SOFIA. Levski Sofia tops Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 1-0 after F. Krastev scored just 1 goal (45′). Levski Sofia was surely better in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov stadium in Sofia on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.8 degrees Celsius or 44.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 75 Ball Possession 25
Shots
- 14 Total 2
- 6 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 1
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 131 Attack 63
- 116 Dangerous attack 39
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Levski Sofia was in firm control of the ball 75% while Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 was struggling with a 25% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia was putting more pressure with 116 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Levski Sofia won the match.
Levski Sofia shot 14 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Levski Sofia received 1 yellow card (M. Petkov). Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 received 5 yellow cards (Antonio Vutov, Krasimir Miloshev, Ivaylo Naydenov, Celso Raposo and Bruno).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Levski Sofia will have 44 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will stay with 34 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Levski Sofia will play away with CSKA Sofia on the 17th of April with a 19-11 head to head record in favor of CSKA Sofia (13 draws).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will host OFK Pirin on the 14th of April with a 3-3 head to head stats.
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
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72'
90'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, Kellian van der Kaap, José Córdoba, Wenderson Tsunami, Andrian Kraev, Filip Krastev, Ronaldo, Ivelin Popov, Welton and Ricardinho.
The home team had on the bench: Nikolay Mihaylov, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev, Asen Mitkov, Jawad El Jemili, Marin Petkov and Borislav Rupanov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 4 changes: Ronaldo for Jawad El Jemili Setti (72′), Ricardinho for Marin Petkov (79′), Ivelin Popov for Asen Mitkov (90′) and Welton for Borislav Ivanov Rupanov (90′).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – Formation
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Stanislav Genchev played with: Baboucarr Gaye, Matheus Duarte Rocha, Alan Carlos, David Malembana, Julian Nenov, Krasimir Miloshev, Bozhidar Katsarov, Ivaylo Naydenov, Antonio Vutov, Carlos França and Stanislav Kostov.
They had on the bench: Aleksandar Lyubenov, Bruno Franco, Celso Raposo, Dimo Bakalov, Hristian Chipev, Martin Raynov and Luka Ivanov.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 made 3 changes: Stanislav Kostov for Dimo Bakalov (60′), Krasimir Miloshev for Martin Raynov (60′) and Yuliyan Nenov for Celso Raposo (67′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
