BISTRICA. CSKA 1948 Sofia tops Etar 1-0 after I. Chochev scored a penalty (30′). CSKA 1948 Sofia was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadion Vitosha stadium in Bistrica on Monday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.51 degrees Celsius or 88.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 16 Total 6
- 6 On Target 1
- 7 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 86 Attack 86
- 75 Dangerous attack 64
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 6
Fouls
- 12 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
CSKA 1948 Sofia had a superior ball possession 61% while Etar was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
CSKA 1948 Sofia had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why CSKA 1948 Sofia won the match.
CSKA 1948 Sofia shot 16 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Etar shot 6 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
CSKA 1948 Sofia received 2 yellow cards (Héliton and Radoslav Kirilov). On the other side, Etar received 3 yellow cards (Martin Toshev, Georgi Angelov and Radoslav Kirilov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, CSKA 1948 Sofia will have 10 points to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Etar will stay with 1 points like OFK Pirin to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, CSKA 1948 Sofia will host Ludogorets on the 3rd of September with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Ludogorets (3 draws).
Etar will play away agasint Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 on the 2nd of September with a 0-0 head to head.
CSKA 1948 Sofia – Formation
CSKA 1948 Sofia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Atanas Ribarski decided to play with the following team: Daniel Naumov, Steve Furtado, Emil Viyachki, Héliton, Miki Orachev, Parvizdzhon Umarbaev, Antonio Vutov, Thalis Cantanhede, Ivajlo Chochev, Radoslav Kirilov and Pedrinho.
The home team had on the bench: Viðar Örn Kjartansson, Birsent Karagaren, Nikola Iliev, Emil Tsenov, Reyan Daskalov, Erdenis Gurishta, Tom Rapnouil, Gennadiy Ganev, Ryan Bidounga and Ryan Bidounga.
Substitutions
CSKA 1948 Sofia made 4 changes: Antonio Vutov for Viðar Örn Kjartansson (87′), Thalis Cantanhede for Nikola Iliev (68′), Pedrinho for Ivailo Dimitrov (80′) and Parvizdzhon Umarbaev for Javier Betegón (71′).
Etar – Formation
Etar started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Emanuel Lukanov played with: Georgi Angelov, Martin Velichkov, Valeri Hristov, Georgi Aleksandrov, Plamen Dimov, Martin Nikolov, Martin Moran, Yanko Angelov, Kolyo Stanev, Chahreddine Boukholda and Vladislav Naydenov, Martin Toshev.
They had on the bench: Damyan Hristov, Denislav Minkov Angelov, Ivailo Dimitrov, Atanas Stefanov Atanasov, Hristo Ivanov, Javier Betegón, Georgi Ivanov and Mariyan Ivanov.
Substitutions
Etar made 4 changes: Vladislav Naydenov for Reyan Daskalov (74′), Chahreddine Boukholda for Birsent Karagaren (74′), Martin Moran for Georgi Aleksandrov (80′) and Valeri Hristov for Denislav Minkov Angelov (74′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- CSKA 1948 Sofia – Etar – 1-0