Levski welcomes the vice-champion Cherno More in the derby of the 29th round of efbet League. The main referee will be Georgi Davidov, reports gong.bg. The “Blues“ have won their last two matches in the championship and the fans will expect new success when their favorites face the “Sailors“. There are all the prerequisites for “Gerena“ to be full and this will give even more motivation to Julio Velázquez's players. Levski defeated Beroe 1:0 in the last round and collected 59 points, nine more than third-placed Arda.
However, Levski has lost its last two matches against Cherno More, and has not won against this rival in four consecutive official matches, so this is another reason to be ambitious to win. It was the Varna team that inflicted Levski's only loss in 2025, which came in the 1/4 finals of the SESAME Cup of Bulgaria tournament.
Cherno More still holds a position in the Top 4 of the standings before the start of the round, with only a point ahead of fifth-placed Spartak Varna, who defeated Krumovgrad 1:0 on Friday. The “Sailors” have not won in six consecutive matches in all tournaments. In their last match in the championship, the Varna team drew 1:1 at home against Botev Plovdiv, and during the week, Ilian Iliev's team ended in a goalless draw against CSKA in the first match of the 1/2 finals of the SESAME Cup of Bulgaria.
From the Levski squad, Kristian Dimitrov will certainly be out for this match, who has started running training and continues his recovery, as well as Mustafa Sangare, who has been suspended for accumulated yellow cards. Velasquez also said that Karl Fabien and Asimi Fadiga will be in question until the end. The good news is related to the return of Kristian Makun after a sanction.
The head coach of Cherno More Ilian Iliev will return to the touchline after serving a suspension, but Daniel Martin and Ismail Isa are injured and will miss the match. Tsvetomir Panov remains questionable.
Matches from the 29th round in the First Football League:
Spartak (Vn) – Krumovgrad 1:0
Beroe - CSKA 1948 2:0
Botev (Pd) – September 3:0
CSKA-Sofia - Loko (Pd) 2:0
On Sunday:
Arda - Loko (Sf) (15:00, Diema Sport)
Levski - Cherno More (17:30, Diema Sport)
On Monday:
Slavia - Botev (Vr) (17:30, Diema Sport)
Hebar - Ludogorets (20:00, Diema Sport)