Betting prediction and preview: Levski Sofia fancied to be better team when visiting OFK Pirin

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev (7000 seats)

OFK Pirin are looking to take no notice of the league table before this fixture vs Levski Sofia. Here's everything you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (12) in Parva Liga

Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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OFK Pirin form and stats

OFK Pirin's struggle is real here at Stadion Hristo Botev with only 9 points collected from 9 Parva Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4.

The followers are hoping that Pirin will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Slavia Sofia (placed 4th).

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Chavdar Etropole in the Bulgarian Cup.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for OFK Pirin here at Stadion Hristo Botev in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the OFK Pirin defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Parva Liga, are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga. The away side now have four draws on the trot when competing in away games.

The attacking players of Levski have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 250 minutes.

Levski Sofia have much to remedy after their unexpected defeat (0-1) to Cherno More in their previous game, played at their own home ground.

A loss, in the Bulgarian Cup away at Ludogorets, earlier.

Low on goals? 9 of this club's most recent 12 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Levski as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Levski Sofia have won all of the 5 latest battles versus this team. Can they do it again?

The newest recorded scoreline involving both these contenders is the Levski Sofia - OFK Pirin 1-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

Levski SofiaF. Yavorov Krastev
F. Yavorov Krastev
5 goals
Levski SofiaM. Plamenov Petkov
M. Plamenov Petkov
4 goals
Levski SofiaI. Avramov Stefanov
I. Avramov Stefanov
3 goals

OFK Pirin missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

OFK Pirin Levski Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 4 9 19
2 2 0 Won W 2 2 8
6 3 0 Drew D 2 4 6
11 4 1 Lost L 0 3 5
13 8 0 Scored S 5 8 25
28 14 1 Conceded C 2 8 12
79% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 67% 79%
63% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 53%
47% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 32%
21% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 21%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
53% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 26%
21% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 56% 63%
47% 44% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 32%
 
3.6 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 6 6.4
5.1 5 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.2 3
3.2 3.9 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.7 7.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.1 15.8
3.1 3.4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.6 5.2
22% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 20% 26%
 
10.2 9.9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 5 5.6 5.1
3.7 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2 1.8
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Levski Sofia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Levski Sofia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (12) in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • OFK Pirin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • OFK Pirin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • OFK Pirin have won significantly more corners at 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 CSKA Sofia 19 15 2 2 38 10 9 8 1 0 20 3 10 7 1 2 18 7 28 47
2 Ludogorets 19 14 4 1 48 13 9 6 3 0 21 4 10 8 1 1 27 9 35 46
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 19 11 6 2 30 13 10 8 2 0 21 5 9 3 4 2 9 8 17 39
4 Slavia Sofia 19 11 2 6 24 18 10 7 2 1 16 8 9 4 0 5 8 10 6 35
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19 10 4 5 22 15 10 6 1 3 15 9 9 4 3 2 7 6 7 34
6 Cherno More 19 9 5 5 18 16 9 5 2 2 10 8 10 4 3 3 8 8 2 32
7 Levski Sofia 19 8 6 5 25 12 10 6 2 2 17 4 9 2 4 3 8 8 13 30
8 Arda 19 8 5 6 19 20 9 5 2 2 11 9 10 3 3 4 8 11 -1 29
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 19 7 6 6 23 20 9 5 2 2 12 8 10 2 4 4 11 12 3 27
10 Botev Plovdiv 19 6 2 11 26 25 10 5 1 4 18 10 9 1 1 7 8 15 1 20
11 Beroe 19 5 4 10 17 34 10 4 2 4 12 15 9 1 2 6 5 19 -17 19
12 Botev Vratsa 19 4 4 11 15 34 9 3 2 4 6 13 10 1 2 7 9 21 -19 16
13 Septemvri Sofia 19 3 6 10 17 26 10 1 5 4 6 12 9 2 1 6 11 14 -9 15
14 OFK Pirin 19 2 6 11 13 28 9 2 3 4 8 14 10 0 3 7 5 14 -15 12
15 Hebar 1918 19 3 3 13 11 37 9 1 2 6 7 16 10 2 1 7 4 21 -26 12
16 Spartak Varna 19 1 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 8 15 9 0 2 7 7 25 -25 8

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.