Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Riltsi 16th with 23 points, Svetkavitsa Targovishte 17th with 1, 22 apart. Riltsi had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Svetkavitsa Targovishte were scoring 0.16 and conceding 4.03, Riltsi 0.94 and 2.53, against a competition average of 1.76 goals per team per game.
Svetkavitsa Targovishte entered with seven losses in a row. Defeat had followed defeat for Riltsi — five in succession.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Svetkavitsa Targovishte have 0 wins to Riltsi's 2, with 2 draws, at 4.25 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The match was played at Stadion Dimitar Burkov (capacity 10,000).