Ludogorets recorded its 9th win in a row after beating Spartak Varna 3:1 at "Koritoto". Thus, the Eagles regained their lead of 9 points at the top over second-placed Botev Plovdiv.

Igor Jovicevic has rested many of his key players, including Rick Jhonathan, Dinis Almeida and Aslack Von Witry. Pedro Naressi and Caio Vidal, who were suspended for the match with Athletic Bilbao, are back in action. Ludogorets started the match more actively and logically took the lead in the 9th minute. Caio Vidal then crossed from the left, Aleksandar Tsvetkov headed it but right at the feet of Son, who with a great volley that left no chance for Martin Velichkov. Denny Gropper's shot followed, but it was off target. In the 14th minute, home coach Nikolay Kirov received some bad news as experienced defender Radi Dimitrov picked up an injury and was replaced by attacking midfielder Bernardo Couto. In the 35th minute, Angel Grnchov with a very nice pass led Bernardo Couto on the right wing, but the Portuguese was unable to hit the goal. Another good attack by the home team followed, which ended with Ivey's shot, but again – in an out. A penalty was awarded in extra time in the first half. After Pa Konate's cross, the ball hit Pedro Naressi's hand and referee Georgi Ginchev awarded a penalty. Behind the ball stood Ahmed Akhmedov, who sent Sergio Padt into the other corner - 1:1. It was the Ram's 10th hit since the start of the season.

The goal ended Ludogorets' streak of 11 games without conceding a goal in the league. The Eagles hadn't scored in exactly 1,037 minutes, or in other words, just over 17 hours.

At half-time, the visiting coach Igor Jovicevic made two changes to his squad, taking off Denny Gropper and Aguibou Camara and replacing them with Aslack Von Witry and Deroy Duarte. In the 49th minute, Erick Marcus stole the ball from Viktor Mitev and Pa Konate and crossed sharply, the ball reached Ivaylo Chochev, whose shot hit the crossbar. Another pass by the guests followed. Erick Marcus cut in from the right to the center and fired a left-footed shot that Martin Velichkov struggled to beat. In the 57th minute, Bernardo Couto made a nice shot, but the ball ricocheted and saved the Eagles. Two more substitutions followed for the visitors, with Rick and Rwan coming on and Ciao Vidal and Kwadwo Duah coming off. This gave an instant result and Ludogorets went ahead again in the 64th minute. Aslack Von Witry found Rwan with a long pass, Martin Velichkov stepped forward unread and the Brazilian easily transferred it - 2:1! Immediately after the goal, Nikolay Kirov reacted by playing Antonio Vutov.

In the 78th minute, Filip Lesniak shot hard, but inaccurately. After just a few seconds, the intrigue of the meeting was over. After a cross from a corner by Aslack Von Witry, the ball ended up at the feet of Olivier Verdon, who could not make a mistake - 3:1. By the end of the game, Rick was responsible for two big misses, and in one of them, his shot met the fallen Rwan on the goal line.