Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Belasitsa 10th with 48 points, Hebar 19th with 9, 39 apart. Belasitsa's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 10th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Belasitsa 1.5 scored and 1.31 conceded per game, Hebar 0.61 and 4.03, with the league averaging 1.49.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Belasitsa, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Hebar entered with six losses in a row. The last-five ledger: Belasitsa 9/15, Hebar 0/15.
Stadion Tsar Samuil, capacity 9,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 5-0.