Spartak Varna vs Botev Vratsa

1 April 2025 · Bulgarian First League · 2024/25 · Referee Radoslav Gidzhenov

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Sirikiy Diabaté 37’ (og)

Match summary

Spartak Varna beat Botev Vratsa 1-0. Spartak Varna led 1-0 at half-time.

Diabaté's own goal put Spartak Varna ahead in the 37th minute.

Key events

Spartak Varna Botev Vratsa

Kick-off

22’

Daniel GenovShot on target

25’

Mehdi BoukassiFoul

28’

Brayan PereaShot on target

29’

Mark Emilio PapazovShot on target

33’

Mark Emilio PapazovShot on target

Sirikiy DiabatéOwn goal

1-0

37’

43’

Arian Kabashi

Half-time1-0

Second half underway

Bernardo CoutoShot on target

52’

54’

Quentin BenaMehdi Boukassi

Gideon AkuowuaFilip Lesniak

62’

Romeesh IveyShot on target

67’

Deyan LozevDimitar Mitkov

68’

Boubacar TraorèEwerton Potiguar

68’

Preslav BachevMark Emilio Papazov

70’

Sirikiy DiabatéFoul

75’

Martin SmolenskiHamza Ait Allal

75’

Spas GeorgievDaniel Genov

XandyBernardo Couto

86’

Christian IlićRomeesh Ivey

86’

Full-time1-0

Lineups

Spartak Varna 3-4-3 Starting XI

Botev Vratsa 4-4-2 Starting XI

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player


Martin Velichkov	90′	4	0	20	3	–	–	–	–

Defenders4 players


Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo	90′	–	3	–	3	3	59	–	–	–	–
Aleksandar Tsvetkov	90′	–	2	–	2	–	53	–	–	–	–
Felix Strauss	90′	1	2	–	3	2	52	–	–	–	–
Deyan Lozev Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	1	–	4	–	–	–	–

Midfielders9 players


Antonio Vutov	90′	–	–	31	2	–	1	–	4	2	1	–
Yoan Baurenski	90′	–	–	33	–	–	1	1	4	1	2	–
Filip Lesniak Taken off	64′	–	–	37	1	–	–	–	2	–	–	–
Viktor Mitev	90′	–	–	42	1	–	–	2	10	1	2	–
Romeesh Ivey Taken off	88′	–	–	28	2	–	1	1	13	–	2	–
Bernardo Couto Taken off	88′	–	–	45	2	–	1	2	8	1	3	–
Gideon Akuowua Came on as a substitute	33′	–	–	11	–	–	–	2	1	–	–	–
Xandy Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	–
Christian Ilić Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

Forwards1 player


Dimitar Mitkov Taken off	70′	–	–	1	–	0.16	–	–	6	1	9	–

Goalkeeper1 player


Dimitar Evtimov	90′	2	1	16	4	–	–	–	–

Defenders4 players


Hamza Ait Allal Taken off	77′	–	1	1	2	1	27	1	–	–	–
Arian Kabashi	90′	–	3	–	3	1	22	1	–	–
Sirikiy Diabaté	90′	–	2	–	2	2	23	2	–	–
Martin Dichev	90′	–	–	1	4	–	32	1	–	–	–

Midfielders6 players


Ewerton Potiguar Taken off	69′	–	–	7	–	–	–	1	4	1	–	–
Mehdi Boukassi Taken off	55′	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	1	2	–
David Suárez	90′	–	–	29	–	–	–	1	3	4	1	–
Quentin Bena Came on as a substitute	41′	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–
Boubacar Traorè Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	–
Martin Smolenski Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	2	1	–	–

Forwards5 players


Mark Emilio Papazov Taken off	69′	–	–	2	2	0.17	–	2	3	1	13	–
Brayan Perea	90′	–	–	1	1	0.03	–	–	4	–	17	–
Daniel Genov Taken off	77′	–	–	2	1	0.17	–	1	7	–	25	–
Preslav Bachev Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Spas Georgiev Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	7	–

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

Spartak Varna L L D W L

Botev Vratsa L L D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Botev Vratsa 1-1 Spartak Varna, 13 Sep 24 Next meeting: Spartak Varna 1-1 Botev Vratsa, 01 Aug 25 All Spartak Varna vs Botev Vratsa meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.