- Levski Sofia are 1.61 favourites to win at Lokomotiv Sofia on Saturday.
- Lokomotiv Sofia are 5.19 to win at home, with the draw at 3.84.
Levski are a class act in Sofia
Levski Sofia will be in fine style to finish the job against Lokomotiv Sofia on Saturday with 5 wins, 4 draws and just 1 defeat from their last 10 matches in all competitions.
The Blue-Winged Ones are also in good shape with 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from their most recent 10, so both teams come into this game in a decent spell.
This preview suggests a tight derby, but Levski are the clear favorites here and that is because Julio Velazquez has them playing a 4-2-3-1 system based on structured possession football, where the double pivot covers the whole pitch and the two behind the striker can control the overloads between the lines.
They won their last game 2-0 at home to Slavia Sofia, but the result before that was a 3-0 away defeat to Spartak Varna, so Lokomotiv have been very up and down in recent weeks.
They beat Parva Liga 2026/2027 title contenders Dunav Ruse 2-1 at home after a 4-0 home rout of Borac Banjaluka in UEFA Champions League Qualification 2026 last week, so they appear to be at their best when they have time to plot and scheme.
Lokomotiv can make it close
Lokomotiv are led by Lyuboslav Penev.
Lyuboslav Penev has instilled a similar forward leaning bias in his players, but Lokomotiv are still compact and pragmatic at their core, so this should be a real contrast between two well-run clubs that want the ball and want to take the game to their opponents.
Everton Bala is the main driver for Levski, who have provided 3 assists in the last 5 games and helped fuel 9 goals in the same period.
Lokomotiv's main threat is forward Georgi Minchev, who has 3 of the team's 7 goals in the same 5 games and can win the ball in the box.
Levski are yet to secure their first away win of the season after 3 matches in all competitions, drawing all three and conceding only 2 goals.
PFC Lokomotiv Sofia vs PFC Levski Sofia prediction points to the visitors edging it, but Lokomotiv have scored an average of 1.60 goals and conceded 1.00 at home in all competitions so we don't think the hosts will be outclassed here, even if they haven't beaten Levski in the last 3 home head-to-heads. So the visitors should edge a close contest in what will be a typically competitive Sofia derby with Under 2.5 goals at 1.84 and Both Teams To Score - Yes at 1.89 a good bet.
