SOFIA. Levski Sofia succeeded in turn the table against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to win 2-1. It was Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to strike first with an early goal of O. Merlo at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 37′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Bari gave the win to Levski Sofia in the 57′ minute with a goal.
P. Krachunov missed a decisive penalty (71′). That would have allowed Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 to draw the match.
P. Krachunov missed 1 penalty (71′) for Lokomotiv Sofia 1929.
The match was played at the Stadion Slavija stadium in Sofia on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.1 degrees Celsius or 48.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 11 Total 11
- 7 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 116 Attack 131
- 61 Dangerous attack 62
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 21 Total 16
- 3 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Levski Sofia that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Levski Sofia won the encounter.
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Levski Sofia shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 received 3 yellow cards (A. Aleksandrov, C. Raposo and B. Katsarov). On the opposite side, Levski Sofia received 5 yellow cards (A. Kraev, G. Milanov, Z. Dimitrov, D. Mihajlovic and I. Goranov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will stay with 13 points to stay in the 7th place. On the other side, Levski Sofia will have 11 points to stay in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Parva Liga, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will play away with Tsarsko selo on the 22nd of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Levski Sofia will host OFK Pirin on the 23rd of October with a 13-1 head to head record in favor of Levski Sofia (2 draws).
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 – Formation
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
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Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ivan Venkov Kolev decided to play with the following team: Aleksandar Lyubenov, Plamen Krachunov, Giorgos Katsikas, Matheus Duarte Rocha, Celso Raposo, Octávio, Miki Orachev, Aleksandr Aleksandrov, Bozhidar Katsarov, Iliya Dimitrov and Virgile Pinson.
The home team had on the bench: Tsvetomir Vitkov, Hristian Chipev, Krasimir Miloshev, Vladimir Semerdzhiev, Karim Bouhmidi, Rael Lolala and Valentin Nikolov.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 made 3 changes: M. Duarte for V. Nikolov (78′), C. Raposo for K. Miloshev (88′) and V. Pinson for K. Bouhmidi (88′).
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
Also Levski Sofia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Stanimir Kolev Stoilov played with: Nikolay Mihaylov, Dragan Mihajlović, Gjoko Zajkov, Christos Shelis, Ivan Goranov, Radoslav Tsonev, Andrian Kraev, Georgi Milanov, Borislav Tsonev, Zdravko Dimitrov and Bilal Bari.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Plamen Plamenov Andreev, Jose Angel Cordoba Chambers, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev, Dimitar Kostadinov, Ivaylo Naydenov, Marin Petkov and Martin Petkov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 3 changes: R. Tsonev for M. Petkov (53′), B. Tsonev for D. Kostadinov (74′) and B. Bari for M. Petkov (80′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Parva Liga.
