Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Levski Karlovo 5th on 65, Rodopa Smolyan 12th on 47. Rodopa Smolyan ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 12th table position. Per game in the league, Levski Karlovo were scoring 1.78 and conceding 1.47, Rodopa Smolyan 1.42 and 1.89, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
Levski Karlovo had won three straight.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Levski Karlovo 0, draws 4, Rodopa Smolyan 1, at 3.6 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 20% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 100%.
Stadion Vasil Levski, capacity 43,230, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Rodopa Smolyan led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.