PLOVDIV. Botev Plovdiv conquers Hebar 1918 1-0 after A. Perera scored just 1 goal (57′). Botev Plovdiv capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 stadium in Plovdiv on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.25 degrees Celsius or 39.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Standings

After this encounter, Botev Plovdiv has 29 points to hold in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Hebar 1918 will stays with 20 points to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the First League, Botev Plovdiv will play away with Levski Krumovgrad on the 17th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Levski Krumovgrad (0 draws).

Hebar 1918 will host Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 on the 17th of February with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Hebar 1918 (0 draws).

Botev Plovdiv – Formation

Botev Plovdiv started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Dušan Kerkez decided to play with the following team: Hidajet Hankic, James Eto’o, Antonio Perera, Atanas Chernev, Konstantinos Balogiannis, Tochukwu Nnadi, Yanis Karabelyov, Samuel Akere, Ivelin Popov, Umeh Emmanuel and Martin Sekulic.

The home team had on the bench: Kostadin Tatarov, Faustas Steponavicius, Nikolay Minkov, Dimitar Papazov, Lachezar Baltanov, Veliyan Vidolov, Ivaylo Videv, Krasian Kolev and Daniel Kajzer.

Substitutions

Botev Plovdiv made 4 changes: Samuel Akere for Nikolay Minkov (90′), Martin Sekulic for Faustas Steponavicius (90′), Ivelin Popov for Lachezar Baltanov (90′) and Umeh Emmanuel for Dimitar Papazov (90′).

Hebar 1918 – Formation

Hebar 1918 started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Lyuboslav Mladenov Penev played with: Matvei Igonen, Arhan Isuf, Stefan Tsonkov, Róbert Mazáň, Georgi Valchev, Carlos Ohene, Oleksiy Zbun, Stiliyan Tisovski, Angel Bastunov, Atanas Kabov and Georgi Nikolov.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Petar Debarliev, Bogomil Bojurkin, Marcel Čanadi, Sasho Georgiev Lebanov, João Cesco, Bozhidar Penchev and Martin Yankov.

Substitutions

Hebar 1918 made 2 changes: Atanas Kabov for Marcel Čanadi (64′) and Oleksiy Zbun for Bogomil Bojurkin (83′).

Results of the day

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

• CSKA 1948 Sofia – Levski Krumovgrad – 0-3
• CSKA Sofia – Ludogorets – 0-1
• Botev Plovdiv – Hebar 1918 – 1-0