KARLOVO. Salzburg beats Levski Sofia 1-0 after H. Tabakovic scored just 1 goal (39′).
The match was played at the Stadion Vasil Levski stadium in Karlovo on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Mohammad Al Emara who was helped by Turkka Valjakka and Mika Lamppu. The 4th official was Joni Hyytiä. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 14 Total 12
- 0 On Target 7
- 6 Off Target 3
- 8 Shots blocked 2
- 90 Attack 93
- 39 Dangerous attack 39
- 67 Ball safe 71
- 21 Free Kicks 9
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
Fouls
- 9 Total 21
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Levski Sofia was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Salzburg that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia had a more offensive attitude with 39 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, Salzburg was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Levski Sofia shot 14 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Salzburg shot 12 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Levski Sofia received 1 yellow card (Álex Centelles). Talking about the opposition, Salzburg received 5 yellow cards (Abubakr Barry, Yorbe Vertessen, Haris Tabakovic, Bartosz Mazurek and Sota Kitano).
Match Timeline
Standings
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
88'
55'
Levski Sofia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Julio Velázquez Santiago decided to play with the following team: Svetoslav Vutsov , Aldair , Kristian Dimitrov , Nikola Serafimov, Christian Makoun , Maicon , Serginho , Mehdi Moubarik, Gasper Trdin , Everton Bala , Armstrong Oko-Flex , Álex Centelles and Reinaldo .
The home team had on the bench: Ognyan Vladimirov, Hevertton, Marko Grujić, Juan Perea , Asen Mitkov, Mazire Soula , David Kusso , Steven Stoyanchov and Martin Lukov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 5 changes: Álex Centelles for David Kusso (58′), Reinaldo for Juan Perea (76′), Armstrong Oko-Flex for Mazire Soula (77′), Christian Makoun for Asen Mitkov (88′) and Everton Bala for Steven Stoyanchov (88′).
Player of the match: Svetoslav Vutsov
The player that probably impressed the most for Levski Sofia was the goalkeeper: Svetoslav Vutsov. His rating is 7.66. He performed 6 saves.
Salzburg – Formation
Salzburg
39'
Also Salzburg adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Danny Röhl played with: Christian Zawieschitzky , Nikolas Veratschnig , Kévin Boma , Tim Drexler , Dominik Schmid , Abubakr Barry , Bartosz Mazurek , Edmund Baidoo , Sota Kitano , Yorbe Vertessen , Haris Tabakovic .
The following players were sitting on the bench: John Mellberg, Nikola Sarcevic, Enrique Aguilar, Christian Früchtl, Umut Tohumcu, Frans Krätzig, Karim Konaté , Stefan Lainer, Damir Redzic , Aboubacar Camara, Jesper Lindstrøm and Leandro Morgalla.
Substitutions
Salzburg made 3 changes: Sota Kitano for Damir Redzic (63′), Yorbe Vertessen for Karim Konaté (69′) and Edmund Baidoo for Frans Krätzig (89′).
Player of the match: Bartosz Mazurek
The player that probably impressed the most for Salzburg was Bartosz Mazurek even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 63 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 14 duels out of 20. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Levski Sofia – Salzburg – 0-1
- OFI – TSG Hoffenheim – 2-0
- Viktoria Plzeň – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-3
- Crystal Palace – Lech Poznań – 4-0
- Lillestrøm – Torreense – 1-2
- Celtic – Ferencvárosi – 1-3
- Juventus – NEC Nijmegen – 5-0
- Beşiktaş – Olympique Marseille – 4-1
- Real Sociedad – AFC Bournemouth – 1-2
