SOFIA. Slavia Sofia found a way to turn the tables against Levski Sofia to win 2-1. It was Levski Sofia to strike first with a goal of I. Popov at the 21′. Then it was a goal in the 78′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, E. Dost gave the win to Slavia Sofia in the 90′ minute. Levski Sofia lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
I. Popov squandered a decisive penalty (54′). That would have allowed Levski Sofia to draw the match.
The match was played at the Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov stadium in Sofia on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Georgi Kabakov who had the assistance of Martin Margaritov and Diyan Valkov. The 4th official was Petar Kuzev. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.2 degrees Celsius or 46.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 14 Total 6
- 3 On Target 3
- 11 Off Target 3
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 117 Attack 80
- 96 Dangerous attack 31
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Levski Sofia was in firm control of the ball 58% while Slavia Sofia was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia was putting more pressure with 96 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Slavia Sofia managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Levski Sofia shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Slavia Sofia shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Levski Sofia received 2 yellow cards (I. Popov and A. Kraev). Regarding the opposition, Slavia Sofia received 4 yellow cards (H. Popadiyn, L. Soares, G. Ivanov and E. Viyachki).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Levski Sofia will stay with 29 points like Cherno More to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Slavia Sofia will have 32 points to go up in the 5th place.
Next matches
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
56'
66'
21'
Levski Sofia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Stanimir Kolev Stoilov decided to play with the following team: Plamen Andreev, Jeremy Petris, Noah Sonko Sundberg, José Córdoba, Wenderson Tsunami, Andrian Kraev, Filip Krastev, Ronaldo, Georgi Milanov, Welton and Ivelin Popov.
The home team had on the bench: Nikolay Mihaylov, Kellian van der Kaap, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev, Shehu Abdullahi, Borislav Rupanov, Asen Mitkov and Marin Petkov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 3 changes: G. Milanov for A. Shehu (66′), I. Popov for M. Petkov (66′) and Ronaldo for B. Rupanov (85′).
Slavia Sofia – Formation
Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Zlatomir Zagorčić played with: Svetoslav Vutsov, Hristo Popadiyn, Emil Viyachki, Ventsislav Kerchev, Ludovic Soares, Kemelho Nguena, Emil Stoev, Darko Tasevski, Galin Ivanov, Toni Tasev and Ahmed Ahmedov.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Georgi Petkov, Konstantin Cheshmedjiev, Georgi Valchev, Erol Dost, Ivan Minchev, Kristian Dobrev and Martin Sorakov.
Substitutions
Slavia Sofia made 5 changes: D. Tasevski for I. Minchev (60′), A. Ahmedov for M. Sorakov (60′), T. Tasev for K. Dobrev (60′), V. Kerchev for K. Cheshmedjiev (84′) and E. Stoev for E. Dost (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Parva Liga.
- Cherno More – CSKA Sofia – 0-2
- Levski Sofia – Slavia Sofia – 1-2
- Arda – Botev Plovdiv – 2-1
