Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Spartak Varna 1st with 72 points, Ludogorets II 12th with 44, 28 apart. On recent form Ludogorets II sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall. Per game in the league, Ludogorets II were scoring 1.15 and conceding 1.15, Spartak Varna 1.76 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Recent form was uneven: 5/15 points for Ludogorets II, 12/15 for Spartak Varna.
With 13 matches recorded and 4.0 yellow cards per game, Boris Popov was the man in the middle. The venue was Huvepharma Arena (Razgrad) in Razgrad. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Spartak Varna led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-4.