Ludogorets warmed up with another clean net win for their visit to Anderlecht in a Europa League match on Thursday, October 24. The Eagles won 2-0 against Septemvri Sofia at Nadezhda stadium in the capital, with Nikolay Mitov's men playing with 10 men from the 20th minute when Georgi Varbanov was sent off. In this way, the Greens again pulled 3 points ahead of Levski, having a game less.
The champions could have taken the lead after only a few seconds of play, as Dimitar Sheitanov made a serious mistake, gifting the ball to Rick, who missed the goal. In the 14th minute, the Eagles made an excellent counter-attack, with Aguibou Camara taking Rick on the left wing, he feinted Polendakov and shot, but luckily for the home team, it was off target. In the 20th minute, Septemvri was left with a man less. A direct red card was given to Georgi Varbanov, who stopped the forward coming alone against the goalkeeper Caio Vidal and was logically sent off. 12 minutes later, the visitors made a double miss. Rwan fired first, then Naressi. At the following corner, Chochev would head it - out.
The logical thing happened in the second minute of added time on the first chat. After a cross from a corner, Chochev headed in, Sheitanov made an impressive save, but then Ochai and Moran did not intervene well and it was no problem for Rwan Cruz to score his fifth goal since the start of the season.
The intrigue in the match ended in the 55th minute. Caio Vidal made another breakthrough from the right and crossed to Chochev, who shot a header, the ball hit the crossbar and the back of Martin Hristov and entered the net of September - 2:0 for the champions. After that point, the pace of the game dropped because everything was now clear. And normally – the guests saved their strength for the visit of Anderlecht from the Europa League, which is on Thursday.