BLAGOEVGRAD. Botev Vratsa beats OFK Pirin 1-0 after scored just 1 goal (‘).
Aymen Souda received a red card (13′). This red card was one of the reason why OFK Pirin lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadion Hristo Botev stadium in Blagoevgrad on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.68 degrees Celsius or 89.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 5 Total 8
- 2 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 75 Attack 65
- 54 Dangerous attack 57
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 0
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 21
- 0 Yellow Cards 7
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. OFK Pirin was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Botev Vratsa that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Botev Vratsa was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Botev Vratsa won the encounter.
OFK Pirin shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Botev Vratsa shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
OFK Pirin didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Botev Vratsa received 8 yellow cards (Jean-Pierre Da Sylva, Chavdar Ivaylov, Jean-Pierre Da Sylva, Momchil Tsvetanov, Bryan Mendoza, Brayan Perea, Luiz Soares and Diogo Barbosa).
(OFK Pirin) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (13′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, OFK Pirin will stay with 1 points like Etar to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Botev Vratsa will have 6 points like Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, OFK Pirin will host Arda on the 1st of September with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Arda (2 draws).
Botev Vratsa will host Cherno More on the 1st of September with a 9-3 head to head record in favor of Cherno More (3 draws).
OFK Pirin – Formation
OFK Pirin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Radoslav Mitrevski decided to play with the following team: Maksym Kovalyov, Aleksandar Dyulgerov, Georgi Varbanov, Ilian Kostov, Nikolay Bodurov, Aymen Souda, Ayoub Abou, Velislav Minkov, Ivan Tasev, Boris Tyutyukov and Daniil Kondrakov.
The home team had on the bench: Mario Kirev, Dmytro Semeniv, Stanislav Kostov, Hugo Komano, Buchkov, Simeon Aleksandrov, Ventsislav Bengyuzov, Gezim Pepsi and Hristo Popadiyn.
Substitutions
OFK Pirin made 4 changes: Ayoub Abou for Hristo Popadiyn (84′), Ivan Tasev for Hugo Komano (84′), Boris Tyutyukov for Simeon Aleksandrov (63′) and Velislav Minkov for Dmytro Semeniv (66′).
Botev Vratsa – Formation
Botev Vratsa started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Daniel Morales played with: Federico Barrios, Momchil Tsvetanov, Luiz Soares, Martin Hristov, Eduardo Kunde, Stefan Velev, Chavdar Ivaylov, Diogo Barbosa, Spas Georgiev, Krasimir Todorov and Brayan Perea.
They had on the bench: Martin Kavdanski, Mitko Panov, Daniele Battara, Jean-Pierre Da Sylva, Marco Majouga, Petar Kepov, Bryan Mendoza, Martin Smolenski and Krasimir Kostov.
Substitutions
Botev Vratsa made 5 changes: Diogo Barbosa for Marco Majouga (46′), Krasimir Todorov for Jean-Pierre Da Sylva (46′), Luiz Soares for Bryan Mendoza (46′), Martin Hristov for Martin Smolenski (71′) and Spas Georgiev for Daniele Battara (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.