In the Second League game on 25 August 2026, Beroe beat Spartak Pleven 3:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:3, corners 7:3.
Match report
Beroe defeated Spartak Pleven 3-0 in the Second League's fifth round of the regular season on 25 August 2026. The hosts took an early lead that never wavered, with two goals coming within a minute of each other to set the tone. By then the visitors were already chasing the game, and they refused to go away despite falling behind.
I. Ferrer opened the scoring in the eleventh minute, and a second goal followed immediately in the twelfth. The visitors had a yellow card for V. Ivanov in the eighteenth, then another booking shortly after. Spartak could not find their rhythm from the start, and the hosts kept knocking on the door.
G. Bertino made it 2-0 just before half-time in the 45th minute plus two. The coach brought on both G. Dimitrov and V. Ivanov for the visitors in the 54th, while Beroe replaced Bertino in the 58th. The substitutions did not shift the balance, though the game continued with Beroe controlling the wider areas.
And here's the thing about the statistics. Both sides held 50 per cent possession, but Beroe registered five shots on target to Spartak's three. The visitors had more attacks overall — 97 to 94 — yet could not convert. The final goal came late, with W. Dual finding the net in the 94th minute.
Beroe moved to seventh place with 10 points from six games, while Spartak Pleven remained in 13th on 7 points. The hosts had lost two of their previous six, including a 2-0 defeat to Fratria, but this result brought a clean-sheet run to an end in the best sense. Spartak's recent form included a 2-2 draw with Rilski Sportnist Samokov, but they failed to take anything from Plovdiv.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %50–50
Shots on target5–3
Shots off target4–3
Attacks94–97
HT⚽11' I. Ferrer — Goal⚽12' Goal🟨18' V. Ivanov — Yellow card🟨19' Yellow card⇄26' P. Antonov — Substitution🟨38' L. Mihaylov — Yellow card⚽45+2' G. Bertino — Goal⇄54' G. Dimitrov — Substitution⇄54' V. Ivanov — Substitution⇄58' G. Bertino — Substitution⇄69' D. Stoyanov — Substitution⇄69' M. Trifonov — Substitution⇄73' S. Veshev — Substitution⇄73' L. Mihaylov — Substitution🟨83' W. Dual — Yellow card⇄89' C. Diamanka — Substitution🟨90+3' A. Ramadan — Yellow card⚽90+4' W. Dual — Goal
