Slavia Sofia tops Ludogorets 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

RAZGRAD. Slavia Sofia beat Ludogorets.

November 28, 2023

RAZGRAD. Slavia Sofia defeated Ludogorets. Ludogorets was decisively better in terms of ball possession (64%).

The match was played at the Ludogorets Arena stadium in Razgrad on Monday and it started at 3:15 pm local time. The referee was Volen Chinkov who had the assistance of Ivo Kolev and Deniz Sokolov. The 4th official was Krasimir Krastev. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was freezing at -0.38 degrees Celsius or 31.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.

Match Statistics

Ludogorets

2 - 3

Slavia Sofia

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

8 Total 4
7 On Target 2
1 Off Target 1
1 Shots blocked 1

82 Attack 31
45 Dangerous attack 18
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 0
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

12 Total 10
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Ludogorets was in firm control of the ball 64% while Slavia Sofia was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ludogorets had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Slavia Sofia found a way to find the solution to win this match.

Ludogorets shot 8 times, 7 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Slavia Sofia shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Ludogorets received 4 yellow cards (Rwan Seco, Franco Russo, Franco Russo and Mounir Chouiar). Regarding the opposition, Slavia Sofia received 3 yellow cards (Emil Martinov, Denislav Aleksandrov and Emil Stoev).

Match Timeline

30'

32'

Denislav Aleksandrov- Yellow

Rick(goal)Jakub Piotrowski

42'

47'

M. Sorakov(goal)Denislav Aleksandrov

54'

Galin Ivanov (goal)Denislav Aleksandrov

61'

Pedro Naressi- sub ->Todor Nedelev

61'

Caio Vidal- sub ->Bernard Tekpetey

61'

Caio Vidal(goal)Son

67'

69'

Emil Stoev- sub ->Toni Tasev

Rwan Seco- sub ->Kwadwo Duah

73'

75'

Emil Martinov- Yellow

90'

80'

Martin Georgiev- sub ->Ertan Tombak

82'

86'

Vladimir Nikolov- sub ->Martin Sorakov

86'

K. Stoyanov- sub ->Galin Ivanov

90'

Rwan Seco- Yellow

90'

80'

Emil Stoev- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Ludogorets will stay with 36 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Slavia Sofia will have 20 points like Hebar 1918 to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the First League, Ludogorets will host Cherno More on the 17th of February with a 25-6 head to head record in favor of Ludogorets (5 draws).

Slavia Sofia will play away agasint Cherno More on the 9th of December with a 18-11 head to head record in favor of Cherno More (15 draws).

Ludogorets – Formation

Ludogorets

Simon Sluga 12.Croatia

Aslak Witry 16.Norway

Son 17.Spain

Franco Russo 22.Argentina

90'

Noah Sonko Sundberg 26.Gambia

Jakub Piotrowski 6.Poland

Rick 7.Brazil

61'

42'

Claude Gonçalves 8.Portugal

Bernard Tekpetey 37.Ghana

61'

Todor Nedelev 88.Bulgaria

61'

Kwadwo Duah 9.Switzerland

73'

Substitutes

Sergio Padt 1.Netherlands

Anton Nedyalkov 3.Bulgaria

G. Terziev 5.Bulgaria

Mounir Chouiar 11.France

61'

82'

Pedro Naressi 30.Brazil

61'

Caio Vidal 77.Brazil

61'

67'

M. Tissera 10.Argentina

S. Delev 90.Bulgaria

Rwan Seco 99.Brazil

73'

90'

Ludogorets adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Georgi Dermendzhiev decided to play with the following team: Simon Sluga, Son, Franco Russo, Noah Sonko Sundberg, Aslak Witry, Jakub Piotrowski, Claude Gonçalves, Bernard Tekpetey , Todor Nedelev, Rick and Kwadwo Duah.

The home team had on the bench: Sergio Padt, Anton Nedyalkov, Georgi Terziev, Matías Tissera, Mounir Chouiar, Pedro Naressi, Caio Vidal, Spas Delev and Rwan Seco.

Substitutions

Ludogorets made 4 changes: Rick for Mounir Chouiar (61′), Todor Nedelev for Pedro Naressi (61′), Bernard Tekpetey for Caio Vidal (61′) and Kwadwo Duah for Rwan Seco (73′).

Slavia Sofia – Formation

Slavia Sofia

Svetoslav Vutsov 21.Bulgaria

Ertan Tombak 3.Bulgaria

80'

Viktor Genev 4.Bulgaria

Ventsislav Kerchev 37.Bulgaria

V. Jelenković 5.Serbia

Erol Dost 17.Bulgaria

Denislav Aleksandrov 23.Bulgaria

32'

Emil Martinov 27.Bulgaria

75'

Toni Tasev 88.Bulgaria

69'

M. Sorakov 9.Bulgaria

86'

47'

Galin Ivanov 33.Bulgaria

86'

54'

Substitutes

Nikolay Krastev 12.Bulgaria

M. Georgiev 6.Bulgaria

80'

Emil Stoev 8.Bulgaria

69'

80'

K. Stoyanov 71.Bulgaria

86'

Ivan Minchev 73.Bulgaria

Sibiry Keita 93.Mali

Vladimir Nikolov 10.Bulgaria

86'

Kristian Dobrev 11.Bulgaria

Also Slavia Sofia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Zlatomir Zagorčić played with: Svetoslav Vutsov, Ertan Tombak, Veljko Jelenkovic, Viktor Genev, Ventsislav Kerchev, Emil Martinov, Erol Dost, Galin Ivanov, Denislav Aleksandrov, Toni Tasev and Martin Sorakov.

These were the players on the bench: Martin Georgiev, Emil Stoev, Vladimir Nikolov, Kristian Dobrev, Nikolay Krastev, Kristiyan Stoyanov, Ivan Minchev and Sibiry Keita.

Substitutions

Slavia Sofia made 4 changes: Galin Ivanov for Kristiyan Stoyanov (86′), Toni Tasev for Emil Stoev (69′), Ertan Tombak for Martin Georgiev (80′) and Martin Sorakov for Vladimir Nikolov (86′).