. Levski Krumovgrad conquers Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3-1. Levski Krumovgrad was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Serkan Ussein (54′), Dzuniet Ali (76′) and Aleksandar Kolev (80′). Lokomotiv Plovdiv reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 2′) by Mitchy Ntelo, but there was not much to do for them.
The match was played at the Nikola Shterev-Starika Complex stadium in on Saturday and it started at 3:15 pm local time. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 13 Total 10
- 7 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 111 Attack 85
- 76 Dangerous attack 60
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Levski Krumovgrad was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Levski Krumovgrad was more pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Levski Krumovgrad won the match.
Levski Krumovgrad shot 11 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Plovdiv shot 7 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Levski Krumovgrad received 4 yellow cards (Klaidher Macedo, Aleksandar Kolev, Yanko Georgiev and Serkan Ussein). Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiv Plovdiv received 4 yellow cards (Vladimir Medved, Wabo Kamdem, Petar Andreev and Martin Raynov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Levski Krumovgrad has 33 points like Botev Plovdiv to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, Lokomotiv Plovdiv will stays with 41 points like Levski Sofia to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Levski Krumovgrad will play away against Levski Sofia on the 9th of March with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv will host Etar on the 9th of March with a 9-3 head to head statistic in favor of Lokomotiv Plovdiv (4 draws).
Levski Krumovgrad – Formation
Levski Krumovgrad
90'
76'
73'
Levski Krumovgrad started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Stanislav Genchev decided to play with the following team: Yanko Georgiev, Matej Simic, Bozhidar Katsarov, Klaidher Macedo, Dzuniet Ali, Dimitar Tonev, Renan Areias, Serkan Ussein, Vyacheslav Velev, Aleksandar Kolev and Diego Raposo.
The home team had on the bench: Kaloyan Pehlivanov, Lucas Santana, Patrick, Dzhuneyt Yashar, Blagoy Makendzhiev, Oktay Yusein and Kitan Vasilev.
Substitutions
Levski Krumovgrad made 3 changes: Serkan Ussein for Oktay Yusein (73′), Diego Raposo for Patrick (62′) and Dimitar Tonev for Kitan Vasilev (81′).
Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Formation
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Lokomotiv Plovdiv started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Aleksandar Tomash Tomovski played with: Kristian Tomov, Wabo Kamdem, Martin Paskalev, Jorge Segura, Kristiyan Peshov, Babacar Dione , Hristo Ivanov, Martin Raynov, Yohan Bai, Dimitar Iliev and Ewandro Costa.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Todor Pavlov, Mitchy Ntelo, Petar Andreev, Efe Ali, Vladimir Medved, Miloš Petrović, Ivaylo Ivaylov Ivanov and Dinko Horkas.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Plovdiv made 4 changes: Yohan Bai for Vladimir Medved (60′), Hristo Ivanov for Mitchy Ntelo (60′), Martin Raynov for Ivaylo Ivaylov Ivanov (74′) and Kristiyan Peshov for Petar Andreev (78′).
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
