SOFIA. Slavia Sofia had a surprising win over OFK Pirin with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Tasev (19′) and a goal from A. Ahmedov (27′).
The match was played at the Stadion Slavija stadium in Sofia on Monday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Radoslav Gidzhenov who had the assistance of Yordan Petrov and Georgi Stamboldzhiev. The 4th official was Stoyan Arsov. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 2.8 degrees Celsius or 37.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 7 Total 11
- 3 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 98 Attack 94
- 57 Dangerous attack 73
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
Fouls
- 16 Total 17
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Slavia Sofia was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. OFK Pirin that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
OFK Pirin had a more offensive attitude with 73 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Slavia Sofia managed to find the solution to win this match.
Slavia Sofia shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, OFK Pirin shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Slavia Sofia received 3 yellow cards (Veljko Jelenkovic, Galin Ivanov and Emil Stoev). Talking about the opposition, OFK Pirin received 4 yellow cards (Ilker Ilkov Budinov, Cebrail Makreckis, Andrey Yordanov and Andrey Yordanov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Slavia Sofia will have 35 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, OFK Pirin will stay with 12 points like Hebar 1918 to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Parva Liga, Slavia Sofia will play away with Ludogorets on the 19th of February with a 19-3 head to head stats in favor of Ludogorets (5 draws).
OFK Pirin will play away agasint Ludogorets on the 5th of March with a 9-1 head to head statistic in favor of Ludogorets (1 draw).
Slavia Sofia – Formation
Slavia Sofia adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Zlatomir Zagorčić decided to play with the following team: Svetoslav Vutsov, Ertan Tombak, Emil Viyachki, Veljko Jelenkovic, Ludovic Soares, Kristiyan Stoyanov, Kristian Dobrev, Galin Ivanov, Erol Dost, Toni Tasev and Ahmed Ahmedov.
The home team had on the bench: Georgi Petkov, Ventsislav Kerchev, Hristo Popadiyn, Nathan Gassama, Darko Tasevski, Emil Stoev, Chung Nguyen Do and Vladimir Nikolov.
Substitutions
Slavia Sofia made 3 changes: K. Dobrev for Emil Stoev (66′), Galin Ivanov for Nathan Gassama (79′) and Erol Dost for Vladimir Nikolov (90′).
OFK Pirin – Formation
Also OFK Pirin adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Hristo Angelov Yanev played with: Yanko Georgiev, Ilker Budinov, Aleksandar Dyulgerov, Hristofor Hubchev, Vyacheslav Velev, Ventsislav Bengiusov, Dmytro Semeniv, Dimitar Tonev, Krasimir Stanoev, Andrey Yordanov and Daniil Kondrakov.
They had on the bench: Maksym Kovalov, Rayan Senhadji, Ivan Tasev, Martin Smolenski, Cebrail Makreckis, Boris Tyutyukov, Preslav Yordanov and Martin Stanislavov Bachev.
Substitutions
OFK Pirin made 5 changes: D. Tonev for Cebrails Makreckis (46′), Dmytro Semeniv for Ivan Kostadinov Tasev (46′), Krasimir Stanoev for Preslav Yordanov (70′), Ilker Ilkov Budinov for Martin Ognyanov Smolenski (79′) and D. Kondrakov for Boris Tyutyukov (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Parva Liga.
- Slavia Sofia – OFK Pirin – 2-0