Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 manages to draw 2-2 with Levski Sofia after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

SOFIA. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 comes back against Levski Sofia with a goal on the M. Petkov 27' and a goal on the A. Kraev 70'.

By
Mark Hall
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Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 manages to draw 2-2 with Levski Sofia after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

SOFIA. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 manages to recover against Levski Sofia with a goal on the M. Petkov 27′ and a goal on the A. Kraev 70′.

The match was played at the Stadion Lokomotiv stadium in Sofia on Monday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was freezing at -0.55 degrees Celsius or 31.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929

2 - 2

Team 1

Levski Sofia

  • 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
  • 13 Total 8
  • 5 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 2
  • 4 Shots blocked 3
  • 88 Attack 99
  • 63 Dangerous attack 65
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 4
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 16 Total 9
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Levski Sofia that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Levski Sofia was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Levski Sofia to win the match​.

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Levski Sofia shot 8 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 received 2 yellow cards (Ivaylo Naydenov  and França). Talking about the opposition, Levski Sofia received 2 yellow cards (Ricardinho and Kellian van der Kaap).

Match Timeline

27'
M. Petkov(goal)Asen Mitkov
42'
Kellian van der Kaap- Yellow
Ivaylo Naydenov- Yellow
62'
45'
Ricardinho- Yellow
64'
Andrian Kraev- sub ->Asen Mitkov
70'
Andrian Kraev(goal)
Dimitar Mitkov(goal)França
76'
Steve Traoré- sub ->Ivaylo Naydenov 
73'
Kaloyan Krastev- sub ->Antoni Ivanov
73'
França- Yellow
82'
Diogo Teixeira- sub ->Valentin Nikolov
83'
85'
90'
P. Bachev- sub ->Patrick-Gabriel Galchev
Dimitar Mitkov(penalty)
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ludogorets
75
0
CSKA Sofia
66
1
Cherno More
62
30
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
55
30
Levski Sofia
54
30
Botev Plovdiv
44
30
Levski Krumovgrad
44
30
CSKA 1948 Sofia
43
30
Arda
39
30
Slavia Sofia
33
30
Beroe
33
30
Hebar 1918
30
30
OFK Pirin
30
30
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
28
30
Botev Vratsa
22
30
Etar
14
30

After playing this match, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will have 18 points like Levski Krumovgrad to remain in the 13th place. On the other side, Levski Sofia will have 29 points like CSKA 1948 Sofia to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the First League, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will play away with OFK Pirin on the 2nd of December with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 (0 draws).

Levski Sofia will play away agasint OFK Pirin on the 17th of February with a 19-2 head to head in favor of Levski Sofia (3 draws).

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – Formation

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
G
Aleksandar Lyubenov  24.Bulgaria
D
Gonçalo Cardoso 2.Portugal
D
Dime Dimov 4.Macedonia
D
Bruno Franco 12.Brazil
D
Ivaylo Naydenov 22.Bulgaria
73' 62'
M
V. Nikolov 10.Bulgaria
83'
M
Antoni Ivanov 21.Bulgaria
73'
M
Krasimir Miloshev  26.Bulgaria
M
Krasimir Stanoev 31.Bulgaria
F
França 11.Brazil
82'
F
Dimitar Mitkov 45.Bulgaria
Goals76', 90'
Substitutes
G
Baboucarr Gaye  1.Gambia
D
Daniel Kamy Ntankeu 5.Cameroon
D
Galin Minkov 13.Bulgaria
D
Alan Dias 33.Brazil
M
Luka Ivanov 15.Bulgaria
M
Diogo Teixeira 20.Portugal
83'
F
Kaloyan Krastev 9.Bulgaria
73'
F
Erik Manolkov 77.Bulgaria
F
Steve Traoré 98.Benin
73'

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Danilo Dončić decided to play with the following team: Aleksandar Lyubenov, Gonçalo Cardoso, Dime Dimov, Bruno Franco, Ivaylo Naydenov , Krasimir Miloshev, Antoni Ivanov, Krasimir Stanoev, Valentin Nikolov, França and Dimitar Mitkov.

The home team had on the bench: Baboucarr Gaye, Daniel Kamy Ntankeu, Kaloyan Krastev, Galin Minkov, Luka Ivanov, Diogo Teixeira, Alan Dias, Erik Manolkov and Steve Traoré.

Substitutions

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 made 3 changes: Valentin Nikolov for Diogo Teixeira (83′), Ivaylo Naydenov  for Steve Traoré (73′) and Antoni Ivanov for Kaloyan Krastev (73′).

Levski Sofia – Formation

Levski Sofia
G
P. Andreev 1.Bulgaria
D
Jeremy Petris 2.France
D
Kellian van der Kaap 5.Netherlands
42'
D
Patrik-Gabriel Galchev 22.Bulgaria
90'
D
José Córdoba 33.Panama
M
A. Mitkov 10.Bulgaria
64'
M
Asen Chandarov 20.Bulgaria
M
Darlan 37.Brazil
M
M. Petkov 88.Bulgaria
Goals27'
M
Hassimi Fadiga 97.France
85'
F
Ricardinho 9.Brazil
45'
Substitutes
G
Ivan Andonov 99.Bulgaria
D
Tsunami  6.Brazil
M
Andrian Kraev 8.Bulgaria
64' Goals70'
M
Welton 17.Brazil
85'
M
Kristiyan Yovov 21.Bulgaria
F
P. Bachev 16.Bulgaria
90'

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

Nikolay Nikolov Kostov played with: Plamen Andreev, Jeremy Petris, Kellian van der Kaap, José Córdoba, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev, Asen Chandarov, Darlan, Marin Petkov, Asen Mitkov, Ricardinho and Hassimi Fadiaga.

They had on the bench: Viktor Borislavov Lyubenov, Wenderson Tsunami, Andrian Kraev, Preslav Bachev, Welton, Kristiyan Hristov Yovov and Ivan Andonov.

Substitutions

Levski Sofia made 3 changes: Patrick-Gabriel Galchev for Preslav Bachev (90′), Hassimi Fadiaga for Welton (85′) and Asen Mitkov for Andrian Kraev (64′).

Results of the day

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