Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nesebar 1st with 91 points, Zagorets 13th with 46, 45 apart. Zagorets's recent output lagged their position: 17th on form over five rounds while 13th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Zagorets 1.42 scored and 1.69 conceded per game, Nesebar 3.22 and 0.61, with the league averaging 1.55.
Momentum sat with Nesebar, winners of their last four. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Zagorets against 12/15 for Nesebar.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Zagorets, 2 draws and 1 for Nesebar, at 3.75 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 100% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Stadion Zagorets, with room for 5,069 spectators.