Ludogorets beat Loko Plovdiv 2:1 in an interesting match at "Lauta". Bernard Tekpetey and Dinis Almeida scored for the visitors, while Michy Ntelo scored for the hosts.
In the 15th minute, Kwadwo Duah took a good direct free kick that went very close to the target. After half an hour of play, Ludogorets took the lead. Claude Gonsalves took the ball, it immediately reached Bernard Tekpetey, who with a powerful shot did not leave any chances to Christian Tomov -1:0 for the champions. An excellent double intervention by Sergio Chast followed. The goalkeeper saved consecutive shots from Evandro and Dimitar Iliev. In the 36th minute, the home team equalized. Babacar Dion crossed for Mipi Ntelo, who ran away from Olivier Verdon and converted from close range.
In the 51st minute, Piotrowski brought Tekpetey behind the defense, he eliminated the goalkeeper, but then the Ghanaian missed the empty net. Another big pass by Tekpetey followed, this time stopped by Christian Tomov.
In the 67th minute, Ntelo could have put the hosts ahead, but Padt saved. Ten minutes before the end of the meeting, the beam stopped Ludogorets. This happened after Verdon's header. In the 90th minute, Ludogorets scored a second goal. Dinis Almeida, the former player of Loko Plovdiv, was accurate, taking advantage of a dropped ball from Kwadwo Duah and making no mistake - 2:1 for the people of Razgrad. Gentlemanly, he did not rejoice at his fall.