Levski Sofia journey to Stadion Balgarska Armia on Saturday for the First League tie with hosts CSKA Sofia.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia game - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
CSKA Sofia
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CSKA Sofia will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 2-3 First League triumph against Arda Kardzhali.
For CSKA Sofia, goals were scored by Jurgen Mattheij (12'), Tobias Heintz (57') and Olaus Skarsem (66'). Borislav Tsonev (19') and Stanislav Ivanov (21') scored for Arda Kardzhali.
CSKA Sofia haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.
They’ve totted up the amount of 12 during that time and have conceded a total of 6. While that may be of interest, we must now wait to see if the trend will be sustained in this upcoming game.
Levski Sofia
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Levski Sofia will come into the game following a 1-0 First League win to beat Beroe Stara Zagora in their most recent match.
Throughout their 6 latest matches, Nikolay Kostov's Levski Sofia have converted 8 times therefore yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 17/04/2022 tells us that CSKA Sofia have won 2 of these games & Levski Sofia 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.
A total of 8 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from The Army Men and 3 coming from The Blue Avalanche. That’s an average goals per game of 1.33.
The previous league contest between these sides was First League match day 28 on 07/04/2024 which ended up with the score at Levski Sofia 0-2 CSKA Sofia.
The match was refereed by Dragomir Draganov.
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Team News: CSKA Sofia
The CSKA Sofia boss Nestor El Maestro doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this game thanks to a fully healthy squad to choose from.
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Team News: Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia manager Nikolay Kostov has a number of players out of action. Asen Mitkov (Knee injury) and Iliyan Stefanov (Knee injury) are not ready for selection.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Levski Sofia will need to apply a lot of pressure to break down this CSKA Sofia side who we think should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.
Our tip is therefore for a narrow 1-0 win for CSKA Sofia at the end of this one.
We’re expecting it to be that close.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
03:10 24/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
CSKA Sofia
Formed: 1948
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia (22,995)
Captain: Jurgen Mattheij
Chairman: Danail Ganchev
Manager: Nestor El Maestro
Competitions: First League position 2
⭐ Key Player: Jonathan Lindseth
Mostly taking to the field in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Jonathan Lindseth was born in Porsgrunn, Norway. Having made a first senior appearance for Sarpsborg 08 in the 2019 season, the talented Midfielder has contributed 7 league goals in this First League 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 30 appearances.