The road to Ludogorets' tenth title was not entirely smooth. The season started with a major setback—a 1:3 loss in the away game against Botev (Vr). At that time, Pavel Vrba was still the head coach. Due to illness, he missed the match against CSKA, which ended 2:2, and Stanislav Genchev was on the bench for that game. He eventually replaced the Czech permanently after a series of poor performances, mainly in Europe, but also some unconvincing ones in Bulgaria. The change became official before the tenth round. Apparently, the number 10 is significant for the "Eagles," because it was from that tenth round that they climbed to first place and held onto it until the end to become champions for the tenth time. After a misstep in Kardzhali—a 2:2 draw with Arda—Ludogorets spent the winter break with a 6-point lead over their closest pursuer, CSKA.

During the break, another change was made as Genchev stepped aside for Valdas Dambrauskas. The team began strongly under the Lithuanian, but after mistakes by goalkeeper Renan, lost 2:3 in Plovdiv to Lokomotiv, and the gap to the "Reds" shrank to just 3 points. Around that time, however, all hopes in Borisova Garden for dethroning faded. In the very next round, CSKA failed to show any footballing arguments and lost 0:1 in Razgrad, and the gap widened again to 6 points. From that moment on, it grew more and more discouragingly for the "Reds." Gradually, the closest pursuer became Lokomotiv (Pd), but this did not make things heavier for the "Eagles." The title was mathematically sealed as early as the 27th round, or the first round of the playoffs.