SOFIA. Levski Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv draw 1-1. I. Popov scored the first goal (18′) for Levski Sofia. Giovanny made it even (76′).
The match was played at the Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov stadium in Sofia on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Dragomir Draganov with the collaboration of Dimo Valchev and Miroslav Simeonov. The 4th official was Ivaylo Nenkov. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 9 Total 3
- 4 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 122 Attack 90
- 79 Dangerous attack 59
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Levski Sofia was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Levski Sofia had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Levski Sofia to win the match.
Levski Sofia shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiv Plovdiv shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Levski Sofia received 1 yellow card (I. Popov). Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiv Plovdiv received 3 yellow cards (A. Vasilev, D. Iliev and D. Horkas).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Levski Sofia will have 26 points to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiv Plovdiv will have 29 points like Ludogorets to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Parva Liga, Levski Sofia will host Slavia Sofia on the 12th of November with a 23-10 head to head in favor of Levski Sofia (8 draws).
Lokomotiv Plovdiv will play away agasint OFK Pirin on the 28th of October with a 10-4 head to head record in favor of Lokomotiv Plovdiv (5 draws).
Levski Sofia – Formation
Levski Sofia
87'
61'
18'
Levski Sofia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Stanimir Kolev Stoilov decided to play with the following team: Plamen Andreev, Jeremy Petris, José Córdoba, Noah Sonko Sundberg, Ivelin Popov, Wenderson Tsunami, Andrian Kraev, Filip Krastev, Ronaldo, Georgi Milanov and Welton.
The home team had on the bench: Nikolay Mihaylov, Patrick-Gabriel Galchev, Kellian van der Kaap, Asen Mitkov, Shehu Abdullahi, Iliyan Stefanov and Marin Plamenov Petkov.
Substitutions
Levski Sofia made 3 changes: I. Popov for M. Petkov (75′), G. Milanov for A. Shehu (80′) and F. Krastev for A. Mitkov (87′).
Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Formation
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Lokomotiv Plovdiv started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Aleksandar Tomash Tomovski played with: Dinko Horkaš, Matheus Silva, Ryan Bidounga, Martin Paskalev, Josip Tomašević, Babacar Dione, Georgi Karakashev, Pierre Desiré Zebli, Birsent Karagaren, Preslav Borukov and Dimitar Iliev.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ilko Pirgov, Luan Leite da Silva, Miloš Petrović, Aleksandar Vasilev, Giovanny, Ewandro Costa and Ivailo Dimitrov.
Substitutions
Lokomotiv Plovdiv made 4 changes: G. Karakashev for Giovanny (53′), B. Dione for A. Vasilev (83′), P. Borukov for M. Petrovic (87′) and B. Karageren for Luan (88′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Parva Liga.
- Spartak Varna – Cherno More – 0-0
- Levski Sofia – Lokomotiv Plovdiv – 1-1
- Slavia Sofia – CSKA 1948 Sofia – 1-1
