Parva Liga: Arda and Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 draw 2-2 on Friday

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KARDZHALI. Arda manages to recover against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 with a penalty kick on the D. Mitkov 31' and a goal on the I. Naydenov 44'.

KARDZHALI. Arda manages to recover against Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 with a penalty kick on the D. Mitkov 31′ and a goal on the I. Naydenov 44′. Arda couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the Arena Arda stadium in Kardzhali on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 10.4 degrees Celsius or 50.65 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 58%.​

Match Statistics

Arda was in firm control of the ball 57% while Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Arda was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Arda to win the match​.

Arda shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Arda received 5 yellow cards (O. Sako, I. Tilev, , A. Gospodinov and ). On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 received 6 yellow cards (S. Slavchev, M. Duarte, C. Raposo, , and ).

I. Tilev (Arda) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (45′).

Also, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 had 2 players sent off: M. Duarte (83′ for double yellow card) and S. Slavchev (88′ for double yellow card).

After playing this contest, Arda will have 22 points to stay in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will have 24 points like Cherno More and Slavia Sofia to stay in the 6th place.

Match Events

  • 18'
    18'

    I. Tilev

  • 31'
    31'

    D. Mitkov (Penalty)

  • 35'
    35'

    O. Sako

  • 44'
    44'

    I. Naydenov

    S. Slavchev

  • 44'
    44'

    I. Tilev

  • 45'
    45'

    I. Tilev

  • 55'
    55'

    S. Slavchev

  • 57'
    57'

    D. Ali

    A. Georgiev

  • 60'
    60'

    M. Duarte

  • 66'
    66'

    C. Raposo

  • 68'
    68'

    I. Dimitrov

    D. Mitkov

  • 69'
    69'

    Y. Nenov

    Carlos Franca

  • 69'
    69'

    D. Bakalov

    A. Vutov

  • 72'
    72'

    M. Stoev

    D. Lozev

  • 75'
    75'

    T. Yordanov

    L. N\'diaye

  • 81'
    81'

    S. Kovachev

  • 83'
    83'

    M. Duarte

  • 85'
    85'

    A. Gospodinov

  • 85'
    85'

    I. Naydenov

  • 85'
    85'

    M. Zhelev

  • 88'
    88'

    S. Slavchev

  • 89'
    89'

    M. Petkov

    D. Bakalov

  • 89'
    89'

    S. Kovachev

  • 90'
    90'

    A. Lyubenov

Next match

In the upcoming Parva Liga match, Arda will host CSKA Sofia on the 28th of October with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of CSKA Sofia (4 draws).

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 will play away with Cherno More on the 29th of October with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Cherno More (1 draw).

Arda: Formation and Lineups

Arda adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Aleksander Blagov Tunchev chose to play with the following team: Anatoli Gospodinov, Milen Zhelev, Oumar Sako, Ivan Tilev, Lachezar Kotev, Deyan Lozev, Alex Petkov, Ivan Kokonov, Svetoslav Kovachev, Lassana N’Diaye and Aleksandar Georgiev.

Substitutes

Arda made 3 changes: A. Georgiev for D. Ali (57′), D. Lozev for M. Stoev (72′) and L. N’diaye for T. Yordanov (75′).

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929: Formation and Lineups

Also Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the other side, Stanislav Genchev played with: Aleksandar Lyubenov, Matheus Duarte Rocha, Alan Carlos, Bozhidar Katsarov, Celso Raposo, Krasimir Miloshev, Ivaylo Naydenov, Simeon Slavchev, Antonio Vutov, Dimitar Mitkov and Carlos França.

Substitutes

Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 made 3 changes: D. Mitkov for I. Dimitrov (68′), Carlos Franca for Y. Nenov (69′) and A. Vutov for D. Bakalov (69′).

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