Parva Liga match prediction: Little separates Levski Sofia and Cherno More in quality

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Thu 13.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov (25000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Parva Liga table so far. Here's the Levski Sofia - Cherno More latest:

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

It's no vacation for neither Levski nor Cherno More as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

For Cherno most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Levski Sofia have to build on here at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov in the Parva Liga. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Levski Sofia, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Levski, as their goalkeeper Nikolay Borislavov Mihaylov has completely shut out the opponents for 233 minutes in the Parva Liga.

A good away victory last time out for Levski, who won 1-0 against Botev Plovdiv. A strong away win before that one, visiting Tsarsko selo and winning 2-0.

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 Levski have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost four.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Levski, as the Parva Liga home game vs Tsarsko selo is only four days away.

Levski has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 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. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Cherno More form and stats

There's been little loot from Cherno More's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Parva Liga. Cherno More only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.

Cherno played 3-3 against Tsarsko selo in their previous match. Before that, Cherno secured a home win against Botev Plovdiv with the score 3-1.

It looked so good for Cherno More vs Tsarsko selo, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Cherno, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Cherno in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Cherno More, one draw and two defeats.

Cherno has another fixture away, a Parva Liga game, against Botev Plovdiv in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cherno More as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Cherno More in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cherno More - Levski 0-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Levski won four, Cherno More won two and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LevskiB. Tsonev
B. Tsonev
5 goals
Levski SofiaS. Petkov
S. Petkov
3 goals

Levski Sofia missing players

Cherno More missing players

Levski Sofia Cherno More
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 3 13 28
9 5 1 Won W 0 3 11
7 2 0 Drew D 1 4 8
12 6 2 Lost L 2 6 9
28 13 3 Scored S 0 10 33
27 15 3 Conceded C 5 13 29
86% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 86%
57% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 46% 57%
39% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 43%
14% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
32% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 43%
39% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 36%
43% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 100% 54% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.8 2.3
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8.1 8.4 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 7.8 9.6
3.1 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 3.9
32% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 30%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Levski Sofia 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.