PLOVDIV. Lokomotiv Plovdiv beat Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to win 2-1. A goal from V. Pinson was decisive in the 88min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Lokomotiv Plovdiv to strike first with a penalty of D. Iliev at the 54′. Then G. Minchev scored again for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the 59′ minute with a goal. Eventually, V. Pinson reduced the distance for Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 with a goal. Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
K. Bouhmidi received a red card (53′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadion Lokomotiv stadium in Plovdiv on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 13 Total 9
- 6 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 95 Attack 77
- 76 Dangerous attack 58
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 17
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Lokomotiv Plovdiv was in firm control of the ball 55% while Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lokomotiv Plovdiv was has a more offensive attitude with 76 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lokomotiv Plovdiv won the match.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Lokomotiv Plovdiv received 3 yellow cards (A. Craciun, J. Tomasevic and B. Karageren). Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 received 4 yellow cards (G. Katsikas, K. Bouhmidi, O. Merlo and K. Miloshev).
Also, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 didn’t end the match with 11 players after K. Bouhmidi (Lokomotiv Sofia 1929) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (53′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lokomotiv Plovdiv will have 20 points to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will stay with 14 points like CSKA 1948 Sofia to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Parva Liga, Lokomotiv Plovdiv will play away with OFK Pirin on the 27th of November with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Lokomotiv Plovdiv (5 draws).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will host CSKA 1948 Sofia on the 28th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of CSKA 1948 Sofia (2 draws).
Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Formation
Lokomotiv Plovdiv started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Aleksander Blagov Tunchev decided to play with the following team: Lukas Raeder, Oleksii Bykov, Artur Crăciun, Emil Yanchev, Birsent Karagaren, Parvizdzhon Umarbaev, Miloš Petrović, Josip Tomašević, Lucas Salinas, Dimitar Iliev and Georgi Minchev.
The home team had on the bench: Ilko Pirgov, Ruane Connor, Ivan Angelov, Nikolaj Nikolaev, Shaquill Sno, Aleksandar Ivanov and Vidol Sejmenski.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Plovdiv made 4 changes: J. Tomasevic for Connor Ruane (60′), A. Craciun for V. Seymenski (77′), P. Umarbaev for N. Nikolaev (87′) and L. Salinas for A. Angelov (87′).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – Formation
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Ivan Venkov Kolev played with: Aleksandar Lyubenov, Plamen Krachunov, Matheus Duarte Rocha, Giorgos Katsikas, Celso Raposo, Bozhidar Katsarov, Octávio, Miki Orachev, Aleksandr Aleksandrov, Karim Bouhmidi and Virgile Pinson.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Tsvetomir Vitkov, Hristian Chipev, Krasimir Miloshev, Vladimir Semerdzhiev, Rael Lolala, Luka Ivanov and Valentin Nikolov.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 made 2 changes: B. Katsarov for K. Miloshev (75′) and A. Aleksandrov for V. Semerdzhiev (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Parva Liga.