PLOVDIV. Arda was after all too much to handle for Etar with the goal of Preslav Borukov (7′), Stanislav Ivanov (58′) and Preslav Borukov (67′).

The match was played at the Stadion Lokomotiv stadium in Plovdiv on Sunday and it started at 3:15 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 26.21 degrees Celsius or 79.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 24%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Arda was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Etar that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Etar had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Arda managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Arda shot 10 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Etar shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Arda received 3 yellow cards (Lachezar Kotev, Deyan Lozev and Martin Stoychev). Talking about the opposition, Etar received 2 yellow cards (Krum Stoyanov and Martin Moran).

Standings

After playing this match, Arda will have 22 points like Levski Sofia to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Etar will stay with 4 points like Slavia Sofia to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the First League, Arda will play away with Cherno More on the 4th of November with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Cherno More (5 draws).

Etar will host CSKA 1948 Sofia on the 17th of February with a 3-1 head to head in favor of CSKA 1948 Sofia (1 draw).

Arda – Formation

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

The manager Aleksander Blagov Tunchev decided to play with the following team: Anatoli Gospodinov, Martin Stoychev, Oumar Sako, Jalal Huseynov, Deyan Lozev, Radoslav Tsonev, Lachezar Kotev, Stanislav Ivanov, Aboubacar Toungara, Ivan Tilev and Preslav Borukov.

The home team had on the bench: Milen Stoev, Plamen Krachunov, Stanislav Dyulgerov, Okezie Prince Ebenezer, Ivan Kokonov, Tonislav Yordanov, Ivan Dichevski, Hristo Mitev and Iliya Yurukov.

Substitutions

Arda made 5 changes: Deyan Lozev for Iliya Yurukov (62′), Lachezar Kotev for Hristo Mitev (62′), Ivan Tilev for Ivan Kokonov (68′), Preslav Borukov for Tonislav Yordanov (68′) and Martin Stoychev for Milen Stoev (73′).

Etar – Formation

Etar started with a 4-1-2-1-2 line-up (4-1-2-1-2).

Emanuel Lukanov played with: Martin Velichkov, Mariyan Ivanov, Georgi Angelov, Georgi Aleksandrov, Krum Stoyanov, Nikolay Yankov, Martin Moran, Kolyo Stanev, Chahreddine Boukholda, Martin Nikolov and Martin Toshev.

They had on the bench: Angel Martinov, Plamen Dimov, Lovre Knezevic, Ilker Budinov, Ivailo Dimitrov, Javier Betegón, Vladislav Naydenov and Dimo Bakalov.

Substitutions

Etar made 3 changes: Kolyo Stanev for Vladislav Naydenov (74′), Martin Toshev for Ivailo Dimitrov (79′) and Nikolay Yankov for Dimo Bakalov (74′).

Results of the day

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

• Arda – Etar – 3-0
• Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – Cherno More – 0-0
• Levski Sofia – Ludogorets – 0-1