Lokomotiv Sofia vs Slavia Sofia Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Lokomotiv Sofia

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Lokomotiv Sofia, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-2 First League success against Spartak Varna.

In that match, Lokomotiv Sofia managed 43% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Lokomotiv Sofia, the goalscorers were Antonio Vutov (4') and Yuliyan Nenov (49'). For their opponents, Spartak Varna had 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. Rumen Rumenov (8') was the scorer for Spartak Varna.

Lokomotiv Sofia have really struggled up front of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 vs opposition teams during the course of their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, Lokomotiv Sofia have also seen the tally of goals against them total 11.

Their previous form shows that Lokomotiv Sofia:

• have not emerged victorious against Slavia Sofia in their last 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

Slavia Sofia

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Slavia Sofia will go into the clash after a 1-0 First League win vs Arda Kardzhali in their most recent outing.

The only player to score from Slavia Sofia was Toni Tasev (81').

Zlatomir Zagorčić's Slavia Sofia have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 5 times in the course of their latest six matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 6.

Taking a look at their past results, Slavia Sofia:

• are winless against Lokomotiv Sofia when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings going back to 04/05/2014 shows that Lokomotiv Sofia have won 4 of them & Slavia Sofia 2, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 for The Railwaymen and 6 coming from The White Avalanche. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was First League match day 9 on 02/09/2022 and the score finished Slavia Sofia 2-1 Lokomotiv Sofia.

The match was refereed by Stanislav Todorov.

📰 Team News: Lokomotiv Sofia

Miki Orachev (Cruciate Ligament Surgery) and Kadu (Cruciate Ligament Surgery) won’t be available for Lokomotiv Sofia manager Stanislav Genchev.

It’s our opinion that The Railwaymen will probably kick off with a 3-5-2 formation for this one and select Baboucarr Gaye, Mario Petkov, David Malembana, Matheus Duarte, Yulian Nenov, Bojidar Katsarov, Martin Raynov, Krasimir Miloshev, Ivaylo Naydenov, Stanislav Kostov and Franca.

📰 Team News: Slavia Sofia

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection, the Slavia Sofia boss Zlatomir Zagorčić has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash.

We reckon that The White Avalanche might play in a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Svetoslav Vutsov, Ertan Tombak, Emil Viyachki, Veljko Jelenkovic, Ludovic Soares, Chung Nguyen Do, Erol Dost, Emil Stoev, Galin Ivanov, Toni Tasev and Vladimir Nikolov.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia are both capable of scoring here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. That’s why our selection here is for a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 draw at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 02:36 14/03/2023