Levski Sofia manager Stoilov looking for three points in Ludogorets showdown

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov (25000 seats)

Levski Sofia will hope to employ their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The hosts are currently 22 points behind Ludogorets.

Insights:
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (15) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (64) in Parva Liga

Levski Sofia are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 5th place whatever happens now. Happy, happy days for Ludogorets who are already winners of the Parva Liga. This could affect their motivation.

Levski have less rest than Ludogorets in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Parva Liga game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Slavia Sofia, so at least Levski Sofia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Levski Sofia form and stats

Levski Sofia, who have the most clean sheets (15) in Parva Liga, have played 13 Parva Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Levski Sofia here at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

A strong away win for Levski Sofia against Slavia Sofia the last match, as Stefanov and Krastev were on target.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Levski have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

The Levski Sofia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. Levski have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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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Ludogorets form and stats

Ludogorets's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ludogorets collect 28 points from their 13 away matches in the Parva Liga. 9 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Ludogorets as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Ludogorets won their last game, 1-0 versus Cherno More played at home.

Prior to that result Ludogorets won their away game at Botev Plovdiv. The scoreline was 2-1.

The Ludogorets manager Šimundža has got the team scoring on the road, with 27 away goals in 13 league matches. Ludogorets have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ludogorets - Levski Sofia 2-1 was the outcome when these squads formerly met, also in this season. Last ten meetings between these contenders: Levski Sofia won two, Ludogorets triumphed in seven and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsP. Soteriou
P. Soteriou
17 goals
LudogoretsB. Tekpetey
B. Tekpetey
10 goals
Levski SofiaB. Bari
B. Bari
6 goals

Levski Sofia missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Levski Sofia Ludogorets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 4 14 30
15 8 3 Won W 2 10 25
7 3 1 Drew D 0 1 1
8 3 0 Lost L 2 3 4
38 20 6 Scored S 4 29 76
26 11 0 Conceded C 4 15 25
83% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 83%
43% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 64% 67%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 43% 47%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 23%
40% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 64% 50%
50% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 40%
27% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 21% 10%
 
5.2 5.1 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.3 6.3
4.6 4.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.6 4.5
2.3 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.6 13.2 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13.3 13.4
4.9 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 5.3 5.7
26% 29% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 39% 44%
 
9 7.4 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.1 8.4
3.9 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3.2
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (15) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ludogorets have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most points (28) away in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (27) away in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals (64) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets have the the best goal difference (+41) in Parva Liga
  • Ludogorets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ludogorets is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 Ludogorets 26 21 1 4 64 23 13 12 0 1 37 9 13 9 1 3 27 14 41 64
2 CSKA Sofia 26 15 7 4 39 25 13 10 2 1 21 8 13 5 5 3 18 17 14 52
3 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 7 6 34 28 13 11 0 2 24 13 13 2 7 4 10 15 6 46
4 Cherno More 26 12 9 5 35 18 13 6 5 2 18 7 13 6 4 3 17 11 17 45
5 Levski Sofia 26 12 6 8 33 25 13 7 3 3 18 11 13 5 3 5 15 14 8 42
6 Slavia Sofia 26 9 9 8 30 26 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 5 5 15 16 4 36
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 9 7 10 30 35 13 6 4 3 18 15 13 3 3 7 12 20 -5 34
8 Beroe 26 9 5 12 23 27 13 6 5 2 11 8 13 3 0 10 12 19 -4 32
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 26 8 6 12 36 37 13 6 3 4 24 17 13 2 3 8 12 20 -1 30
10 Arda 26 7 8 11 27 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 13 2 3 8 9 18 -7 29
11 OFK Pirin 26 7 6 13 34 41 13 5 3 5 20 20 13 2 3 8 14 21 -7 27
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 26 6 7 13 22 42 13 6 3 4 15 17 13 0 4 9 7 25 -20 25
13 Botev Vratsa 26 5 7 14 23 48 13 3 6 4 11 17 13 2 1 10 12 31 -25 22
14 Tsarsko selo 26 3 7 16 15 36 13 3 3 7 10 17 13 0 4 9 5 19 -21 16

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.