Betting preview: Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs Levski Sofia should be interesting

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Date: Sun 15.December
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lokomotiv (13000 seats)

A key match in Parva Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 9 Parva Liga games here at Stadion Lokomotiv for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, who have the most scored goals (41) in Parva Liga,. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Lokomotiv Plovdiv have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv are confident in defense, having played 329 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Levski Sofia in the Parva Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Dunav 2010.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Lokomotiv with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Lokomotiv Plovdiv have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

As the visiting team in Parva Liga matches, Levski Sofia, who have the the best goal difference (+24) in Parva Liga, have produced an overall stat of 4-3-2 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Levski Sofia, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

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

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Lokomotiv Plovdiv (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The Parva Liga match ended in a draw 0-0. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Vitosha Bistritsa.

Levski Sofia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Levski Sofia 0-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv victories, 4 draws and 3 Levski Sofia wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv PlovdivD. Iliev
D. Iliev
11 goals
Levski SofiaS. Ivanov
S. Ivanov
8 goals
Levski SofiaN. Robertha
N. Robertha
8 goals

Lokomotiv Plovdiv missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

Lokomotiv Plovdiv Levski Sofia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
12 6 1 Won W 0 4 13
5 4 1 Drew D 1 4 4
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
41 15 2 Scored S 2 15 37
19 5 1 Conceded C 4 7 13
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
75% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 80%
55% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 45%
40% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 30%
30% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
55% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 35%
40% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 55%
15% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 20%
 
4.9 4.1 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 6 5.4 6.2
5.2 4.6 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 2.3 2.9
2.4 2.9 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 1.7
4 4 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
188 90 16 Total Shots T S 12 95 233
92 44 9 Shots on Target S O 7 42 96
45% 34% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 39%
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Levski Sofia has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
  • Levski Sofia has the the best goal difference (+24)
  • Levski Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Levski Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv has the most scored goals (41)
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lokomotiv Plovdiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 19 14 5 0 29 7 10 7 3 0 16 3 9 7 2 0 13 4 22 47
2 Levski Sofia 19 13 3 3 37 13 10 9 0 1 22 6 9 4 3 2 15 7 24 42
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19 12 4 3 41 19 9 6 3 0 15 5 10 6 1 3 26 14 22 40
4 CSKA Sofia 20 11 6 3 35 14 10 6 3 1 21 9 10 5 3 2 14 5 21 39
5 Cherno More 20 7 8 5 24 18 10 4 4 2 15 9 10 3 4 3 9 9 6 29
6 Slavia Sofia 19 8 5 6 22 19 9 3 2 4 12 14 10 5 3 2 10 5 3 29
7 Beroe 20 9 1 10 31 29 10 6 1 3 17 9 10 3 0 7 14 20 2 28
8 Arda 20 7 7 6 23 24 10 4 3 3 11 12 10 3 4 3 12 12 -1 28
9 Botev Plovdiv 19 7 4 8 21 23 10 5 1 4 12 9 9 2 3 4 9 14 -2 25
10 Etar 20 4 7 9 18 34 10 3 4 3 8 16 10 1 3 6 10 18 -16 19
11 Dunav 2010 20 4 5 11 16 34 10 2 2 6 8 17 10 2 3 5 8 17 -18 17
12 Tsarsko selo 20 4 4 12 19 33 10 2 3 5 11 16 10 2 1 7 8 17 -14 16
13 Botev Vratsa 20 3 5 12 17 38 10 2 3 5 9 16 10 1 2 7 8 22 -21 14
14 Vitosha Bistritsa 19 1 2 16 11 39 9 1 1 7 7 19 10 0 1 9 4 20 -28 5

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.