VELIKO TâRNOVO. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 defeated Etar to win 2-1. A goal from I. Naydenov was decisive in the 89min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to strike first with an own goal of Gorka Larrucea at the 54′. Then it was a goal in the 81′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ivaylo Naydenov gave the win to Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 in the 89′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Stadion Ivailo stadium in Veliko Târnovo on Saturday and it started at 12:45 pm local time. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.83 degrees Celsius or 47.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 13 Total 9
- 5 On Target 6
- 7 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 131 Attack 73
- 69 Dangerous attack 47
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 21
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Etar was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Etar was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Etar shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Etar received 1 yellow card (Josecarlos van Rankin). On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 received 3 yellow cards (Dimitar Mitkov, Celso Raposo and Krasimir Miloshev).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Etar stays with 10 points to sit in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will has 25 points like Beroe to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Etar will play away with Lokomotiv Plovdiv on the 9th of March with a 9-3 head to head stats in favor of Lokomotiv Plovdiv (4 draws).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will host Slavia Sofia on the 9th of March with a 12-10 head to head statistic in favor of Slavia Sofia (6 draws).
Etar – Formation
Etar
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Etar started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Svetoslav Stefanov Petrov decided to play with the following team: Martin Velichkov, Josecarlos van Rankin, Georgi Angelov, Georgi Aleksandrov, Jean-Marc Tiboue, Martin Moran, Gorka Larrucea, Didis Lutumba-Pitah, Joachim Carcela-Gonzalez, Lovre Knezevic and Ivan Kostadinov Vasilev.
The home team had on the bench: Kristijan Sekulić, Ivailo Dimitrov, Atanas Stefanov Atanasov, Radoslav Stilyanov Naydenov, Moses Candidus, Nikolay Yankov, Luis Cordova and Martin Nikolov.
Substitutions
Etar made 4 changes: Martin Moran for Nikolay Yankov (65′), Gorka Larrucea for Moses Candidus (76′), Joachim Carcela-Gonzalez for Ivailo Dimitrov (86′) and Lovre Knezevic for Martin Nikolov (86′).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – Formation
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Danilo Dončić played with: Aleksandar Lyubenov, Celso Raposo, Gonçalo Cardoso, Dime Dimov, Bruno Franco, Antoni Ivanov, Krasimir Miloshev, Krasimir Stanoev, Simeon Mechev, Dimitar Mitkov and Valentin Nikolov.
They had on the bench: Boycho Ivaylov Velichkov, Kaloyan Krastev, Luka Ivanov, Ivaylo Naydenov , Miki Orachev, Erik Manolkov, Zharko Istatkov, Stéphane Lambese and Steve Traoré.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 made 4 changes: Dimitar Mitkov for Kaloyan Krastev (90′), Simeon Mechev for Steve Traoré (85′), Antoni Ivanov for Luka Ivanov (68′) and Celso Raposo for Ivaylo Naydenov (68′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- Levski Krumovgrad – Lokomotiv Plovdiv – 3-1
- Etar – Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – 1-2
- Slavia Sofia – Botev Plovdiv – 2-2
