VARNA. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 bested Spartak Varna to win 2-1. It was Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to strike first with an early goal of Antonio Vutov at the 4′. Then it was a penalty in the 9′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Yuliyan Nenov gave the win to Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in the 49′ minute with a goal. Spartak Varna was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Stadion Spartak stadium in Varna on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.7 degrees Celsius or 60.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 15 Total 5
- 6 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 2
- 8 Shots blocked 0
- 119 Attack 80
- 108 Dangerous attack 56
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 4
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Spartak Varna was in firm control of the ball 63% while Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Spartak Varna was more pushing with 108 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Spartak Varna shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Spartak Varna received 3 yellow cards (Ben Kantie Karamoko, R. Ivey and Ewandro Costa). On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 received 3 yellow cards (Yuliyan Nenov, Stanislav Kostov and Antonio Vutov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Spartak Varna will stay with 12 points to hold in the 16th place. On the other side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will have 31 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Spartak Varna will host Beroe on the 9th of April with a 2-2 head to head record.
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will host Slavia Sofia on the 17th of March with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Slavia Sofia (0 draws).
Spartak Varna – Formation
Spartak Varna
41'
77'
8'
Spartak Varna adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Dimitar Petrov Dimitrov decided to play with the following team: Cristiano Pereira, Alexandr Belousov, Plamen Dimov, Ben Kantie Karamoko, Rumen Rumenov, Rober Sierra, Ivan Yordanov, Romeesh Ivey, João Mário, Ewandro Costa and Leroy-Jacques Mickels.
The home team had on the bench: Ivan Dichevski, Luan, Nathan Holder, Ivaylo Klimentov, Viktor Mitev, Bozhidar Vasev, Rodney Antwi and Denys Balanyuk.
Substitutions
Spartak Varna made 4 changes: João Mário for Rodney Antwi (46′), Ewandro Costa for Bozhidar Vasev (53′), I. Yordanov for Martin Raynov (72′) and A. Belousov for Luka Ivanov (87′).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – Formation
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
Also Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Stanislav Genchev played with: Baboucarr Gaye, Matheus Duarte Rocha, Bozhidar Katsarov, Mario Petkov, Krasimir Miloshev, Ivaylo Naydenov, David Malembana, Antonio Vutov, Carlos França, Stanislav Kostov and Julian Nenov.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Aleksandar Lyubenov, Alan Carlos, Bruno Franco, Dimo Bakalov, Martin Raynov, Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Luka Ivanov.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 made 3 changes: Stanislav Kostov for Dimo Bakalov (77′), Carlos França for Viktor Mitev (78′) and Mario Petkov for Luka Ivanov (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- OFK Pirin – Hebar 1918 – 2-0
- Spartak Varna – Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – 1-2
- Levski Sofia – Botev Vratsa – 2-0
