About Match
7 points for Rodopa Smolyan (7th), 1 for Maritsa Plovdiv (17th): a 6-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Rodopa Smolyan 1.4 scored and 1.6 conceded per game, Maritsa Plovdiv 0.2 and 1.6, with the league averaging 1.63. Rodopa Smolyan would climb to 10 points with a win and up to 4th (other results held equal).
Maritsa Plovdiv enter with four losses in a row. Rodopa Smolyan have banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; Maritsa Plovdiv, 1.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Rodopa Smolyan 0, draws 2, Maritsa Plovdiv 3, at 3.8 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 20% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Stadion Septemvri in Smolian stages the fixture, a ground that holds 6,100.