KARDZHALI. Arda and Levski Sofia didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday. Levski Sofia was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Arena Arda stadium in Kardzhali on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 23.52 degrees Celsius or 74.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 2 Total 9
- 0 On Target 2
- 1 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 88 Attack 128
- 37 Dangerous attack 77
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 7
Fouls
- 17 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Levski Sofia had a strong ball possession 56% while Arda was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Levski Sofia to win the encounter.
Arda shot 2 times, 0 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Levski Sofia shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Arda received 3 yellow cards (Plamen Krachunov, El Mami Tetah and Preslav Borukov). Talking about the opposition, Levski Sofia received 4 yellow cards (Kellian van der Kaap, Wenderson Tsunami, José Córdoba and Andrian Kraev).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Arda will have 25 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Levski Sofia will have 27 points like Ludogorets to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Arda will play away against Cherno More on the 4th of November with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Cherno More (5 draws).
Levski Sofia will play away agasint OFK Pirin on the 17th of February with a 19-2 head to head record in favor of Levski Sofia (3 draws).
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, Plamen Krachunov, Okezie Prince Ebenezer, Radoslav Tsonev, Lachezar Kotev, Stanislav Ivanov, Aboubacar Toungara, Ivan Tilev and Tonislav Yordanov.
The home team had on the bench: Milen Stoev, Stanislav Dyulgerov, Preslav Borukov, Ivan Kokonov, Jalal Huseynov, Deyan Lozev, Ivan Dichevski, El Mami Tetah and Iliya Yurukov.
Substitutions
Arda made 5 changes: Martin Stoychev for Deyan Lozev (89′), Okezie Prince Ebenezer for Ivan Kokonov (89′), Ivan Tilev for El Mami Tetah (62′), Tonislav Yordanov for Preslav Borukov (62′) and Radoslav Tsonev for Jalal Huseynov (69′).
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Nikolay Nikolov Kostov played with: Plamen Andreev, Jeremy Petris, Kellian van der Kaap, José Córdoba, Wenderson Tsunami, Andrian Kraev, Ronaldo, Hassimi Fadiaga, Darlan, Marin Petkov and Ricardinho.
They had on the bench: Viktor Borislavov Lyubenov, Asen Mitkov, Nikolay Mihaylov, Iliyan Stefanov, Preslav Bachev, Asen Chandarov, Kristiyan Hristov Yovov, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev and Kristian Dimitrov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 3 changes: Ronaldo for Iliyan Stefanov (84′), Marin Petkov for Asen Chandarov (63′) and Ricardinho for Patrick-Gabriel Galchev (63′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- Etar – CSKA Sofia – 0-1
- Arda – Levski Sofia – 0-0