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Bulgarian football is entering the decisive season phase. On the last day of the game, the penultimate day of the game was played in the Parva Liga – except for the catch-up games by some teams. A match day is still pending before the league is then divided into championship and relegation playoffs. In the cup, however, is the semi-final this week.
In addition to the semi-final pairing between Botev Plovdiv and CSKA Sofia, Lok Plovdiv and Levski Sofia will meet. As can be seen from the odds of the best bookmakers, the home side are slightly favored despite the limited home backdrop. In contrast to numerous other countries in Europe, where the games are played against a ghost backdrop, Bulgaria is played in front of a limited number of spectators.
The Bulgarian Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev grants the football clubs a stadium occupancy rate of almost 30%. There were no major surprises in the Parva League at the weekend when the resumption of play in Bulgaria – at least in the upper half of the table. With the exception of Levksi Sofia, all potential candidates for the championship playoffs were able to prevail.
Levski Sofia got an uncomfortable opponent to start again with leaders Ludogorets. In an equal duel there was a close 0-1 home defeat for fourth in the table from Sofia. It is quite possible that the next competitive game will follow without a win. After all, the cup game in Plovdiv is one of the toughest away games of the season.
Lok Plovdiv is one of the strongest home teams in the Bulgarian House of Lords. In addition to our Lok Plovdiv vs Levski Sofia prediction, further tips and analyzes of the football matches during the week can be found in the betting base section Sports betting tips.
Locomotive Plovdiv:
The championship title this season is expected to go to Ludogorets Razgrad again. As can be seen in the previous table of the Parva Liga, Ludogorets has a comfortable point cushion on the pole position and also has one game less on the account. For pursuers like Lokomotiv Plovdiv, the rest of the season is still of great importance.
In the championship playoffs, Lokomotiv Plovdiv will try to defend the lucrative second place in the Parva Liga. The Smurfs from Plovdiv want to qualify for the Europa League. Last year Lokomotiv had to cut sail in the third qualifying round against Racing Strasbourg.
It remains to be seen whether the next attempt at the Europa League group stage will be successful, but there has been an upward trend in the Smurfs throughout the season. The table position behind the heavyweight from Razgrad is well deserved. One of the success factors this season was undoubtedly home strength.
In 13 home games the Smurfs from Plovdiv had a record of 8-5-0. If the cup games are added, where Lokomotiv beat CSKA 1948 Sofia, among others, the Parva Liga runners-up have been unbeaten since 15 home games in a row. Last weekend there was a comfortable 2-0 home win over Etar.
Coach Bruno Akrapovic is unlikely to make any changes to his starting line-up despite a short recovery period.
Levski Sofia:
Levski Sofia suffered an unfortunate loss to the leaders from Razgrad two games before the end of the season in the Bulgarian Parva Liga. This also continued the negative trend before the season break. Levksi Sofia has now been without a win for six league games in a row. But there were remarkable results in the cup.
The Blue from Sofia prevailed in the last cup round against the leaders from Razgrad. In a competitive quarter-final, Levski Sofia benefited from a missed Razgrad penalty in the last minute of stoppage time. After a goalless extra time, there was a semi-final ticket for the fourth from Sofia in the penalty shootout.
In contrast to the most recent round of the cup, the semi-finals in Bulgaria will be played with a return leg. Levksi Sofia wants to present at the away game in Plovdiv and is building on the recent performance against Ludogorets. A draw would be a reasonable result for the first leg due to the opponent’s home strength.
For Levksi Sofia there have only been defeats against Botev Plovdiv (0: 1) and Ludogorets (0: 2) in the away games of the current season. The away record of 4-6-2 is impressive, even if there were four points in a row recently. In the regular season, Levski Sofia remained unbeaten at Lok Plovdiv and is therefore confident about the first leg.
Coach Petar Hubchev will be able to draw on the full in the cup game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Changes in the starting eleven are not expected.
Lok. Plovdiv vs Levski Sofia head to head matches
15.12.19 1L Lok. Plovdiv Levski Sofia 0 : 0
24.08.19 1L Levski Sofia Lok. Plovdiv 1 : 0
17.02.19 1L Levski Sofia Lok. Plovdiv 1 : 1
16.09.18 1L Lok. Plovdiv Levski Sofia 1 : 0
04.11.17 1L Levski Sofia Lok. Plovdiv 1 : 0