Botev Plovdiv vs Pirin Blagoevgrad

25 November 2023 · Bulgarian First League · 2023/24

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Samuel Akere 22’, 46’
  • Martin Sekulić 90+2’
  • Hugo Komano 1’

Match summary

Botev Plovdiv came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Pirin Blagoevgrad. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Hugo Komano put Pirin Blagoevgrad ahead in the first minute and Samuel Akere equalised in the 22nd minute. In the second half, Akere put Botev Plovdiv in front in the 46th minute and Martin Sekulić made it 3-1 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Botev Plovdiv created 2.94 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Pirin Blagoevgrad's 0.88 from 9.

Key events

Botev Plovdiv Pirin Blagoevgrad
Kick-off
1’
Hugo KomanoLeft foot shot0-1 (Pirin Blagoevgrad)
4’
Boris TyutyukovShot on target
Samuel AkereShot on target
8’
Umeh EmmanuelShot on target
17’
Samuel AkereLeft foot shot1-1 (Botev Plovdiv)
22’
23’
Andrey YordanovShot on target
Samuel AkereFoul
26’
32’
Hugo KomanoFoul
Half-time1-1
Samuel AkereLeft foot shot2-1 (Botev Plovdiv)
46’
Antoine BaroanShot on target
46’
47’
Andrey YordanovShot on target
Second half underway
Ivelin PopovShot on target
53’
65’
Stanislav KostovBoris Tyutyukov
Joonas TammFoul
70’
Tochukwu NnadiDylan Mertens
72’
78’
Stanislav KostovShot on target
81’
Stanislav KostovArgument
Nikolay MinkovUmeh Emmanuel
82’
Faustas SteponavičiusSamuel Akere
82’
83’
Simeon AleksandrovAyoub Abou
84’
Dmytro SemenivSimulation
Antoine BaroanShot on target
86’
Atanas ChernevShot on target
87’
Martin SekulićAntoine Baroan
88’
James Eto'o
90’
90’
Lyubomir TodorovIvan Tasev
Martin SekulićLeft foot shot3-1 (Botev Plovdiv)
90+2’
Full-time3-1

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.94 0.88 1’ Hugo Komano (Pirin Blagoevgrad), 0-1 1’ 22’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), 1-1 22’ 46’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), 2-1 46’ 90+2’ Martin Sekulić (Botev Plovdiv), 3-1 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.94 0.88 1’ Hugo Komano (Pirin Blagoevgrad), 0-1 Komano 1’ 22’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), 1-1 Akere 22’ 46’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), 2-1 Akere 46’ 90+2’ Martin Sekulić (Botev Plovdiv), 3-1 Sekulić 90+2’
Botev Plovdiv 2.94 xGPirin Blagoevgrad 0.88 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Pirin Blagoevgrad attacking Botev Plovdiv attacking 
87’ Joonas Tamm (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.69 xG, off target 76’ Hugo Komano (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 90+3’ Nikolay Minkov (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 12’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.21 xG, off target 36’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.21 xG, off target 78’ Stanislav Kostov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), set piece, 0.21 xG, saved 9’ Atanas Chernev (Botev Plovdiv), set piece, 0.16 xG, off target 60’ Dylan Mertens (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 1’ Hugo Komano (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 46’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 61’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 14’ Konstantinos Balogiannis (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 53’ Ivelin Popov (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 46’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 79’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 87’ Atanas Chernev (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 22’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 28’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Andrey Yordanov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Martin Sekulić (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 8’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Aymen Souda (Pirin Blagoevgrad), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 86’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 59’ Ivelin Popov (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Umeh Emmanuel (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 56’ Umeh Emmanuel (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Andrey Yordanov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 57’ James Eto'o (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Yanis Karabelyov (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Ivan Tasev (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Boris Tyutyukov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 63’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Dylan Mertens (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Dylan Mertens (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 3’ Konstantinos Balogiannis (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 20’ Boris Tyutyukov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), set piece, 0.00 xG, off target 87’ Joonas Tamm (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.69 xG, off target 76’ Hugo Komano (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 90+3’ Nikolay Minkov (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.31 xG, blocked 12’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.21 xG, off target 36’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.21 xG, off target 78’ Stanislav Kostov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), set piece, 0.21 xG, saved 9’ Atanas Chernev (Botev Plovdiv), set piece, 0.16 xG, off target 60’ Dylan Mertens (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 46’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 1’ Hugo Komano (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 61’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 14’ Konstantinos Balogiannis (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 53’ Ivelin Popov (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 46’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 79’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 87’ Atanas Chernev (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 22’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 28’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Andrey Yordanov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Martin Sekulić (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 86’ Antoine Baroan (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Aymen Souda (Pirin Blagoevgrad), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 59’ Ivelin Popov (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Umeh Emmanuel (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 56’ Umeh Emmanuel (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Andrey Yordanov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Yanis Karabelyov (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ James Eto'o (Botev Plovdiv), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Ivan Tasev (Pirin Blagoevgrad), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Boris Tyutyukov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 63’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Dylan Mertens (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Dylan Mertens (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Samuel Akere (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 3’ Konstantinos Balogiannis (Botev Plovdiv), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 20’ Boris Tyutyukov (Pirin Blagoevgrad), set piece, 0.00 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Botev Plovdiv 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Hankić
Balogiannis
Tamm
Chernev
Eto'o
Karabelyov
Mertens 72’
Popov
Emmanuel 82’
Akere 2 82’
Baroan 88’
Pirin Blagoevgrad 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Kovalyov
Yordanov
Semeniv
Dyulgerov
Bachev
Bengyuzov
Abou 83’
Tyutyukov 65’
Souda
Tasev 90’
Komano

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player
Hidajet Hankić
90′ 4 1 15 – – – – –
Defenders3 players
Joonas Tamm
90′ 1 3 – 3 2 52 1 – –
Atanas Chernev
90′ – 2 – 1 1 74 1 – – –
Konstantinos Balogiannis
90′ – 4 1 6 1 44 2 – – –
Midfielders9 players
James Eto'o
90′ – – 57 2 – – 1 3 3 –
Yanis Karabelyov
90′ – – 67 1 – – 2 13 1 4 –
Dylan Mertens Taken off
73′ – – 48 – – – – 6 2 1 –
Samuel Akere Taken off
83′ 2 – 35 2 – – 4 12 1 1
Ivelin Popov
90′ – 2 54 5 – 1 1 3 – 1 –
Umeh Emmanuel Taken off
83′ – – 22 2 – – – 5 1 1 –
Tochukwu Nnadi Came on as a substitute
23′ – – 14 1 – – – 1 – – –
Nikolay Minkov Came on as a substitute
13′ – – 5 – – – – – 1 – –
Faustas Steponavičius Came on as a substitute
13′ – – 3 – – – – 1 – – –
Forwards2 players
Antoine Baroan Taken off
90′ – – 7 2 0.88 – 1 4 1 28 –
Martin Sekulić Came on as a substitute
7′ 1 – 1 1 0.05 – – 2 1 1 –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Pirin Blagoevgrad 0-0 Botev Plovdiv, 29 Jul 23 All Botev Plovdiv vs Pirin Blagoevgrad meetings

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