The Lokomotiv Sofia and Krumovgrad teams ended in a 0:0 draw in the capital in a match from the postponed eighth round of the football First League.
With the point gained, Krumovgrad occupies ninth place in the provisional standings with 14 points, the same as the eighth place CSKA 1948. The guests from Krumovgrad recorded a second draw in a row.
Lokomotiv Sofia is 12th with 11 points at the moment.
The visitors were the first to get a good chance to take the lead. Mateus Sousa made a shot from a promising position in the eighth minute, after a mistake by Krasimir Stanoev, but Dime Dimov managed to block the shot and prevented the danger in front of Lokomotiv Sofia's goal.
Four minutes later, the hosts were forced into a penalty kick after Mamadou Diarra was injured and was replaced by Athanasios Pitzolis.
During a new attack for the guests in the 22nd minute, Diego Raposo shot from a distance, but sent the ball over the goal of the capital city. Again Raposo attempted a shot after gaining control of the ball in the 37th minute, but again it was inaccurate.
At the very end of the first half, Ante Aralitsa received a pass from Donaldo Atska and shot, but without threatening Krumovgrad goalkeeper Yanko Georgiev.
The visitors were more active in the first half, but both teams did not register a precise shot in the outline of only from the two gates.
This happened after the break, in the 48th minute, when after Stanoev's cross, Ante Aralitsa headed the ball, but Yanko Georgiev intervened in time.
Again, Aralitsa was involved in a good opportunity for the hosts in the 77th minute. He received an excellent pass from Atzka in forward positions but was unable to direct the ball well. A minute later, Ante Aralitsa missed another chance for Lokomotiv Sofia, sending the ball wide of Krumovgrad's goal.
The players of Lokomotiv tried to pressure the opponent, as in the 88th minute Svetoslav Dikov intercepted the ball after a cross, but missed, and in added time Valentin Nikolov, who entered as a reserve in place of Simeon Slavchev, passed to Stanoev, but he was also inaccurate and the score remained 0:0.
In the next scheduled 13th round of the First League on October 24, Lokomotiv Sofia will visit Slavia, and Krumovgrad will visit Heber on October 26.