Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Strumska slava (5th, 51 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Maritsa Plovdiv (17th, 30 pts). Maritsa Plovdiv ranked 12th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Per game in the league, Maritsa Plovdiv were scoring 0.91 and conceding 1.65, Strumska slava 1 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Maritsa Plovdiv — seven in succession.
The match was played at Stadion Maritsa in Plovdiv (capacity 5,000). Maritsa Plovdiv led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.