BISTRICA. CSKA 1948 Sofia managed to find the solution against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to win 2-1. R. Kirilov was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to strike first with a goal of Dimitar Mitkov at the 12′. Then it was a goal in the 29′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Radoslav Kirilov gave the win to CSKA 1948 Sofia in the 53′ minute scoring a double.
The match was played at the Stadion Vitosha stadium in Bistrica on Monday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Georgi Kabakov who was helped by Martin Margaritov and Martin Venev. The 4th official was Mihael Pavlov. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.36 degrees Celsius or 79.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 20%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 12 Total 11
- 6 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 88 Attack 76
- 53 Dangerous attack 73
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 4
Fouls
- 15 Total 16
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. CSKA 1948 Sofia was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 had a more offensive attitude with 73 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, CSKA 1948 Sofia was capable to find the solution to win this match.
CSKA 1948 Sofia shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
CSKA 1948 Sofia received 4 yellow cards (Marto Boychev, Parvizdzhon Umarbaev, Birsent Karagaren and M. Tsonev). Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 received 1 yellow card (Diogo Teixeira).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, CSKA 1948 Sofia has 42 points to hold in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will stays with 28 points to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the First League, CSKA 1948 Sofia will play away with Lokomotiv Plovdiv on the 20th of April with a 7-3 head to head in favor of CSKA 1948 Sofia (5 draws).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will host Botev Plovdiv on the 20th of April with a 13-8 head to head in favor of Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 (6 draws).
CSKA 1948 Sofia – Formation
CSKA 1948 Sofia
54'
48'
29', 53'
CSKA 1948 Sofia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Valentin Ivanov Iliev decided to play with the following team: Petar Marinov, P. N’Guinda, T. Ivanov, Rosen Bozhinov, M. Tsonev, Emil Tsenov, Marto Boychev, Birsent Karagaren, Thalis, Radoslav Kirilov , M. Dimitrov and S. Dimitrov.
The home team had on the bench: Pedrinho, Simeon Vasilev, Steeve Furtado, Antonio Vutov, Reyan Daskalov, Nedeljko Piscevic, Gennadiy Ganev, Parvizdzhon Umarbaev and Ryan Bidounga.
Substitutions
CSKA 1948 Sofia made 3 changes: M. Tsonev for Simeon Vasilev (54′), Thalis for Parvizdzhon Umarbaev (79′) and P. N’Guinda for Steeve Furtado (79′).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – Formation
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Danilo Dončić played with: Aleksandar Lyubenov , Ivaylo Naydenov, Krasimir Stanoev, Dime Dimov, Bruno Franco, Krasimir Miloshev , França, Diogo Teixeira, Simeon Mechev, Kevin Mayi, Dimitar Mitkov.
These were the players on the bench: Boycho Ivaylov Velichkov, Kaloyan Krastev, Celso Raposo, Luka Ivanov, Antoni Ivanov, Erik Manolkov, Zharko Istatkov, Stéphane Lambese and Steve Traoré.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 made 4 changes: Ivaylo Naydenov for Celso Raposo (60′), Dimitar Mitkov for Steve Traoré (61′), Simeon Mechev for Antoni Ivanov (68′) and Diogo Teixeira for Kaloyan Krastev (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the First League.
