Match Report
Dunav 2010, 2nd on 4 points, faced a 32-point deficit to Botev Plovdiv (2nd, 36). Recent form told a different story for Botev Plovdiv: only 27th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Scoring rates set the scale: Botev Plovdiv 2 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Dunav 2010 0.5 and 0, with the league averaging 1.27.
Botev Plovdiv arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Dunav 2010 had been beaten in four straight games. Botev Plovdiv had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Dunav 2010, 1.
Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 in Plovdiv, capacity 18,700, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.