BREMEN (Interstat) — Lok. Gorna scored once in each half and defeated Beroe 2-0 at Bezirkssportanlage Obervieland on Friday. The match produced two goals, both for the home team. The home side took the lead in the 20th minute and added a second goal in the 60th minute. Beroe was unable to find a response over the course of the match. The result left Lok. Gorna with two wins and two draws in the competition and four wins and two draws across all competitions. Beroe is now at one win and two losses in the competition and two wins and three losses overall.

The opening goal arrived in the 20th minute and gave Lok. Gorna an early advantage at its home ground. Lok. Gorna held that lead through the remainder of the first half. Beroe was shown a yellow card in the 45th minute of first-half stoppage time. Lok. Gorna’s goal in the 20th minute remained the only score of the first half, and Beroe’s yellow card in stoppage time was the first booking of the match. The first half ended with Lok. Gorna ahead and Beroe still searching for an equalizer. Lok. Gorna kept the visitors off the scoreboard before the interval, and the home team carried a one-goal lead into the halftime break.

The second half began with Lok. Gorna receiving a yellow card in the 56th minute. Four minutes later, Lok. Gorna scored its second goal of the match. Beroe was then booked in the 69th minute, the 72nd minute and the 79th minute as the visitors attempted to work their way back into the contest. The sequence of bookings continued through the second half, with Beroe receiving three yellow cards in a 10-minute span and Lok. Gorna receiving two more before the end of regulation and stoppage time. Lok. Gorna received yellow cards in the 87th minute and in the second minute of stoppage time. Beroe did not score before the final whistle, and Lok. Gorna closed out the shutout at Bezirkssportanlage Obervieland.

Lok. Gorna remained unbeaten in the competition and across all competitions. The club’s competition record now stands at two wins, no losses and two draws, while its overall record is four wins, no losses and two draws. Beroe’s competition record is one win and two losses, and its overall record is two wins and three losses. Lok. Gorna has not lost in the competition this season, and its overall record also shows no defeats. Beroe has two wins and three losses across all competitions and one win and two losses in the competition. The result added to the home side’s unbeaten start and gave the visitors another loss in the competition.

Beroe’s previous results this season included a 3-1 home win over Rilski Sportist, a 0-3 home loss to Ludogorets, a 2-3 away loss to Marek and a 2-1 away win at Minyor Pernik. Lok. Gorna’s previous results included a 2-0 home win over Pirin Blagoevgrad, a 2-1 home win over Septemvri Sofia, a 0-0 away draw at Rilski Sportist, a 3-1 away win at Natsional Sofia and a 0-0 away draw at Marek. The match was played at Bezirkssportanlage Obervieland in Bremen.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Lok. Gorna 1, Beroe 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Beroe with a 68.4 percent probability to win. Lok. Gorna had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 2 went over the over/under line of 2.5.