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VARNA. Ludogorets beat Spartak Varna to win 2-1. It was Ludogorets to strike first with an early goal of Kiril Despodov at the 8′. Then Igor Thiago scored again for Ludogorets in the 21′ minute. Eventually, Luan reduced the distance for Spartak Varna (57′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Ludogorets took advantage of its better ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadion Lokomotiv stadium in Varna on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Georgi Ginchev with the help of Daniel Nikov and Martin Machev. The 4th official was Krasen Georgiev. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 9 Total 15
- 2 On Target 8
- 7 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 86 Attack 92
- 52 Dangerous attack 77
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 1
Ball possession
Ludogorets was in firm control of the ball 59% while Spartak Varna was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ludogorets was putting more pressure with 77 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ludogorets won the contest.
Spartak Varna shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ludogorets shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Spartak Varna received 4 yellow cards (P. Dimov, R. Antwi, R. Ivey and B. Vasev). On the opposite side, Ludogorets received 2 yellow cards (Anton Nedyalkov and Show).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Spartak Varna will stay with 8 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Ludogorets will have 46 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Parva Liga, Spartak Varna will play away with Arda on the 6th of March with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Arda (0 draws).
Ludogorets will host OFK Pirin on the 5th of March with a 9-1 head to head statistic in favor of Ludogorets (1 draw).
Spartak Varna – Formation
Spartak Varna
57'
46'
76'
Spartak Varna started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Dimitar Petrov Dimitrov decided to play with the following team: Cristiano Pereira, Luan, Ben Kantie Karamoko, Aleksandar Tsvetkov, Alexandr Belousov, Rumen Rumenov, Rober Sierra, Romeesh Ivey, Leroy-Jacques Mickels, Rodney Antwi and João Mário.
The home team had on the bench: Ivan Dichevski, Plamen Dimov, Ewandro Costa, Ivaylo Klimentov, Viktor Mitev, Bozhidar Vasev, Nathan Holder, Denys Balanyuk and Andrian Dimitrov.
Substitutions
Spartak Varna made 5 changes: Ben Kantie Karamoko for Plamen Dimov (46′), Rober Sierra for Bozhidar Vasev (73′), R. Antwi for Denys Balanyuk (73′), João Mário for Ewandro (80′) and A. Belousov for Viktor Mitev (80′).
Ludogorets – Formation
Ludogorets
Ludogorets started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ante Šimundža played with: Sergio Padt, Aslak Fonn Witry, Franco Russo, Olivier Verdon, Anton Nedyalkov, Show, Pedro Naressi, Kiril Despodov, Nonato, Bernard Tekpetey and Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Simon Sluga, Danny Gruper, Igor Plastun, Georgi Terziev, Jorginho, Raí Nascimento, Dominik Yankov, Spas Delev and Matías Tissera.
Substitutions
Ludogorets made 2 changes: Nonato for Dominik Yankov (75′) and Kiril Despodov for Spas Delev (88′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Parva Liga.
- Levski Sofia – Cherno More – 0-1
- CSKA 1948 Sofia – Hebar 1918 – 2-0
- Spartak Varna – Ludogorets – 1-2
