Levski Sofia massive favourites before trip to Spartak Varna

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Competition: Bulgaria Parva Liga
Competition: Sun 06.November
Match begins: 12:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Spartak (30000 seats)

Spartak Varna are looking to brush off the league table before this fixture versus Levski Sofia. Here's everything you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals (33) in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Parva Liga

Levski Sofia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Parva Liga game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Cherno More. 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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Spartak Varna form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Parva Liga this season. Spartak Varna have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadion Spartak.

Spartak shared the glory with Slavia Sofia in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cherno More that ended 0-0.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Spartak Varna had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 0 and lost 3. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Spartak Varna lost 0 similar games by at least two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Spartak here at Stadion Spartak in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Spartak Varna have conceded 11 goals.

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Levski Sofia form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Parva Liga, are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Parva Liga. Levski has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 24 days ago, in the Slavia Sofia fixture.

The attacking players of Levski Sofia have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 252 minutes. The Levski Sofia goalkeeper Plamen Andreev is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 194 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cherno More (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs CSKA 1948 Sofia.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's last 11 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Levski Sofia have been victorious in every one of the 9 most recent matches against this side. Can they do it again?

Spartak Varna and Levski Sofia have duelled previously this season: Levski Sofia - Spartak Varna 5-0.

Top Goalscorers

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

Spartak Varna missing players

Levski Sofia missing players

Spartak Varna Levski Sofia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 7 15
1 1 1 Won W 2 2 8
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
11 5 2 Lost L 0 3 3
11 5 4 Scored S 3 6 22
33 11 6 Conceded C 0 6 7
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 71% 80%
69% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 43% 53%
44% 25% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 27%
44% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
25% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
44% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 20%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 57% 73%
56% 62% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 27%
 
3.2 3.9 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 6.3 6.8
6.7 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 2.6 2.7
2.4 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.4 8.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 17 14.9 16.9
2.6 3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 4.9 5.5
26% 21% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 18% 27%
 
15.7 13.2 15 Shots against (avg) S A 4 4.6 4.2
6.1 5.1 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.7 1.7 1.5
Key stats in Parva Liga this season:
  • Levski Sofia have created more than twice as many corners as Spartak Varna.
  • 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 fewest conceded goals (7) in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have the most clean sheets (11) in Parva Liga
  • Levski Sofia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Spartak Varna have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Spartak Varna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Spartak Varna have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Parva Liga
  • Spartak Varna have the most conceded goals (33) in Parva Liga
  • Spartak Varna 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 16 13 1 2 32 9 8 8 0 0 20 3 8 5 1 2 12 6 23 40
2 Ludogorets 14 11 2 1 40 8 7 6 1 0 20 3 7 5 1 1 20 5 32 35
3 CSKA 1948 Sofia 16 9 5 2 25 11 8 6 2 0 17 4 8 3 3 2 8 7 14 32
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 16 9 3 4 18 11 8 6 0 2 13 6 8 3 3 2 5 5 7 30
5 Cherno More 16 8 5 3 17 13 8 5 2 1 10 6 8 3 3 2 7 7 4 29
6 Levski Sofia 15 8 4 3 22 7 8 6 2 0 16 1 7 2 2 3 6 6 15 28
7 Slavia Sofia 15 8 2 5 18 15 7 5 2 0 12 6 8 3 0 5 6 9 3 26
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 16 7 4 5 22 18 8 5 2 1 11 6 8 2 2 4 11 12 4 25
9 Arda 16 6 5 5 16 17 8 4 2 2 9 8 8 2 3 3 7 9 -1 23
10 Botev Plovdiv 16 5 1 10 19 23 8 4 0 4 12 10 8 1 1 6 7 13 -4 16
11 Botev Vratsa 16 4 2 10 15 28 8 3 1 4 6 13 8 1 1 6 9 15 -13 14
12 Septemvri Sofia 16 3 4 9 16 24 8 1 4 3 5 10 8 2 0 6 11 14 -8 13
13 Beroe 16 3 4 9 12 29 8 3 2 3 9 11 8 0 2 6 3 18 -17 13
14 Hebar 1918 16 3 2 11 9 32 8 1 2 5 6 14 8 2 0 6 3 18 -23 11
15 OFK Pirin 16 1 6 9 9 23 8 1 3 4 5 13 8 0 3 5 4 10 -14 9
16 Spartak Varna 16 1 4 11 11 33 8 1 2 5 5 11 8 0 2 6 6 22 -22 7

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.