Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Maritsa Plovdiv 2nd with 75 points, SFK Rakovski 18th with 27, 48 apart. On recent form Maritsa Plovdiv sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Maritsa Plovdiv were scoring 2.5 and conceding 1.11, SFK Rakovski 1.28 and 2.61, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
5 matches unbeaten backed Maritsa Plovdiv's arrival. 5 games without a win framed SFK Rakovski's arrival. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for Maritsa Plovdiv, 1/15 for SFK Rakovski.
The match was played at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (capacity 18,700). Maritsa Plovdiv led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 5-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Maritsa Plovdiv: 1 goal with no recorded scorer




