SOFIA. Levski Sofia snatched a late win Beroe 1-0 after A. Chandarov scored just 1 goal (90′). Levski Sofia was definitely better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov stadium in Sofia on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 12 Total 4
- 2 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 1
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 116 Attack 74
- 101 Dangerous attack 39
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 0
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 26
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Levski Sofia was in firm control of the ball 65% while Beroe was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia was more aggressive with 101 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Levski Sofia won the match.
Levski Sofia shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Beroe shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Levski Sofia received 3 yellow cards (A. Chandarov, Ivelin Popov and M. Petkov). Talking about the opposition, Beroe received 5 yellow cards (Cascardo, Zarija Lambulic, Romario Moise, Pedro Henrique and Vinni Triboulet).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Levski Sofia will have 48 points like Cherno More to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Beroe will stay with 24 points like Botev Vratsa to hold in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Levski Sofia will play away against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on the 8th of May with a 22-11 head to head stats in favor of Levski Sofia (11 draws).
Beroe will host OFK Pirin on the 30th of April with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Beroe (11 draws).
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
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90'
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, Noah Sonko Sundberg, Wenderson Tsunami, Andrian Kraev, Filip Krastev, Ronaldo, Ivelin Popov, Welton and Ricardinho.
The home team had on the bench: Nikolay Mihaylov, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev, David Mihalev, Asen Chandarov, Asen Mitkov, Antoan Stoyanov, Jawad El Jemili and Marin Petkov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 3 changes: Jeremy Petris for Patrik-Gabriel Dimitrov Galchev (54′), Ivelin Popov for Asen Chandarov (62′) and Welton for Marin Petkov (82′).
Beroe – Formation
Beroe
Beroe started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
Nikolay Kirov played with: Ivan Karadzhov, Gustavo Cascardo, Zarija Lambulić, Pedro Henrique, Spas Georgiev, Serkan Ussein, Klaidher Macedo, Bozidar Pencev, Saná Gomes, Uerdi Mara and Kaloyan Krastev.
These were the players on the bench: Ivan Goshev, Maks Juraj Čelić, Georgi Dinkov, Romario Moise, Yoan Baurenski, Simeon Mechev, Denislav Stanchev, Vinni Triboulet and Tonislav Yordanov.
Substitutions
Beroe made 4 changes: Bozidar Pencev for Vinni Triboulet (46′), Saná Gomes for Maks Juraj Čelić (56′), U. Mara for Romario Moise (64′) and Kaloyan Krastev for Preslav Yordanov (71′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- OFK Pirin – CSKA Sofia – 0-1
- Levski Sofia – Beroe – 1-0
