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Levski Sofia

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Levski Sofia won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 5-1 First League defeat in their last game at the hands of Ludogorets Razgrad.

The only player to score from Levski Sofia was Marin Petkov (16'). Rwan Cruz (3'), Georgi Terziev (47'), Jakub Piotrowski (56'), Kwadwo Duah (63') and Caio Vidal (92') scored for Ludogorets Razgrad.

Their more recent scorelines reveal that quality has been evident in the Levski Sofia backline. Levski Sofia have been stingy, seeing the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their last six outings standing at 1. However, time will tell if that trend will persist in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Levski Sofia:

• have not won against CSKA Sofia in their previous 3 league matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 6 home league matches.

CSKA Sofia

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in First League competition, CSKA Sofia and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The only player to score from CSKA Sofia was Danilo Moreno (73'). Mitchy Ntelo (60') and Kristiyan Peshov (93') scored for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

A succession of steadfast performances from the CSKA Sofia defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their past 6 clashes combined. During the same period, their own attack force has managed to score 11.

Coming into this meeting, CSKA Sofia are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 06/03/2022, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Levski Sofia winning 1 of those games, CSKA Sofia 1 and 4 being draws in normal time.

A combined sum of 6 goals were scored between them in these games, with 3 of them for The Blue Avalanche and 3 created by The Army Men. The average goals per game has been 1.

The previous league encounter between these sides was First League match day 13 on 07/10/2023 when the final score was CSKA Sofia 1-1 Levski Sofia.

That time, CSKA Sofia managed 48% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Jonathan Lindseth (49').

On the other side, Levski Sofia got 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Ronaldo (43') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Radoslav Gidzhenov.

ℹ️ Team News: Levski Sofia

Fábio Lima (Muscle strain), Asen Mitkov (Knee injury) and Iliyan Stefanov (Knee injury) will not be able to play for Levski Sofia boss Nikolay Kostov.

In all likelihood, The Blue Avalanche could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one and select Ivan Andonov, P. Galchev, Kristian Dimitrov, Jose Cordoba, Tsunami, Kelian van der Kaap, Carlos Ohene, Jawad El Jemili, Patrik Myslovic, Everton Bala and Ricardinho.

📰 Team News: CSKA Sofia

With a completely healthy group available for selection, the CSKA Sofia boss Nestor El Maestro has zero fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.

From our viewpoint, The Army Men could decide to play in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation, giving starts to Gustavo Busatto, Enes Mahmutovic, Jurgen Mattheij, Brayan Cordoba, Thibaut Vion, Marcelino Carreazo, Tobias Heintz, Olaus Jair Skarsem, Jonathan Lindseth, Matthias Phaeton and Fernando Karanga.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia may well end up cancelling each other out here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. Therefore, we predict a very close game with a 1-1 draw at the end of the match.

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

Victor Martins, 11:07 07/04/2024