📊 Form Guide

Levski Sofia

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Levski Sofia, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-3 First League success over Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

For Levski Sofia, the goals were scored by Jawad El Jemili (52', 97') and Marin Petkov (82').

Their latest results show that it has been a great time for the Levski Sofia backline. Levski Sofia have been mean at the back, with the number of goals that have gone in at their end during their past six outings standing at 1.

Going into this one, Levski Sofia are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Slavia Sofia

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Since a loss in their previous game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in First League competition, Slavia Sofia and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

The only scorer from Slavia Sofia was Toni Tasev (70'). Ewandro (42') and Dimitar Iliev (72') scored for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

The stats don’t lie, and Slavia Sofia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals overall. Defensively, Slavia Sofia just haven’t been too solid at all. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, though.

Leading up to this clash, Slavia Sofia:

• haven't been beaten by Levski Sofia in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels stretching back to 24/07/2021, both clubs have shared the honours with Levski Sofia winning 3 of those games, Slavia Sofia 3 and 0 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A combined total of 15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 for The Blue Avalanche and 7 for The White Avalanche. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was First League match day 11 on 27/09/2023 when it ended Slavia Sofia 0-2 Levski Sofia.

That time, Slavia Sofia had 45% possession and 11 shots on goal with 6 of them on target.

Levski Sofia got 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. Ronaldo (34') and Welton Felipe (54') scored.

The referee was Valentin Zhelezov.

📰 Team News: Levski Sofia

Iliyan Stefanov (Knee injury), Fábio Lima (Muscle strain) and Asen Mitkov (Knee injury) will not be able to play for Levski Sofia boss Nikolay Kostov. José Córdoba will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

It seems likely that The Blue Avalanche will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Plamen Andreev, P. Galchev, Kelian van der Kaap, Kristian Dimitrov, Tsunami, Patrik Myslovic, Carlos Ohene, Everton Bala, Jawad El Jemili, Marin Petkov and Ricardinho.

ℹ️ Team News: Slavia Sofia

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the Slavia Sofia boss Zlatomir Zagorčić has zero fitness worries to report coming into this match.

We are inclined to think that The White Avalanche might make use of a 4-1-4-1 formation using Svetoslav Vutsov, Ertan Tombak, Veljko Jelenkovic, Viktor Genev, Ventsislav Kerchev, Emil Martinov, Emil Stoev, Chung Nguyen Do, Ivan Minchev, Toni Tasev and Vladimir Nikolov.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that Levski Sofia will, in all likelihood, be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

Conversely, Slavia Sofia might well find it a difficult task to score a goal of their own but we do fancy them managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a decent 3-1 victory for Levski Sofia come full-time.

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

Renata Leite, 16:10 29/03/2024