Match preview: Levski Sofia likely to triumph over OFK Pirin at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov (25000 seats)

Levski Sofia are keen to get the points at home in this match vs OFK Pirin.

Insights:
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Parva Liga

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Parva Liga. That game was also an away game, at Lokomotiv Plovdiv. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Parva Liga numbers at home for Levski Sofia so far this season.

A strong away win for Levski against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 the last match, as Bilal Bari and Zdravko Dimitrov were on target.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at CSKA Sofia.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Bulgarian Cup game versus Septemvri Simitli in only three days. This game is also played here at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov.

The Levski fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Levski Sofia defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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OFK Pirin form and stats

There's been little loot from OFK Pirin's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Parva Liga. OFK Pirin only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.

Pirin are travelling again after losing away to Lokomotiv Plovdiv in their previous match (1-2).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Botev Vratsa.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Pirin manager W. Feeney as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Slavia Sofia.

The attacking power of Pirin when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Pirin struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these squads: Levski won nine, OFK Pirin triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

OFK PirinS. Yordanov Kostov
S. Yordanov Kostov
5 goals
LevskiB. Tsonev
B. Tsonev
4 goals
OFK PirinK. Stanoev
K. Stanoev
4 goals

Levski Sofia missing players

OFK Pirin missing players

Levski Sofia OFK Pirin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 6 11
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 1 Lost L 1 5 7
14 8 3 Scored S 0 4 16
20 10 3 Conceded C 3 11 21
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 91%
73% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 82%
36% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 45%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
73% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 82%
9% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
27% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 18%
 
3.1 3.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 2.3 3.4
5.7 4.7 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.2 5
2.7 3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.7 3.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.2 10.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.7 8.3
4 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.2 3.9
32% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 16% 37%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • OFK Pirin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • OFK Pirin have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Parva Liga
  • OFK Pirin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • OFK Pirin have yet to win a game away.
  • OFK Pirin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 8 0 1 27 6 5 5 0 0 17 1 4 3 0 1 10 5 21 24
2 CSKA Sofia 8 7 1 0 18 9 4 3 1 0 7 4 4 4 0 0 11 5 9 22
3 Botev Plovdiv 11 6 3 2 17 12 6 6 0 0 13 5 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 21
4 Slavia Sofia 11 5 4 2 12 9 5 3 2 0 7 4 6 2 2 2 5 5 3 19
5 Cherno More 11 4 5 2 14 9 5 1 3 1 4 3 6 3 2 1 10 6 5 17
6 Beroe 11 5 1 5 12 13 6 4 1 1 5 3 5 1 0 4 7 10 -1 16
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 10 3 4 3 10 14 4 3 0 1 5 3 6 0 4 2 5 11 -4 13
8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11 2 5 4 8 10 6 1 3 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 2 2 -2 11
9 CSKA 1948 Sofia 11 3 2 6 15 21 6 3 1 2 12 9 5 0 1 4 3 12 -6 11
10 Levski Sofia 11 3 2 6 14 20 6 2 1 3 8 10 5 1 1 3 6 10 -6 11
11 Arda 9 2 4 3 8 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 6 1 3 2 4 4 0 10
12 Botev Vratsa 11 2 4 5 12 20 6 1 4 1 7 7 5 1 0 4 5 13 -8 10
13 OFK Pirin 11 2 2 7 16 21 5 2 1 2 12 10 6 0 1 5 4 11 -5 8
14 Tsarsko selo 11 1 3 7 4 15 6 1 2 3 3 6 5 0 1 4 1 9 -11 6

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.