📊 Form Guide

Cherno More Varna

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Cherno More Varna will be hoping to bounce back here after a 1-0 First League losing effort in their last game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

Oliver Kamdem (30') was the scorer for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

Over their prior 6 fixtures, Ilian Iliev's Cherno More Varna have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 7 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.17.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Cherno More Varna:

• have left without a victory over Levski Sofia in their previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 14 home league matches. What a fantastic run.

Levski Sofia

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against CSKA Sofia in First League competition, Levski Sofia will be aiming to make amends here.

Tobias Heintz (61') and Fernando Karanga (77') scored for CSKA Sofia.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Levski Sofia has become evident recently. Examining their last six outings reveals that it has occurred 5 times. In those clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 7 while Levski Sofia have scored 7. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.

Coming into this meeting, Levski Sofia haven't been defeated by Cherno More Varna when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 09/04/2022 shows us that Cherno More Varna have won 1 of them and Levski Sofia 4, with the number of drawn results being 1.

8 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 2 of them from The Sailors and 6 netted by The Blue Avalanche. The average goals per game has been 1.33.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was First League match day 14 on 22/10/2023 when it finished Levski Sofia 1-0 Cherno More Varna.

That day, Levski Sofia managed 65% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jawad El Jemili (58').

On the other side, Cherno More Varna had 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Nikola Popov.

📰 Team News: Cherno More Varna

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the Cherno More Varna manager Ilian Iliev to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Breno (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t play.

ℹ️ Team News: Levski Sofia

Levski Sofia boss Nikolay Kostov has multiple availability issues to deal with. Asen Mitkov (Knee injury), Fábio Lima (Muscle strain), Iliyan Stefanov (Knee injury), José Córdoba (Virus) and Kellian van der Kaap (Virus) are those who can’t be considered.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Levski Sofia and Cherno More Varna could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

It could well end in a draw. We’re therefore seeing a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 17:09 13/04/2024