Match Report
The table gap was wide: 44 points between Lokomotiv Plovdiv (3rd, 50 pts) and Vitosha Bistritsa (8th, 6 pts). Vitosha Bistritsa had been under-performing their position — 29th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Per game in the league, Lokomotiv Plovdiv were scoring 1.88 and conceding 0.88, Vitosha Bistritsa 0 and 1, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Vitosha Bistritsa — four in succession. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, 1/15 for Vitosha Bistritsa.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: Lokomotiv Plovdiv led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.