Down To Ten
Lokomotiv Sofia
Lokomotiv Sofia played the closing 42 minutes a man down after a 48′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 48′
- Player
- Bozhidar Katsarov
First League · Matchday 9
Cherno More Varna
C. Sidney 6'
I. Bounaas 37'
2 – 2
FT
HT 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia
A. Aralica 64'
D. Kostadinov 77'
First League
Matchday 9Cherno More Varna2–2Lokomotiv Sofia
Expected goals not reported for this fixture
6′37′48′64′77′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Cherno More Varna 2-2 Lokomotiv Sofia
Cherno More Varna and Lokomotiv Sofia shared 4 goals in a 2-2 First League draw at Ticha Stadium. Sidney opened the scoring for Cherno More Varna on 6', Bounaas made it 2-0 to Cherno More Varna on 37', Aralica pulled one back for Lokomotiv Sofia on 64' and Kostadinov levelled for Lokomotiv Sofia on 77'.
This competition does not report expected goals, so the clearest measure of control is the shot count: Cherno More Varna 12 attempts with 4 on target, Lokomotiv Sofia 8 with 3. Cherno More Varna held 58.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Katsarov was sent off on 48', leaving Lokomotiv Sofia 42 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Cherno More Varna graded out for set-piece siege — 9 corners.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
58%Possession42%
12Shots8
What the numbers say
3 readsRescued A Point
Lokomotiv Sofia
Lokomotiv Sofia went behind and dragged it back level.
- Final score
- 2–2
Set-Piece Siege
Cherno More Varna
Cherno More Varna turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 9 corners.
- Corners
- 9
- Opponent
- 5
Timeline
C. Sidney — assist: G. Lazarov
⚽6'
🟨15'
Angel Lyaskov
🟨33'
Krasimir Stanoev
I. Bounaas — assist: M. Achi
⚽37'
🟥45+3'
Bozhidar Katsarov
Half-time
🔄46'
R. Bidounga ↑ I. Yordanov ↓
🔄46'
Eiro ↑ R. Daskalov ↓
🔄46'
D. Kostadinov ↑ G. Minchev ↓
Kristian Tomov
🟨57'
I. Tasev ↑ I. Bounaas ↓
🔄58'
P. Andreev ↑ C. Sidney ↓
🔄58'
🔄61'
A. Aralica ↑ Caue Caruzo ↓
Ventsislav Kerchev
🟨62'
⚽64'
A. Aralica — assist: S. Delev
Asen Donchev
🟨69'
⚽77'
D. Kostadinov — assist: K. Stanoev
🔄78'
N. Neychev ↑ K. Kostov ↓
M. Barandas ↑ Unknown ↓
🔄79'
J. Padilla ↑ M. Achi ↓
🔄79'
Joao Bandaro ↑ V. Kerchev ↓
🔄86'
🟨87'
Ante Aralica
Georgi Lazarov
🟨90+4'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueTicha Stadium, Varna
RefereeKristiyan Kolev, Bulgaria
CompetitionFirst League
Season2026
RoundMatchday 9
StatusMatch Finished