Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Levski Sofia 1st with 25 points, Spartak Varna 8th with 10, 15 apart. Spartak Varna ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Levski Sofia were scoring 2.33 and conceding 0.44, Spartak Varna 1.11 and 1.56, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Levski Sofia carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this. From the last five rounds, Levski Sofia held 13 points of 15 and Spartak Varna 7.
5 meetings are on record — 4 won by Levski Sofia, 0 by Spartak Varna, 1 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
G. Davidov officiated: 49 games logged, averaging 1.9 yellow cards each. The venue was Stadion Vasil Levski, with room for 17,688 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Levski Sofia led 2-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 6-0.
Goal scorers
Levski Sofia: Armstrong Oko-Flex (8'), Juan Perea (15'), David Kusso (60'), Armstrong Oko-Flex (64'), Steven Stoyanchov (87'), Adrian Raychev (90')
Key stats
Possession: Levski Sofia 75% · Spartak Varna 25% · Total shots: 16-1 · On target: 10-0 · Corners: 7-1