SOFIA. CSKA 1948 Sofia snatched a late win Botev Plovdiv 1-0 after I. Chochev scored just 1 goal (86′). CSKA 1948 Sofia made the most of its better ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex stadium in Sofia on Sunday and it started at 5:45 pm local time. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.96 degrees Celsius or 73.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 17 Total 6
- 3 On Target 1
- 12 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 101 Attack 92
- 76 Dangerous attack 44
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 19
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
CSKA 1948 Sofia had a strong ball possession 57% while Botev Plovdiv was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
CSKA 1948 Sofia was more pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why CSKA 1948 Sofia won the match.
CSKA 1948 Sofia shot 17 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Botev Plovdiv shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
CSKA 1948 Sofia received 2 yellow cards (Erdenis Gurishta and Antonio Vutov). Regarding the opposition, Botev Plovdiv received 3 yellow cards (Konstantinos Balogiannis, Yanis Karabelyov and Antonio Perera).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, CSKA 1948 Sofia will have 21 points to hold in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Botev Plovdiv will stay with 12 points to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, CSKA 1948 Sofia will play away with Etar on the 17th of February with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of CSKA 1948 Sofia (1 draw).
Botev Plovdiv will play away agasint Levski Krumovgrad on the 17th of February with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Levski Krumovgrad (0 draws).
CSKA 1948 Sofia – Formation
CSKA 1948 Sofia
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CSKA 1948 Sofia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Nikolay Dimitrov Panayotov decided to play with the following team: Daniel Naumov, Erdenis Gurishta, Héliton, Simeon Petrov, Ivaylo Chochev, Emil Tsenov, Antonio Vutov, Georgi Rusev, Birsent Karagaren, Pedrinho and Simeon Vasilev.
The home team had on the bench: Steve Furtado, Vidar Örn Kjartansson, Stoyan Stoichkov, Nikola Iliev, Rooney Eva, Emil Viyachki, Gennadiy Ganev, Parvizdzhon Umarbaev and Radoslav Kirilov.
Substitutions
CSKA 1948 Sofia made 5 changes: Birsent Karagaren for Radoslav Kirilov (81′), Antonio Vutov for Parvizdzhon Umarbaev (80′), Emil Tsenov for Martin Sekulic (89′), Pedrinho for Roy Herman (89′) and Georgi Rusev for Yanis Karabelyov (46′).
Botev Plovdiv – Formation
Botev Plovdiv
Also Botev Plovdiv adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Dušan Kerkez played with: Daniel Kajzer, James Eto’o, Antoine Conte, Joonas Tamm, Konstantinos Balogiannis, Antonio Perera, Tochukwu Nnadi, Antoine Baroan, Réda Rabeï, Samuel Akere and Faustas Steponavicius.
These were the players on the bench: Hidajet Hankić, Roy Herman, Martin Sekulic, Nikolay Minkov, Yanis Karabelyov, Lachezar Baltanov, Umeh Emmanuel and Atanas Chernev.
Substitutions
Botev Plovdiv made 5 changes: Samuel Akere for Vidar Örn Kjartansson (69′), James Eto’o for Umeh Emmanuel (74′), Tochukwu Nnadi for Stoyan Stoichkov (69′), Faustas Steponavicius for Emil Viyachki (90′) and Antonio Perera for Lachezar Baltanov (73′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- Ludogorets – OFK Pirin – 4-0
- Etar – Hebar 1918 – 2-5
- CSKA 1948 Sofia – Botev Plovdiv – 1-0
