Botev Plovdiv tops Slavia Sofia 3-1

Botev Plovdiv conquers Slavia Sofia 3-1.

By
Luke Meyer
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Botev Plovdiv tops Slavia Sofia 3-1

Botev Plovdiv beats Slavia Sofia 3-1. Botev Plovdiv was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Ivelin Popov (26′), Martin Sekulic (38′) and Martin Sekulic (40′). Slavia Sofia reduced the distance with a goal (82′) by Ertan Tombak, but there was not much to do for them.

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Botev Plovdiv

3 - 1

Team 1

Slavia Sofia

  • 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
  • 12 Total 11
  • 7 On Target 5
  • 5 Off Target 6
  • 0 Shots blocked 2
  • 107 Attack 92
  • 55 Dangerous attack 67
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 9
Fouls
  • 11 Total 6
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Botev Plovdiv was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Slavia Sofia that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Slavia Sofia was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Botev Plovdiv managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Botev Plovdiv shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Slavia Sofia shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Botev Plovdiv received 2 yellow cards (Antoine Baroan and Réda Rabeï). Regarding the opposition, Slavia Sofia received 4 yellow cards (Viktor Genev, Toni Tasev, Galin Ivanov and Jon Bakero).

Match Timeline

17'
Galin Ivanov (VAR)
Ivelin Popov(goal)Yanis Karabelyov
26'
30'
Galin Ivanov - Yellow
Réda Rabeï- Yellow
30'
M. Sekulić(goal)Samuel Akere
38'
M. Sekulić(goal)Samuel Akere
40'
44'
57'
59'
60'
Viktor Genev- Yellow
64'
Toni Tasev- Yellow
65'
Erol Dost- sub ->Kristiyan Stoyanov
65'
Emil Stoev- sub ->Toni Tasev
N. Minkov- sub ->Yanis Karabelyov
68'
68'
L. Baltanov- sub ->Ivelin Popov
81'
D. Papazov- sub ->Konstantinos Balogiannis
81'
82'
Ertan Tombak(goal)Galin Ivanov
83'
Vladimir Nikolov- sub ->Jon Bakero

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ludogorets
75
30
CSKA Sofia
63
30
Cherno More
62
30
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
55
1
Levski Sofia
54
1
Botev Plovdiv
44
30
Levski Krumovgrad
44
30
CSKA 1948 Sofia
43
30
Arda
39
30
Slavia Sofia
33
30
Beroe
33
30
Hebar 1918
30
30
OFK Pirin
30
30
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
28
30
Botev Vratsa
22
30
Etar
14
30

After this match, Botev Plovdiv will have 8 points to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Slavia Sofia will stay with 4 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

Botev Plovdiv – Formation

Botev Plovdiv
G
Hidajet Hankic 1.Austria
D
Joonas Tamm 5.Estonia
D
Jasper van Heertum 24.Netherlands
D
Konstantinos Balogiannis 38.Greece
81'
M
J. Eto'o 15.Cameroon
M
Antonio Perera 20.Spain
M
Réda Rabeï 22.France
68' 30'
M
Yanis Karabelyov 28.Bulgaria
68'
F
M. Sekulić 9.Croatia
57' Goals38', 40'
F
Ivelin Popov 10.Bulgaria
81' Goals26'
Substitutes
G
M. Panev 21.Bulgaria
G
Daniel Kajzer 92.Poland
D
Stanislav Rabotov 25.Bulgaria
M
N. Minkov 17.Bulgaria
68'
M
D. Papazov 18.Bulgaria
81'
M
L. Baltanov 30.Bulgaria
81'
M
K. Kolev 88.Bulgaria
F
Antoine Baroan 11.France
57' 59'
F
F. Steponavičius 14.Lithuania

Botev Plovdiv started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Stanislav Genchev decided to play with the following team: Hidajet Hankić, James Eto’o, Joonas Tamm, Jasper van Heertum, Konstantinos Balogiannis, Antonio Perera, Yanis Karabelyov, Réda Rabeï, Dobromir Danailov Pavlov, Ivelin Popov and Martin Sekulic.

The home team had on the bench: Antoine Baroan, Faustas Steponavicius, Nikolay Minkov, Dimitar Papazov, Martin Panev, Stanislav Rabotov, Lachezar Baltanov, Krasian Kolev and Daniel Kajzer.

Substitutions

Botev Plovdiv made 5 changes: Réda Rabeï for Tochukwu Nnadi (68′), Yanis Karabelyov for Nikolay Minkov (68′), Martin Sekulic for Antoine Baroan (57′), Ivelin Popov for Lachezar Baltanov (81′) and Konstantinos Balogiannis for Dimitar Papazov (81′).

Slavia Sofia – Formation

Slavia Sofia
G
Nikolay Krastev 12.Bulgaria
D
Ertan Tombak 3.Bulgaria
Goals82'
D
Viktor Genev 4.Bulgaria
60'
D
M. Georgiev 6.Bulgaria
D
Ventsislav Kerchev 37.Bulgaria
D
K. Stoyanov 71.Bulgaria
65'
M
Emil Martinov 27.Bulgaria
M
Galin Ivanov  33.Bulgaria
30'
M
Ivan Minchev 73.Bulgaria
F
Jon Bakero 7.Spain
83' 44'
F
Toni Tasev 88.Bulgaria
65' 64'
Substitutes
G
Georgi Petkov 1.Bulgaria
M
V. Jelenković 5.Serbia
M
Emil Stoev 8.Bulgaria
65'
M
Erol Dost 17.Bulgaria
65'
M
C. Nguyen-Do 19.Bulgaria
F
Vladimir Nikolov 10.Bulgaria
83'
F
Denislav Aleksandrov 23.Bulgaria

Slavia Sofia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

José María Bakero Escudero played with: Nikolay Krastev, Kristiyan Stoyanov, Martin Georgiev, Viktor Genev, Ertan Tombak, Jon Bakero, Emil Martinov, Ivan Minchev, Ventsislav Kerchev, Galin Ivanov and Toni Tasev.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Georgi Petkov, Veljko Jelenkovic, Emil Stoev, Vladimir Nikolov, Roberto Iliev Raychev, Valentin Petrov, Erol Dost, Chung Nguyen Do and Denislav Aleksandrov.

Substitutions

Slavia Sofia made 3 changes: Toni Tasev for Emil Stoev (65′), Kristiyan Stoyanov for Erol Dost (65′) and Jon Bakero for Vladimir Nikolov (83′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the First League.​