Europa League · League phase, matchday 2 Match report

NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Levski Sofia: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

NEC Nijmegen

1-1Full time

Levski Sofia

Thursday 15 October 2026, 19:00 UTC Goffertstadion, Nijmegen

Our picks against the result

5 of 12 right

Result NEC Nijmegen win44% 1-1
Double chance NEC Nijmegen or Levski Sofia (12)76% 1-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.555% 2 goals
More corners NEC Nijmegen67% NEC Nijmegen (6-1)
Yellow cards Above average 1 yellow card · league 3.1
Yellow cards 1 yellow card 3.5 Under52% 4.5 Under71% 5.5 Under84%
Corners Around average 7 corners · league 10.6
Corners 7 corners 8.5 Over63% 9.5 Over53% 10.5 Under58%

Match stats

NEC Nijmegen Levski Sofia

1 Goals 1
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
6 Corners 1

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

NEC Nijmegen vs Levski Sofia is the Europa League league phase, matchday 2 tie at the Goffertstadion on Thursday 15 October 2026, and our model picks a home win, with no draw in the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model leans on home advantage to side with NEC Nijmegen at the Goffertstadion. Against that sits the long-run, xG-based strength rating, which puts Levski Sofia slightly ahead of the home side, and both clubs are a long way short of the Europa League average this season. The pick holds because of what the visitors have been producing going forward: over their last five matches their big chances and their visits to the opposition box sit some way under the league average, so the danger they carry is limited. The overall reading still favours the team playing at home, and the call is a narrow one.

Form guide

NEC Nijmegen

D 1-1 at Ajax (A) Eredivisie · 10 Oct
D 1-1 vs Go Ahead Eagles (H) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
L 0-5 at Juventus (A) Europa League · 17 Sep
L 0-3 at Cambuur (A) Eredivisie · 12 Sep
D 2-2 vs Excelsior (H) Eredivisie · 8 Sep

Levski Sofia

W 2-0 at Cherno More Varna (A) First Professional League · 11 Oct
L 0-1 vs Salzburg (H) Europa League · 17 Sep
D 0-0 at Botev Vratsa (A) First Professional League · 13 Sep
W 1-0 vs CSKA 1948 (H) First Professional League · 5 Sep
W 2-1 at Slavia Sofia (A) First Professional League · 2 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

NEC NijmegenLevski Sofia

Attack 26 11 0.0 goals per match this season0.0 goals per match this season

Defence 11 49 5.0 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.