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Lokomotiv Sofia vs Slavia Sofia Live Stream, Predictions
The First League meeting at Stadion Lokomotiv on Saturday will see home side Lokomotiv Sofia fighting it out with opponents Slavia Sofia.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Lokomotiv Sofia v Slavia Sofia, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
📊 Form Guide
Lokomotiv Sofia
DDLWLW ⚖
Lokomotiv Sofia, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-2 First League victory vs Etar Veliko Tarnovo.
In that game, Lokomotiv Sofia managed 49% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Lokomotiv Sofia was Ivaylo Naydenov (89'). Etar Veliko Tarnovo had 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Gorka Larrucea (54' Own goal) and Ivan Vasilev (81') scored for Etar Veliko Tarnovo.
It’s been seldom in recent games that Lokomotiv Sofia haven’t conceded. In fact, Lokomotiv Sofia have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 7 goals on the way.
Heading into this fixture, Lokomotiv Sofia are without a win at home for the past 8 league matches. No joy for the home fans.
Slavia Sofia
WDLWDD
In their previous game, Slavia Sofia drew 2-2 in the First League tie with Botev.
In that match, Slavia Sofia had 42% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Slavia Sofia was Toni Tasev (10', 50'). For their opponents, Botev Plovdiv got 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Yanis Karabelyov (48') and Georgi Nikolov (87') scored for Botev.
The stats don’t lie, and Slavia Sofia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in all. Defensively, Slavia Sofia have not been doing too well. That pattern isn’t assured to be sustained here, though.
A look at their previous results shows us that Slavia Sofia:
- have not won against Lokomotiv Sofia in away games against them for the last 5 league matches. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 07/03/2022 shows us that Lokomotiv Sofia have won 2 of these games and Slavia Sofia 3, with the number of draws being 1.
A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from The Railwaymen and 9 belonging to The White Avalanche. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
The previous league clash featuring these sides was First League match day 9 on 16/09/2023 and the score finished Slavia Sofia 1-2 Lokomotiv Sofia.
In that match, Slavia Sofia had 63% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player to score was Galin Ivanov (77').
Lokomotiv Sofia had 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Simeon Mechev (34') and Steve Traoré (70') scored.
The referee was Radoslav Gidzhenov.
📋 Team News: Lokomotiv Sofia
The Lokomotiv Sofia boss Danilo Dončić does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this match thanks to a completely healthy group to choose from. Suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are França and Krasimir Miloshev.
📰 Team News: Slavia Sofia
Due to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Slavia Sofia manager Zlatomir Zagorčić doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash. Erol Dost is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
🧠 Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.
There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We therefore see a very even match with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 10:07 09/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Lokomotiv Sofia
Formed: 1929
Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv (22,000)
Captain: Krasimir Miloshev
Chairman: Boycho Velichkov
Manager: Danilo Dončić
Competitions: First League position 11
⭐ Key Man: Dimitar Mitkov
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Dimitar Mitkov was born in Bulgaria. After having played his first senior match for Ludogorets Razgrad in the 2020 - 2021 season, the skilful Forward has hit 3 league goals in the First League 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 21 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 51 | WWWWW |
2 |
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23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 51 | WWLWW |
3 |
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23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 48 | DLWLW |
4 |
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23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 44 | WWWWW |
5 |
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24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 44 | WWLLW |
6 |
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22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 37 | LWDDL |
7 |
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23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 33 | WWWWW |
8 |
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23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 33 | WWLWD |
9 |
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23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 32 | WLLLD |
10 |
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23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | -14 | 26 | DLWDD |
11 |
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23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 25 | DLWLW |
12 |
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23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 25 | LDLLL |
13 |
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23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 23 | LLLWL |
14 |
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23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -18 | 20 | DLLWD |
15 |
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23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | -31 | 13 | LLLLL |
16 |
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24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | -31 | 10 | DDLLL |
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Etar Veliko Tarnovo |
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Krumovgrad |
Hebar Pazardzhik |
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Arda Kardzhali |
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
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Botev |
CSKA 1948 |
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Beroe Stara Zagora |
Cherno More Varna |
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Krumovgrad |
Lokomotiv Sofia |
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Arda Kardzhali |
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Levski Sofia |
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CSKA 1948 |
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Cherno More Varna |
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CSKA 1948 |
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Cherno More Varna |
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Ludogorets Razgrad |
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Hebar Pazardzhik |
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Pirin |
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Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 38 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 57 |
Yellow cards | 2.6 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 3-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
França | 3 |
Dimitar Mitkov | 3 |
Antoni Ivanov | 2 |
Simeon Mechev | 2 |
Krasimir Stanoev | 2 |
Toni Tasev | 8 |
Galin Ivanov | 4 |
Vladimir Nikolov | 3 |
Viktor Genev | 2 |
Martin Georgiev | 1 |
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Beroe Stara Zagora |
CSKA 1948 |
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Botev |
Levski Sofia |
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Pirin |
Arda Kardzhali |
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Slavia Sofia |
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Hebar Pazardzhik |
Krumovgrad |
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