PLOVDIV. Botev Plovdiv overcomes Septemvri Sofia 3-1. Botev Plovdiv was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with E. Manu (26′), A. Baroan (74′) and V. Genev (81′). Septemvri Sofia reduced the distance with a goal (84′) by S. Aleksandrov, but there was not much to do for them. Botev Plovdiv was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 stadium in Plovdiv on Friday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 14 Total 4
- 6 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 0
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 111 Attack 89
- 83 Dangerous attack 50
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
Fouls
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Botev Plovdiv had a superior ball possession 62% while Septemvri Sofia was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Botev Plovdiv was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Botev Plovdiv won the match.
Botev Plovdiv shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Septemvri Sofia shot 4 times, 4 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Botev Plovdiv didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Septemvri Sofia received 2 yellow cards (I. Arsov and A. Chandarov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Botev Plovdiv will have 4 points to hold in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Septemvri Sofia will stay with 7 points like Botev Vratsa to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Parva Liga, Botev Plovdiv will play away against Spartak Varna on the 16th of September with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Botev Plovdiv (2 draws).
Septemvri Sofia will play away agasint CSKA 1948 Sofia on the 16th of September with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Septemvri Sofia (0 draws).
Botev Plovdiv – Formation
Botev Plovdiv
81'
32'
Botev Plovdiv started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Željko Kopić decided to play with the following team: Hidajet Hankić, Roy Herman, Viktor Genev, Samuel Souprayen, James Eto’o, Dylan Mertens, Emmanuel Toku, Reda Rabeï, Mohamed Amine Brahimi, Antoine Baroan and Elvis Manu.
The home team had on the bench: Georgi Argilashki, Jasper Van Heertum, Biser Bonev, Nikolay Minkov, Tochukwu Nadi, Dimitar Tonev and Martin Sekulić.
Substitutions
Botev Plovdiv made 5 changes: D. Mertens for D. Tonev (32′), M. Brahimi for N. Minkov (55′), E. Toku for M. Sekulic (85′), R. Rabei for J. Van Heertum (85′) and A. Baroan for B. Bonev (89′).
Septemvri Sofia – Formation
Septemvri Sofia
53'
Septemvri Sofia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Slavko Matić played with: Dimitar Sheytanov, Martin Stoychev, Asen Georgiev, Ivan Arsov, Martin Achkov, Krasian Kolev, Martin Stojanov, Aleksandar Todorov, Aykut Ramadan, Dimitar Kostadinov and Simeon Aleksandrov.
They had on the bench: Ivan Vasilev, Asen Chandarov, Yoan Gavrilov, Martin Tsvetanov Nikolov, Mirza Delimeđac, Atanas Kabov and Redi Kasa.
Substitutions
Septemvri Sofia made 4 changes: A. Todorov for A. Chandarov (46′), M. Stojanov for R. Kasa (63′), K. Kolev for A. Kabov (63′) and D. Kostadinov for Y. Gavrilov (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Parva Liga.
