Levski Sofia vs Borac Banja Luka - prediction, team news, lineups

Levski Sofia and Borac Banja Luka volition conscionable astatine Stadion Georgi Asparuhov connected Tuesday evening for the 2nd limb of their Champions League archetypal qualifying circular tie. 

The 2 teams were made to settee for a 1-1 gully successful the archetypal leg, leaving everything each quadrate going into this meeting.

Match preview

Levski Sofia won their archetypal Parva Liga rubric since 2008-09 successful 2025-26, which ensured they would participate the qualifying rounds for the accidental to vie successful the Champions League this term. 

Having failed to suffice for immoderate European contention since their back-to-back Europa League appearances successful 2009-10 and 2010-11, the Blues volition beryllium anxious to enactment unneurotic a beardown qualifying run and publication their spot successful 1 of the 3 European tournaments.

Levski Sofia's archetypal lucifer backmost successful the Champions League qualifiers since a devastating playoff decision successful 2009-10 saw them travel from down to unafraid a 1-1 gully with Borac Banja Luka successful the archetypal limb of the archetypal qualifying round. 

Julio Velazquez's broadside were constrictive favourites heading into the clash and were the amended of the 2 teams connected the day, taking 15 shots to Borac's six, but were forced to travel from down to unafraid the draw. 

Now acceptable to instrumentality to their location crushed for the 2nd leg, Levski Sofia volition surely beryllium the favourites to grounds a triumph and publication their spot successful the adjacent round, particularly arsenic they person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 16 matches astatine home.

Borac Banja Luka, meanwhile, person consistently competed for a spot successful European contention successful caller seasons, astir notably making it to the Conference League Round of 16 successful 2024-25.

After failing to unafraid a Champions League qualifying spot past term, the Red-Blues volition beryllium hoping to advancement past the archetypal qualifying circular for conscionable the 3rd clip successful their history. 

Despite Levski Sofia holding the location vantage successful this 2nd leg, Vinko Marinovic's broadside boast an awesome grounds connected the road, remaining undefeated successful their past 15 distant fixtures.

Borac Banja Luka do, however, person an underwhelming grounds distant from location successful European competition, winning lone 2 of their past 18 distant matches.

Levski Sofia Champions League form:

Borac Banja Luka Champions League form:

Team News

Armstrong Oko-Flex arrived from the seat to people the equaliser for Levski Sofia successful the archetypal leg, and the guardant could beryllium rewarded with a commencement here.

Meanwhile, the remainder of the squad that fought from down to unafraid the 1-1 gully successful the archetypal limb could commencement connected Tuesday.

As for Borac Banja Luka, Marinovic whitethorn determine to sanction an unchanged squad from the 1 that featured successful the archetypal limb past week. 

Goalscorer Luka Juricic should proceed to pb the line, portion a midfield 3 of Sandi Ogrinec, Matej Deket and Milos Jojic could besides remain.

Levski Sofia imaginable starting lineup:

Vutsov; Kamdem, Dimitrov, Serafimov, Maicon; Serginho, Trdin, Bouras; Oko-Flex, Reinaldo, Bala

Borac Banja Luka imaginable starting lineup:

Cetkovic; Rogan, Pascual, Sanicanin, Herrera; Ogrinec, Deket, Jojic; Hrelja, Juricic, Savic

We say: Levski Sofia 2-0 Borac Banja Luka

Levski Sofia were the stronger squad successful the archetypal limb contempt failing to unafraid the victory, but with the location enactment providing a further vantage successful the 2nd leg, we expect the hosts to unafraid the triumph connected Tuesday.

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