Ludogorets and Botev Plovdiv draw 2-2 on Saturday

RAZGRAD. Ludogorets finds its way back against Botev Plovdiv with a goal on the I. Popov 56' and a goal on the K. Kolev 83'.

John Ross

September 17, 2023

RAZGRAD. Ludogorets recovers against Botev Plovdiv with a goal on the I. Popov 56′ and a goal on the K. Kolev 83′. Ludogorets was definitely better in terms of ball possession (64%)

The match was played at the Ludogorets Arena stadium in Razgrad on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 24.33 degrees Celsius or 75.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.

Match Statistics

Ludogorets

2 - 2

Botev Plovdiv

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

23 Total 5
10 On Target 3
10 Off Target 2
7 Shots blocked 2

112 Attack 84
95 Dangerous attack 34
0 Ball safe 0

1 Penalties 0
16 Corners 0
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

12 Total 15
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Ludogorets had a superior ball possession 64% while Botev Plovdiv was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ludogorets was putting more pressure with 95 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 10 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Ludogorets to win the match.

Ludogorets shot 23 times, 10 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Botev Plovdiv shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Ludogorets received 3 yellow cards (Franco Russo, Marcel Heister and Bernard Tekpetey). On the opposite side, Botev Plovdiv received 5 yellow cards (Antoine Conte, Yanis Karabelyov, Antonio Perera, Ivelin Popov and Daniel Kajzer).

Match Timeline

M. Heister- Yellow

17'

Olivier Verdon(penalty)

43'

44'

Yanis Karabelyov- Yellow

42'

Joonas Tamm- sub ->Jasper van Heertum

53'

F. Steponavičius- sub ->Nikolay Minkov

55'

Antonio Perera- Yellow

Rick- sub ->Caio Vidal

56'

Ivelin Popov(goal)Joonas Tamm

57'

Ivelin Popov- Yellow

Claude Gonçalves- sub ->Pedro Naressi

65'

M. Tissera- sub ->Rwan Seco

69'

Son- sub ->Marcel Heister

70'

82'

83'

87'

Antoine Conte - Yellow

Bernard Tekpetey- Yellow

87'

90'

Daniel Kajzer- Yellow

90'

Jakub Piotrowski(goal)Aslak Fonn Witry

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Ludogorets will have 13 points like Arda, CSKA 1948 Sofia and Beroe to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Botev Plovdiv will have 9 points like Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the First League, Ludogorets will host Cherno More on the 17th of February with a 25-6 head to head stats in favor of Ludogorets (5 draws).

Botev Plovdiv will play away agasint Levski Krumovgrad on the 17th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Levski Krumovgrad (0 draws).

Ludogorets – Formation

Ludogorets

Simon Sluga 12.Croatia

Aslak Witry 16.Norway

Franco Russo 22.Argentina

90'

Olivier Verdon 24.Benin

43'

M. Heister 44.Germany

70'

17'

Jakub Piotrowski 6.Poland

90'

Pedro Naressi 30.Brazil

65'

Bernard Tekpetey 37.Ghana

87'

Caio Vidal 77.Brazil

56'

S. Delev 90.Bulgaria

56'

Rwan Seco 99.Brazil

69'

Substitutes

Sergio Padt 1.Netherlands

G. Terziev 5.Bulgaria

Son 17.Spain

70'

Rick 7.Brazil

56'

Claude Gonçalves 8.Portugal

65'

Dominik Yankov 64.Bulgaria

56'

Todor Nedelev 8.Bulgaria

Raí 7.Brazil

M. Tissera 10.Argentina

69'

Mounir Chouiar 11.France

Ludogorets adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ivaylo Petev Bogdanov decided to play with the following team: Simon Sluga, Aslak Fonn Witry, Franco Russo, Olivier Verdon, Marcel Heister, Caio Vidal, Pedro Naressi, Jakub Piotrowski, Spas Delev, Rwan Seco and Bernard Tekpetey.

The home team had on the bench: Sergio Padt, Georgi Terziev, Raí Nascimento, Claude Gonçalves, Matías Tissera, Mounir Chouiar, Son, Dominik Yankov, Todor Nedelev and Rick.

Substitutions

Ludogorets made 5 changes: Caio Vidal for Rick (56′), Spas Delev for Dominik Yankov (56′), Rwan Seco for Matías Tissera (69′), Marcel Heister for Son (70′) and Pedro Naressi for Claude Gonçalves (65′).

Botev Plovdiv – Formation

Botev Plovdiv

Daniel Kajzer 92.Poland

90'

Antoine Conte 19.Guinea

87'

Jasper van Heertum 24.Netherlands

42'

Konstantinos Balogiannis 38.Greece

Ivelin Popov 10.Bulgaria

57'

56'

J. Eto'o 15.Cameroon

S. Akere 16.Nigeria

82'

N. Minkov 17.Bulgaria

53'

Antonio Perera 20.Spain

55'

Yanis Karabelyov 28.Bulgaria

53'

44'

M. Sekulić 9.Croatia

53'

Substitutes

S. Smarkalev 33.Bulgaria

Miroslav Petkov Georgiev 42.Bulgaria

Joonas Tamm 5.Estonia

42'

A. Chernev 79.Bulgaria

T. Nnadi 21.Nigeria

53'

L. Baltanov 30.Bulgaria

K. Kolev 88.Bulgaria

82'

83'

Antoine Baroan 11.France

53'

F. Steponavičius 14.Lithuania

53'

Also Botev Plovdiv adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Stanislav Genchev played with: Daniel Kajzer, James Eto’o, Antoine Conte, Jasper van Heertum, Konstantinos Balogiannis, Antonio Perera, Yanis Karabelyov, Nikolay Minkov, Samuel Akere, Ivelin Popov and Martin Sekulic.

These were the players on the bench: Joonas Tamm, Antoine Baroan, Faustas Steponavicius, Tochukwu Nnadi, Lachezar Baltanov, Stefan Smarkalev, Miroslav Georgiev, Atanas Chernev, Krasian Kolev and Miroslav Petkov Georgiev.

Substitutions

Botev Plovdiv made 5 changes: Jasper van Heertum for Joonas Tamm (42′), Samuel Akere for Krasian Kolev (82′), Martin Sekulic for Antoine Baroan (53′), Nikolay Minkov for Faustas Steponavicius (53′) and Yanis Karabelyov for Tochukwu Nnadi (53′).