Match Report
14 points and 3 places separated them: Bulgaria 4th with 2, Wales 1st with 16. Recent form told a different story for Bulgaria: only 49th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Bulgaria 0.33 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Wales 1.17 and 0.17, with the league averaging 1.14.
The last-five ledger: Bulgaria 4/15, Wales 10/15.
The venue was Stadion Slavija in Sofia, with room for 46,340 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.