SOFIA. Levski Sofia prevails over Etar 1-0 after A. Mitkov scored just 1 goal (81′). Levski Sofia was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (79%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov stadium in Sofia on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.93 degrees Celsius or 87.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.
Match Statistics
- ! 79 Ball Possession 21
Shots
- 30 Total 0
- 10 On Target 0
- 20 Off Target 0
- 7 Shots blocked 0
- 145 Attack 74
- 129 Dangerous attack 13
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 14 Corners 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Levski Sofia had a strong ball possession 79% while Etar was struggling with a 21% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia was more aggressive with 129 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Levski Sofia won the match.
Levski Sofia shot 30 times, 10 on target, 20 off target. Regarding the opposition, Etar shot 0 times, 0 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Levski Sofia received 2 yellow cards (Andrian Kraev and Welton). On the opposite side, Etar received 4 yellow cards (Krum Stoyanov, Dimo Bakalov, Valeri Hristov and Kolyo Stanev).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Levski Sofia will have 19 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Etar will stay with 4 points like OFK Pirin and Slavia Sofia to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Levski Sofia will play away with OFK Pirin on the 17th of February with a 19-2 head to head record in favor of Levski Sofia (3 draws).
Etar will host CSKA 1948 Sofia on the 17th of February with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of CSKA 1948 Sofia (1 draw).
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
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Levski Sofia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Nikolay Nikolov Kostov decided to play with the following team: Plamen Andreev, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev, Kristian Dimitrov, José Córdoba, Wenderson Tsunami, Andrian Kraev, Ronaldo, Hassimi Fadiaga, Jawad El Jemili, Welton and Ricardinho.
The home team had on the bench: Kellian van der Kaap, Asen Mitkov, Nikolay Mihaylov, Iliyan Stefanov, Preslav Bachev, Asen Chandarov, Kristiyan Hristov Yovov and Marin Petkov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 3 changes: Ronaldo for Asen Chandarov (73′), Ricardinho for Marin Petkov (73′) and Hassimi Fadiaga for Nikolay Yankov (88′).
Etar – Formation
Etar
Etar started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Emanuel Lukanov played with: Martin Velichkov, Georgi Aleksandrov, Plamen Dimov, Georgi Angelov, Valeri Hristov, Kolyo Stanev, Martin Moran, Krum Stoyanov, Yanko Angelov, Dimo Bakalov and Ivailo Dimitrov.
They had on the bench: Martin Toshev, Lovre Knezevic, Ilker Budinov, Javier Betegón, Nikolay Yankov, Vladislav Naydenov and Martin Nikolov.
Substitutions
Etar made 5 changes: Yanko Angelov for Lovre Knezevic (73′), Dimo Bakalov for Martin Nikolov (89′), Valeri Hristov for Javier Betegón (89′), Ivailo Dimitrov for Vladislav Naydenov (74′) and Kolyo Stanev for Asen Mitkov (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- Levski Sofia – Etar – 1-0
- Arda – Hebar 1918 – 3-1
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Slavia Sofia – 2-0
