SOFIA. Levski Sofia prevails over Botev Vratsa with a 2-0 win with a goal from Welton (24′) and a goal from J. Petris (40′). Levski Sofia was surely better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Andrian Kraev missed a penalty (5′) for Levski Sofia.
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 weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6 degrees Celsius or 42.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 24 Total 5
- 9 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 1
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 126 Attack 68
- 108 Dangerous attack 44
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 14 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Levski Sofia was in firm control of the ball 70% while Botev Vratsa was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia was more pushing with 108 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Levski Sofia won the match.
Levski Sofia shot 24 times, 9 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Botev Vratsa shot 5 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Levski Sofia received 1 yellow card (Ivelin Popov). On the opposite side, Botev Vratsa received 2 yellow cards (Jean-Pierre Da Sylva and Bryan Mendoza).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Levski Sofia will have 38 points like Lokomotiv Plovdiv to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Botev Vratsa will stay with 22 points like Septemvri Sofia to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Levski Sofia will play away against Arda on the 19th of March with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Levski Sofia (2 draws).
Botev Vratsa will play away agasint Ludogorets on the 8th of April with a 11-1 head to head stats in favor of Ludogorets (1 draw).
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
40'
90'
54'
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, Filip Krastev, Andrian Kraev, Ronaldo, Ivelin Popov, Welton and Ricardinho.
The home team had on the bench: Nikolay Mihaylov, Kellian van der Kaap, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev, Kristian Dimitrov, Asen Chandarov, Jawad El Jemili and Marin Petkov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 5 changes: Ricardinho for Jawad El Jemili Setti (72′), Welton for Marin Petkov (72′), Ivelin Popov for Asen Chandarov (78′), Filip Krastev for Kristian Dimitrov (90′) and Ronaldo for Kellian van der Kaap (90′).
Botev Vratsa – Formation
Botev Vratsa
Botev Vratsa started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Daniel Morales played with: Krasimir Kostov, Diego Ferraresso, Petko Ganev, Luiz Felipe de Souza Soares, Bryan Mendoza, Chavdar Ivaylov, Antonio Georgiev, Stefan Emilov Gavrilov, Miroslav Marinov, Marco Ludivin Majouga and Jean-Pierre Da Sylva.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Federico Barrios, Lukas Pivetta Brambilla, Peter Kepov, Kleri Serber, Diogo Barbosa, Daniel Genov, Krasimir Todorov, Brayan Perea and Mitko Adrianov Panov.
Substitutions
Botev Vratsa made 4 changes: Petko Ganev for Diogo Barbosa (61′), Jean-Pierre Da Sylva for Kléri Serber (61′), Stefan Gavrilov for Krasimir Todorov (75′) and Marco Majouga for Daniel Genov (88′).
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
