The First League tie at Stadion Balgarska Armia on Saturday will see home team CSKA Sofia facing Levski Sofia.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia can be seen below (including the best match 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 a 2-3 First League triumph versus Arda Kardzhali.
For CSKA Sofia, the goals were scored by Jurgen Mattheij (12'), Tobias Heintz (59') and Olaus Skarsem (67'). 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 encounter after a 1-0 First League win in the defeat of Beroe Stara Zagora in their last fixture.
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 shows us that CSKA Sofia have won 2 of these games and Levski Sofia 1, with the number of drawn results being 3.
An aggregate of 8 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 from The Army Men and 3 being from The Blue Avalanche. That’s an average goals per game of 1.33.
The last league clash featuring these sides was First League match day 28 on 07/04/2024 which finished with the scoreline of 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 will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of before this match with a fully healthy squad to pick from.
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Team News: Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia manager Nikolay Kostov has not got a full squad to pick from. Iliyan Stefanov (Knee injury) and Asen Mitkov (Knee injury) will not be playing here.
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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,
17:18 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.