Levski Sofia vs PAOK FC prediction for Thursday’s Europa Conference League fixture at Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium in Sofia. This match is the first leg of the ECL qualification quarter-finals. Read on for our free prediction betting tips and preview.
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Bookmaker Ratings prediction one: Levski Sofia win or draw – 1.66
Bookmaker Ratings prediction two: Under 2.5 goals – 1.61
Bookmaker Ratings prediction three: PAOK 0 goals handicap – 1.54
Levski Sofia Win or Draw
According to the statistics, there is a 70% probability of a Levski win since they won seven of their last home games. While PAOK’s chances of winning this one stand at 10% after winning just one of their last 12 fixtures in all competitions.
Under 2.5 Goals
A low-scoring game is expected by the bookies on Thursday as both teams’ recent games have produced fewer than three goals in most of them. In detail, Levski’s eight of their last ten home games and PAOK’s ten of their last 11 fixtures saw under 2.5 goals.
PAOK 0 Goal Handicap
In their last 15 games on the road, PAOK won five and drew four games covering the 0 goal handicap in all of those matches.
Levski Sofia is one of Bulgaria’s most successful football clubs with 74 total trophies including 26 national titles. Moreover, the Blues are the only team in the league to have never been relegated and the first Bulgarian team to have played in the UEFA champions league group stages in 2006.
The last time Levski played in Europe was in 2019/20 in the Europa League when they lost by 0-7 aggregate to AEK Larnaca. In the previous four times that Levski played Greek teams in Europe, they won twice and lost twice. Failing to win the league since 2009, Levski finished fourth last season in the Parva Liga and gained the last ticket to play in the conference league.
PAOK have the third-most fanbase in Greece and according to research by Marca, they are the most popular Greek football team on social media. Three-time Greek champions the White-Blacks finished second in the Greek Super League last season.
Having appeared many times in the Europa League, they have not played in the Champions League group stages. However, last season was PAOK’s best in Europe after reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League where they were eliminated by Marseille 1-3 on aggregate.
PAOK’s recent form is making us skeptical about backing them for a win in Sofia despite being favorites. They have not won a competitive away game in seven outings and their preseason friendlies were very convincing either. Hence we prefer to back a double chance of a home win or draw.
In their last ten fixtures, Levski Sofia scored on average 1.50 goals per game. Moreover, PAOK had no clean sheets in their last seven games. Thus with odds of 3.48 at Helabet, we will back Levski Sofia to score one or more goals on Thursday.
Levski’s left-back player named Tsunami has a knee injury and will be out till late August.
As for PAOK, center-back Michailidis is recovering from an ACL injury, attacking midfielder El Kaddouri has a thigh muscle strain, and center-forward Oliveira has a fractured rib.
Levski Sofia: Mihaylov, Cordoba, van der Kaap, Sundberg, Galchev, Krastev, Kraev, Ronaldo, Milanov, Welton, Bari.
PAOK: Kotarski, Augusto, Dantas, Ingason, Kargas, Konstantelias, Koutsias, Kurtic, Quagliata, Rafam Sastre.
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Who won the last meeting between these clubs?
This is the first meeting between these teams.
Where will this match be played?
Thursday’s game will be played at Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium in Sofia.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this fixture?
We recommend checking out the odds at Helabet for Levski Sofia vs PAOK.