Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Asenovets (8th, 53 pts) held a 43-point advantage over Sliven (18th, 10 pts). Asenovets had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Asenovets 1.68 scored and 1.35 conceded per game, Sliven 0.59 and 3.29, with the league averaging 1.65.
Asenovets had drawn their last three. Sliven arrived off eight straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Asenovets held 9 points of 15 and Sliven 0.
Stadion Shipka in Asenovgrad, capacity 10,000, hosted the game.


