Match preview Parva Liga: Cherno More - Levski Sofia at Stadion Ticha

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ticha (12000 seats)

Cherno More and Levski Sofia have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Parva Liga.

Insights:
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cherno More and Levski Sofia.

Cherno can neither be promoted or relegated from Parva Liga.

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Cherno More form and stats

Overall Parva Liga stats at home this season for Cherno More are 7-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).

A strong away win for Cherno against Tsarsko selo the last match, as Pablo Álvarez were on target.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Botev Plovdiv the opponent.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cherno matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, three draws and zero defeats (from seven games).

Cherno are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Cherno are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Ticha in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

Levski Sofia have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Parva Liga, after 2-5-6 (13 played). Momentum is building for Levski Sofia in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Levski Sofia might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Botev Plovdiv proved too strong as Levski Sofia slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Tsarsko selo.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Levski Sofia playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Levski are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Levski Sofia - Cherno 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Cherno More, three draws and five wins for Levski Sofia. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Levski SofiaB. Tsonev
B. Tsonev
6 goals
Levski SofiaZ. Atanasov
Z. Atanasov
4 goals

Cherno More missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

Cherno More Levski Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
12 8 2 Won W 1 4 10
9 4 1 Drew D 2 5 8
10 3 1 Lost L 1 6 13
36 23 7 Scored S 5 15 32
32 16 6 Conceded C 4 12 31
87% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 87%
58% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 47% 61%
42% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 42%
19% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 13%
10% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 39%
35% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 35%
32% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 47% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
9.5 11.1 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.8 8.2
3.8 4.5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.2
30% 34% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 32%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Cherno More have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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.