Ludogorets took a huge step towards the title, winning against CSKA 1948 1-0 away in a postponed match of the VIII round of the First League. The success, which is the first for the Eagles in Bistrica over this opponent, came late - in the 82nd minute, and the decisive goal was scored by the known joker - Matias Tissera. In this way, Ludogorets pulled 9 points ahead of the second CSKA.

The first better position logically opened up for the champions, as in the 12th minute Todor Nedelev tried to surprise Petar Marinov with a foul, but the goalkeeper shot. Eight minutes later, Todor Nedelev put the ball on Dinis Almeida's head after a corner, which miraculously did not hit the goal. After that, the hosts made a mistake twice – first Emil Tsenov and then Petar Marinov made a mistake, but Rwan and Rick played the situations in question amateurishly and did not take advantage.

In the 26th minute, the crossbar saved CSKA 1948. He was brought out by Todor Nedelev behind the defense and alone against Petar Marinov aimed for the crossbar. Ten minutes later, Todor Nedelev also tried his aim, but the ball did not find the target, passing extremely close. In the 40th minute, the crossbar saved the hosts again. This time after a blow from Tekpetey. In the first part, the dominance of the Razgrad team was huge, as they fired 10 shots at Petar Marinov's goal, and twice the crossbars stopped the champions. There were also 10 corners, which the champions did not take advantage of.

At the beginning of the second half, Tallis tried to surprise Sergio Padt with a long shot, but the goalkeeper saved. Then Pedrinho missed an excellent opportunity with his left foot. After an hour of play, Pedrinho launched a real projectile at Sergio Padt, but the goalkeeper of Ludogorets saved. In those minutes, the hosts played more actively.

In the 70th minute, substitute Kwadwo Duah was found in the penalty area but could not play well enough and Marinov made a great save with his foot. A minute later, Duah headed wide.

Eight minutes before the end of the match, the happy moment for the Eagles came from  Matias Tissera broke the zeros on the scoreboard. The Argentine, who entered 10 minutes before, escaped from the defense of the Reds after a good pass by another reserve - Caio Vidal, and from close range he did not leave any chances to Petar Marinov - 1:0 for Ludogorets.

After the goal, CSKA 1948 launched a flurry of attacks, but they only managed one accurate shot by Karagaren, which was easily caught by Sergio Padt.