Viktoria Plzeň — Levski Sofia 1:2, 22 October: match result

match finished UEFA Europa League · Matchday 3 Thursday 22 October · 19:00 UTC

Viktoria Plzeň 32th · 0 pts WLLLW

1 : 2 1st half 0:1

Levski Sofia 26th · 1 pts WWDL

Doosan Arena · referee A. Hernandez

Match predictionSafe

No goal fest expected

91% · Under 2.5 goals in 2 of 3 Levski Sofia games

Prediction landed. We predicted “No goal fest expected”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Viktoria Plzeň 39% draw 27% Levski Sofia 34%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Viktoria Plzeň win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Viktoria Plzeň win — they got it wrong.

fans 52 votes

Viktoria Plzeň 46% draw 17% Levski Sofia 37%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. Soula 20'

Everton Bala assist: Reinaldo 0-1 44'

S. Pirgic for P. Hrosovsky 60'

S. Lawal for D. Visinsky 60'

A. Oko-Flex for M. Soula 60'

C. Kabongo assist: C. Souare 1-1 62'

Reinaldo assist: Maicon 1-2 66'

A. Bouras for Everton Bala 74'

B. Faal for T. Ladra 74'

A. Sojka for T. Paliscak 74'

M. Vydra for C. Kabongo 77'

A. Centelles for M. Moubarik 82'

J. Perea for Reinaldo 82'

S. Pirgic 87'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Viktoria Plzeň 4-2-2-2 4-2-3-1 Levski Sofia

Florian Wiegele  
Tobias Pališčák  40 Sampson Dweh  3 Denis Vavro  19 Cheick Souaré  
Patrik Hrošovský  6 Lukáš Červ  
Amar Memić  9 Denis Višinský  
Tomáš Ladra  25 Christophe Kabongo  

Reinaldo  
Mazire Soula  35 Serginho  17 Everton Bala  
Marko Grujić  19 El Mehdi Moubarik  
Aldair  50 Kristian Dimitrov  4 Christian Makoun  3 Maicon  
Svetoslav Vutsov  

Viktoria Plzeň bench

29Adam Gabriel
12Alexandr Sojka
23Baboucarr Faal
1Dominik Ťapaj
98Filip Prebsl
20Jiří Panoš
5Karel Spáčil
11Matěj Vydra
14Merchas Doski
10Mohamed Toure
7Salim Fago Lawal
36Stefan Pirgić

Levski Sofia bench

47Akram Bouras
11Armstrong Oko-Flex
27David Kusso
2Hevertton Santos
9Juan Perea
78Martin Lukov
31Nikola Serafimov
1Ognyan Vladimirov
28Steven Stoyanchov
20Álex Centelles

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

50%Possession50%

13Shots6

2Shots on target3

6Shots off target1

5Blocked shots2

8Shots inside box5

5Shots outside box1

105Attacks76

53Dangerous attacks17

4Corners1

1Offsides0

9Fouls11

1Yellow cards1

1Saves1

470Passes485

397Accurate passes403

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Viktoria Plzeň

Levski SofiaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Viktoria Plzeň and Levski Sofia met on matchday 3 of the UEFA Europa League on 22 October at Doosan Arena. Final score — 1:2.

Viktoria Plzeň sit 32th on 0 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses). Levski Sofia sit 26th on 1 point after 4 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 3 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Viktoria Plzeň last five Levski Sofia

WLLLW form WWDL

6 Matches 4

2 — 0 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 1

8 — 11 Scored — conceded 4 — 3

1 Points per game 1.75

1.33 Goals scored per game 1

1 Clean sheets 1

2 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 3

Viktoria Plzeň at home: 3 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 6—6, 1 points per match.

Levski Sofia away: 2 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 3—2, 2 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	Dinamo Zagreb	4	2	1	1	5—4	7
10	Levski Sofia	4	2	1	1	4—3	7
11	Sunderland	4	2	1	1	4—4	7
…
29	Jagiellonia Białystok	4	1	0	3	4—7	3
30	Viktoria Plzeň	4	1	0	3	3—7	3
31	Olympique Marseille	4	1	0	3	2—6	3

Full UEFA Europa League table