BISTRICA. CSKA 1948 Sofia tops Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1-0 after Pedrinho scored a penalty (51′).
Giovanni Troupée received a red card (49′). This red card was one of the reason why Lokomotiv Plovdiv lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadion Vitosha stadium in Bistrica on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 9 Total 4
- 3 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 1
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 89 Attack 79
- 53 Dangerous attack 60
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 15 Total 14
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. CSKA 1948 Sofia was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Lokomotiv Plovdiv had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, CSKA 1948 Sofia was capable to find the solution to win this match.
CSKA 1948 Sofia shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiv Plovdiv shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
CSKA 1948 Sofia received 4 yellow cards (Pedrinho, Parvizdzhon Umarbaev, R. Daskalov and Héliton). Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiv Plovdiv received 2 yellow cards (Petar Vitanov and Josip Tomasevic).
Also, Lokomotiv Plovdiv didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Giovanni Troupée (Lokomotiv Plovdiv) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (49′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, CSKA 1948 Sofia will have 57 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Plovdiv will stay with 43 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, CSKA 1948 Sofia will host Slavia Sofia on the 6th of May with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of CSKA 1948 Sofia (2 draws).
Lokomotiv Plovdiv will host Levski Sofia on the 8th of May with a 22-11 head to head statistic in favor of Levski Sofia (11 draws).
CSKA 1948 Sofia – Formation
CSKA 1948 Sofia
69'
85'
51'
CSKA 1948 Sofia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Todor Yanchev decided to play with the following team: Daniel Naumov, Steve Furtado, Héliton, Lazar Marin, Sidcley, Ivajlo Chochev, Parvizdzhon Umarbaev, Radoslav Kirilov, Pedrinho, Georgi Rusev and Svetoslav Dikov.
The home team had on the bench: Gennadiy Ganev, Angel Lyaskov, Angel Granchov, Mario Topuzov, Octávio, Reyan Daskalov, Aleksandar Kolev, Yevhen Serdyuk and Preslav Antonov.
Substitutions
CSKA 1948 Sofia made 4 changes: Pedrinho for Mario Topuzov (63′), Parvizdzhon Umarbaev for Reyan Daskalov (63′), Sidcley for Angel Lyaskov (84′) and Sidcley for Aleksandar Kolev (85′).
Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Formation
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
49'
Lokomotiv Plovdiv started with a 5-2-3 line-up (5-2-3).
Aleksandar Tomash Tomovski played with: Dinko Horkaš, Giovanni Troupee, Miloš Petrović, Martin Paskalev, Hristo Ivanov, Matheus Silva, Petar Vitanov, Pierre Desiré Zebli, Giovanny, Babacar Dione and Dimitar Iliev.
These were the players on the bench: Ilko Pirgov, Josip Tomašević, Todor Pavlov, Georgi Karakashev, Ivan Mihaylov, Denislav Aleksandrov, Erik Sorga, Ivailo Dimitrov and Andreev Petr.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Plovdiv made 3 changes: H. Ivanov for Denislav Aleksandrov (57′), Dimitar Iliev for Josip Tomašević (57′) and Babacar Dione for Erik Sorga (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- CSKA 1948 Sofia – Lokomotiv Plovdiv – 1-0
- Hebar 1918 – Arda – 0-1
