Pirin Blagoevgrad00 – 2Etar Veliko Tarnovo2

Pirin's league record is 13 games without a win and one point, with five goals scored and 36 conceded. Their six home league matches have produced four goals for and 15 against, so the difficulty is at both ends rather than only in defence. Etar arrive 16 points clear of them, which frames the fixture as a chance for the visitors to press an obvious advantage.

Etar's home and away splits tell different stories: 4W 2D 2L at home in the tracked window, 2W 0D 4L on the road.

Etar scored and conceded in all six of their tracked away matches and kept no clean sheet in any of them. That matters here because Pirin have conceded in every league game this season but have scored only five goals in 13. The visitors finding the net looks the more reliable half of the both-teams-to-score question.

The April meeting produced five goals and both sides scored, continuing a run of open games between these clubs. The previous meeting in October 2025 finished 1-1, while the one before that was a 2-0 Etar win, so recent history has varied. Those games span different seasons and squads, which makes them a lean rather than a firm pattern.

A two-goal half-time lead at home in the cup became a 2-4 defeat, with all four conceded in the second half. It is one match rather than a trend, but it shows how costly Etar's defensive spells have been. Against a Pirin side that has scored only five league goals, that openness cuts both ways.