Match Report
The table read 12th (Rodopa Smolyan, 47 pts) against 8th (Spartak Plovdiv, 54 pts), 7 points apart. Rodopa Smolyan had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Per game in the league, Rodopa Smolyan were scoring 1.42 and conceding 1.89, Spartak Plovdiv 1.78 and 1.61, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
Rodopa Smolyan entered with three losses in a row. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Rodopa Smolyan, 10/15 for Spartak Plovdiv.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 0 Rodopa Smolyan wins, 5 for Spartak Plovdiv, 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture.
Stadion Septemvri staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,100. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 5 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Rodopa Smolyan: 1 goal with no recorded scorer




