Ludogorets and Tsarsko Selo achieved an even 1:1 score. Kahlina debuted officially in a championship match. Terziev replaced Keseru as the team captain.

The home team created a goal situation in the 28^th minute. Anicet lost control over the ball and Manev caught it and sent it near the gate. Keseru missed the ball in the counter-attack. Mertens tried to score from the penalty zone border but missed. Daskalov almost scored in the 42^nd minute but Kahlina saved.

Popadiyn lost the ball and Manu stole it in the last seconds of the first half. Despodov and Manu were both in front of Placid and Manu scored but the referee insisted on a non-existent offside. The replay showed that clearly.

Keseru almost scored in the 55^th minute but Placid managed to save. Cauly passed to Santana in the 71^st minute but he sent the ball above the crossbar. The match was paused because the pitch had to be cleaned of the snowfall. Cauly passed the ball to Tekpetey in the 76^th minute but he redirected it to Sotiriou who scored his first goal. Tsarsko Selo evened the scored two minutes later after Mertens passed to Kavdanski who scored with his head.

Cauly kicked the ball from the foul point in the 85^th minute and Sa jumped higher than everyone and sent the ball near the other team’s gate. Ludogorets failed to defeat Tsarsko Selo twice this season.

TSARSKO SELO - LUDOGORETS 1:1

0:1 Sotiriou (77‘)
1:1 Kavdanski (79‘)

TSARSKO SELO: Placid, Kavdanski, Georgiev, Hristov (56 – Rosi), Popadiyn, Daskalov, Kostadinov, Manev (72 – De Sa), Fereira, Mertens (90+4 – Luka), Stevanovic (56 – Cordeiro)

LUDOGORETS: Kahlina, Cicinho, Terziev, Santana, Manu (66 – Oliveira), Despodov (78 – Wanderson), Anicet, Verdon, Keseru (66 – Sotiriou), Sa, Yankov (46 – Tekpetey)

Yellow cards:  Kavdanski, Cordeiro (Tsarsko Selo); Sa, Tekpetey (Ludogorets)