VARNA. Cherno More prevails over Levski Sofia 3-1. Levski Sofia lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stadion Ticha stadium in Varna on Saturday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Vladimir Valkov with the collaboration of Svetoslav Enchev and . The 4th official was Kristiyan Kolev. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.35 degrees Celsius or 70.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 11 Total 8
- 5 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 67 Attack 86
- 63 Dangerous attack 70
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 3
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 0
Ball possession
Levski Sofia had a strong ball possession 57% while Cherno More was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Cherno More was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Cherno More shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Levski Sofia shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Cherno More received 2 yellow cards (Andreias Calcan and Ismail Issa). Talking about the opposition, Levski Sofia received 4 yellow cards (Ricardinho, Tsunami , Carlos Ohene and Bilal Bari).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Cherno More has 61 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Levski Sofia will stays with 51 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, Cherno More will play away with OFK Pirin on the 20th of April with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Cherno More (7 draws).
Levski Sofia will host Beroe on the 20th of April with a 20-15 head to head statistic in favor of Levski Sofia (7 draws).
Cherno More – Formation
Cherno More
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Cherno More adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ilian Dimov Iliev decided to play with the following team: Ivan Dyulgerov, Viktor Popov, Zhivko Atanasov, Vlatko Drobarov, Tsvetomir Panov, Daniel Dimov , Ilian Iliev, Ilian Iliev, Vasil Panayotov , Mazire Soula, Andreias Calcan and Ismail Issa.
The home team had on the bench: Rosen Stefanov, Pablo Álvarez, Atanas Iliev, Alberto Martín, Edgar Pacheco, Michael, N. Zlatev, Hristiyan Slavkov, Weslen Junior and Dani Martín.
Substitutions
Cherno More made 5 changes: Daniel Dimov for Pablo Álvarez (62′), Ismail Issa for Atanas Iliev (72′), Ilian Iliev for Weslen Junior (73′), Mazire Soula for Michael Alves (88′) and Mazire Soula for N. Zlatev (88′).
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
Also Levski Sofia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nikolay Nikolov Kostov played with: Ivan Andonov, Patrik-Gabriel Galchev, Kristian Dimitrov, Joaquín Fernández, Tsunami , P. Myslovič, Carlos Ohene, Everton Bala, Jawad El Jemili, M. Petkov, Ricardinho.
These were the players on the bench: P. Andreev, Viktor Borislavov Lyubenov, P. Bachev, Bilal Bari, Asen Chandarov, David Mihalev and Hassimi Fadiga.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made only 1 change substituting P. Myslovič for Bilal Bari (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
- Cherno More – Levski Sofia – 3-1
- Slavia Sofia – Hebar 1918 – 3-1
