CSKA 1948 2:0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv: First League Match Result

Match report

CSKA 1948 claimed a 2-0 victory over Lokomotiv Plovdiv at Stadium Bistritsa on Thursday evening in the seventh round of the First League. Borislav Tsonev opened the scoring just before half-time, and Elias Franco sealed the result with a late strike. The hosts moved closer to the top of the table while the visitors remain rooted at the bottom.

Lucas Ryan picked up an early yellow card in the twelfth minute, and Lokomotiv's discipline went further south. Adrián Cova and Parvizdzhon Umarbaev were both booked in consecutive minutes around the half-hour mark. By then, the Bulgarian side had already taken control of the tempo.

Stats tell a straightforward story. CSKA 1948 held 62 per cent possession and registered two shots on target against five off target. Lokomotiv managed three shots on target and two wide, though possession sat at 38 per cent for the visitors. The numbers confirm what the scoreboard showed — the hosts dominated territory without creating a flood of chances.

Substitutions came thick and fast in the second half. Dalil Ali went off in the sixtieth minute, followed by a double change for Lokomotiv at sixty-nine when Jules Meyer and Mamadou Diallo were replaced. Tsonev was withdrawn alongside Christ Longville and Sevi Idriz in the eightieth-fourth, and Georgi Rusev made his appearance in stoppage time.

The result leaves CSKA 1948 third with sixteen points from seven games — five wins, one draw and one defeat. Lokomotiv Plovdiv sit fourteenth on three points, having won just once and lost six matches. The gap between them is 13 points, and neither side looks like changing position soon.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 62 – 38

Shots on target 2 – 3

Shots off target 5 – 2

Attacks 110 – 72

🟨 12' Lucas Ryan — Yellow card 🟨 34' Adrián Cova — Yellow card 🟨 35' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev — Yellow card ⚽ 45+2' Borislav Tsonev — Goal ⇄ 60' Dalil Ali — Substitution ⇄ 69' Mamadou Diallo — Substitution ⇄ 69' Jules Meyer — Substitution 🟨 76' Héctor Cuellar — Yellow card ⇄ 84' Borislav Tsonev — Substitution ⇄ 84' Christ Longville — Substitution ⇄ 84' Sevi Idriz — Substitution ⇄ 90' Georgi Rusev — Substitution ⚽ 90+1' Elias Franco — Goal

Match events

12' 0:0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Yellow card Lucas Ryan
34' 0:0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Yellow card Adrián Cova
35' 0:0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Yellow card Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
45+2' 1:0 CSKA 1948 Goal Borislav Tsonev assist: Héctor Cuellar
60' 1:0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Substitution Dalil Ali off: Ryan Yang Leijten
69' 1:0 CSKA 1948 Substitution Mamadou Diallo off: Atanas Iliev
69' 1:0 CSKA 1948 Substitution Jules Meyer off: Petar Vitanov
76' 1:0 CSKA 1948 Yellow card Héctor Cuellar
84' 1:0 CSKA 1948 Substitution Borislav Tsonev off: Danylo Tarasenko
84' 1:0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Substitution Christ Longville off: Milan Petrovic
84' 1:0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Substitution Sevi Idriz off: Alexander Alexandrov
90' 1:0 CSKA 1948 Substitution Georgi Rusev off: Kaloyan Strinski
90+1' 2:0 CSKA 1948 Goal Elias Franco assist: Georgi Rusev

Statistics

62 Possession, % 38

2 Shots on target 3

5 Shots off target 2

110 Attacks 72

0 Corners 1

13 Free kicks 19

2 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

3 Goal kicks 4

22 Throw-ins 25

Line-ups

CSKA 1948

Starting XI
#	Player	number
31	Aleks Anastasov Bozhev	31
2	Diego Medina	2
4	Andre Hoffmann	4
5	Benaissa Benamar	5
15	Fourat Soltani	15
8	Moataz Zemzemi	8
11	Georgi Rusev	11
30	Jules Meyer	30
33	Héctor Manuel Cuellar Rosales	33
67	Frédéric Ferreira Maciel	67
9	Atanas Iliev	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	Dimitar Sheytanov	13
96	Dragan Grivić	96
10	Borislav Tsonev	10
14	Kaloyan Strinski	14
20	Brian Gabriel Sobrero	20
23	Florian Krebs	23
34	Petar Vitanov	34
77	Elias Corrêa Franco	77
18	Boris Dimitrov	18
71	Danilo Tarasenko	71
93	Mamadou Diallo	93

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Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Bojan Milosavljevic	1
2	Adrián José Cova Urbina	2
4	Andrei Chindriş	4
5	T. Pavlov	5
13	Lucas Ryan Dias Santos	13
7	S. Idriz	7
12	E. Ali	12
22	I. Ivanov	22
39	Parvizdzhon Umarbayev	39
99	Julien Lamy	99
29	C. Longville	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
40	Petar Zovko	40
3	Dalil Ali	3
16	Denis Kirashki	16
44	Milan Petrovic	44
6	M. Trdan	6
20	Ryan Yang Leijten	20
30	Alexander Alexandrov	30
9	A. Velev	9
31	Yoan Dzhelepov	31

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Match prediction: CSKA 1948 — Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Win: CSKA 1948

Confidence 59%

Reasoning

ЦСКА 1948 идёт 4-м: 13 очков после 6 матчей (4 побед, 1 ничьих, 1 поражений)
Локомотив Пловдив идёт 12-м: 3 очков после 6 матчей (1 побед, 5 поражений)
Последние 5 матчей ЦСКА 1948: 2 побед, 1 ничьих, 2 поражений
Последние 5 матчей Локомотив Пловдив: 1 побед, 4 поражений
Очные встречи за последние годы: сыграно 12, побед ЦСКА 1948 — 8, ничьих 3, побед Локомотив Пловдив — 1

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Levski Sofia	9	8	1	0	25
2	CSKA Sofia	10	7	3	0	24
3	Ludogorets Razgrad	9	7	2	0	23
4	CSKA 1948	10	7	1	2	22
5	Arda Kardzhali	10	5	2	3	17
6	Botev Plovdiv	10	5	1	4	16
7	Slavia Sofia	10	2	5	3	11
8	Spartak Varna	10	2	4	4	10
9	Botev Vratsa	10	2	3	5	9
10	Septemvri Sofia	10	2	2	6	8

CSKA 1948 — Lokomotiv Plovdiv: 2:0, First League

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