Match Report
Botev Plovdiv II went into the game 7th in the table on 61 points; Rodopa Smolyan sat 10th on 51 — a 10-point gap. Per game in the league, Botev Plovdiv II were scoring 2.21 and conceding 1.45, Rodopa Smolyan 1.68 and 1.66, against a competition average of 1.72 goals per team per game.
Nikola Shterev-Starika Complex in Plovdiv staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,700. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 5-0.