About Match
The table gap is wide: 17 points between Spartak Plovdiv (2nd, 18 pts) and Maritsa Plovdiv (17th, 1 pts). In league terms the two rates read 0.57/2.14 for Maritsa Plovdiv and 2.57/1.43 for Spartak Plovdiv (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.76. A win here leaves Spartak Plovdiv on 21 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
Maritsa Plovdiv have lost five in a row. Spartak Plovdiv have won nine straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split reads 0/15 points for Maritsa Plovdiv against 15/15 for Spartak Plovdiv.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Maritsa Plovdiv 2, draws 1, Spartak Plovdiv 2, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more.
The match takes place at Sporten kompleks Botev 1912 (capacity 18,700).