aleavici-football · v1.0-xgboost · 11 September 2026
UEFA Europa League

Levski Sofia vs RB Salzburg

Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 16:45
Blowout AlertHigh probability of dominant scoreline — 73% confidence
Win probability
62%
Levski Sofia wins
20%
Draw
18%
RB Salzburg wins
xG Home
2.19
Levski Sofia
Blowout %
73%
Dominant win
xG Away
1.07
RB Salzburg
Analysis

Our model puts a Levski Sofia win at 62% in this UEFA Europa League fixture — the clearest call on this fixture. Expected goals run 2.19 to 1.07.

Where we disagree with the market

Bookmakers price Levski Sofia at 2.85, which implies about 35.1%. Our model has it at 62% — 26.9 points higher. That is a wide gap, and it is worth being plain about what it means: it is not a claim that the price is wrong and we are right. It means two methods that usually agree have landed far apart on this one, and only the result will say which of them read it better.

Evenly rated

There is almost nothing between these two on rating — 1503 against 1498, a gap of 5 points. Fixtures this evenly matched are where a model has least to say: the probabilities below are honest, but they are close to a coin weighted only slightly.

Margin risk

Our blowout flag reads 73.3%: more than half of all simulations end with a three-goal margin or more. Finishing gaps that wide make the scoreline far less predictable than the winner.

Market odds
2.85
Levski Sofia
3.60
Draw
2.35
RB Salzburg
Published 11 September 2026 · aleavici-football
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