16 Spartak Varna 7 0 1 6 2 17 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 0 3 0 11 -15 1

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.