UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 Qualifying rounds Tue, Jul 14 · 18:30 Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia
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Our take

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Forecasts are published up to 21 days before kick-off.

Away travel543 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d1 · 1
Real contextStrength only
Levski Sofia—%
Draw—%
Borac Banja Luka—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Sofia)

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RefereeAndy Madley
  • Cards per match 3.5
  • Penalties per match 0.17
  • Matches 142

Team strength

Levski SofiaBorac Banja Luka
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
26 Current StrengthIn forecast 20
24 AttackIn forecast 20
26 DefenceIn forecast 22
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Levski Sofia

Attack—
Defense risk—

Borac Banja Luka

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Levski SofiaBorac Banja Luka
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
0.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.90
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
— xGVia Att/Def 1.00
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.62
— Goals minus xGContext -0.10
70% Scored inContext 70%
30% Clean sheetsContext 40%
8.60 ShotsContext 12.00
2.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.00
23% On target shareContext 33%
3.50 Shots in the boxContext 6.86
39% Box shareContext 54%
9% ConversionContext 6%
1.00 OffsidesContext 2.50
11.20 Shots allowedContext 13.14
4.40 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.14
2.00 BlocksContext 5.50
2.40 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.14
55% Save rateContext 76%
48% PossessionIn forecast 49%
450 PassesContext 424
374 Accurate passesContext 338
83% Pass accuracyContext 80%
6.56 Team ratingContext 6.97
13.20 FoulsContext 12.29
12.80 Fouls sufferedContext 16.29
2.10 Yellow cardsContext 2.60
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Levski Sofia
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km1,086 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Borac Banja Luka
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel543 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Levski Sofia Borac Banja Luka
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7UEFA Champions League 2026-2027, 7 Jul7UEFA Champions League 2026-2027, 7 Jul
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km543 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,086 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 1 / 11 / 1 / 1
Next matchdays after this one8—

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Levski Sofia Confirmed XI
4-4-2
92S. Vutsov(G)
3Maicon 31N. Serafimov 50K. Dimitrov 71W. Kamdem
20Álex Centelles 35Serginho 18G. Trdin 11A. Oko-Flex
17Everton Bala 7Reinaldo
Borac Banja Luka Confirmed XI
3-4-3
21N. Ćetković(G)
6S. Saničanin 3Abel Pascual 30N. Jakšić
16S. Herrera 18M. Jojić 98S. Ogrinec 19V. Rogan
77S. Savić 7L. Juričić 12A. Hiroš

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Levski Sofia Absences are shown before kick-off
Borac Banja Luka Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Levski Sofia · Home No home games yet this season.
Borac Banja Luka · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 1 of 1 meetings

0 Levski Sofia wins1 draws0 Borac Banja Luka wins
Goals per game1.00 – 1.00 Over 2.50% Both scored100% Clean sheets0% · 0%
  • 7 Jul 2026Borac Banja Luka1–1Levski Sofia

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Andy Madley 142 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.35league 4.47
Red cards0.13league 0.32
Cards 5+28%league 37%
Fouls23.1league 18.0
Penalties0.17league 0.53
Home wins46%league 42%
Levski Sofia

No previous matches with this referee.

Borac Banja Luka

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Levski Sofia1 games · scored 1 · conceded 1
1 0-15
16-30
31-45
1 46-60
61-75
76-90
Borac Banja Luka1 games · scored 1 · conceded 1
1 0-15
16-30
31-45
1 46-60
61-75
76-90
Levski Sofia10 games · scored 9 · conceded 12
1 4 0-15
16-30
1 1 31-45
2 1 46-60
1 61-75
5 5 76-90
Borac Banja Luka10 games · scored 9 · conceded 12
1 1 0-15
1 16-30
3 31-45
3 46-60
3 3 61-75
5 1 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.