Pirin Blagoevgrad — Ludogorets II, Second League

Pirin Blagoevgrad hosted Ludogorets II in the Second League's eighth round on September seventh, 2026, and the visitors left with a comfortable 3:0 victory. The result leaves Pirin at the bottom of the table with zero points after seven games, while Ludogorets II move closer to mid-table security. And here's the thing — the opening goal arrived early, in the fifth minute, and Pirin never quite recovered their shape. They controlled possession at 55 percent but could only muster three shots on target all afternoon, while Ludogorets II converted four of theirs. To be fair, the game became scrappy around the interval. Four yellow cards tumbled in between the sixteenth and forty-fifth-plus-five minute marks, and Ludogorets II added a second goal at forty-five plus one, catching Pirin flat-footed before the whistle. By then, the hosts had already shown they were second to everything in the final third. Six shots off target against only four on target told the story — plenty of work, very little cut through. Ludogorets II's manager will have noticed the efficiency. The third goal came late, at the eighty-eighth minute, to end a barren spell for the visitors and confirm what the scoreline already suggested. Pirin ended the match with three corners and zero goal kicks, while Ludogorets II managed only one corner. In the standings, Pirin sit eighteenth with seven defeats from seven outings — a run that can only get worse. Ludogorets II, fourteenth with eight points from two wins and two draws, have the deeper squad and the better head in these tight games.