Bulgaria vs Northern Ireland
Ref: Anastasios Sidiropoulos, GreeceStadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv · 22,000 cap
Match recap
Bulgaria beat Northern Ireland 1–0 in their UEFA Nations League fixture. Despodov scored for Bulgaria. Bulgaria held 48% possession to 52% for Northern Ireland.
First Half
Kolev
Yellow Card
27'
Charles
Yellow Card
29'
McNair
Yellow Card
⚽
Despodov
Assist: Kolev
Second Half
59'
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Charles
59'
Bradley
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⇄
Kolev
⇄
Minchev
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Kirilov
73'
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McNair
73'
⇄
Saville
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Kostadinov
Ahmedov
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⇄
Despodov
81'
Hume
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82'
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Price
83'
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Hume
Nürnberger
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Match Statistics
BulgariaNorthern Ireland
6Won
Statistical edge
6–7
battles won across 15 metrics
Attack2 · 2 won
9
Shots
8
3
Shots on target
3
6
Shots in the box
4
3
Shots outside box
4
4
Shots off goal
4
2
Corners
4
Possession & Passing1 · 3 won
48%
Possession
52%
346
Total passes
375
270
Accurate passes
287
78%
Pass accuracy
77%
Discipline1 · 2 won
19
Fouls
12
3
Yellow cards
4
2
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence2 · 0 won
3
Goalkeeper saves
2
2
Blocked shots
1
Bulgaria
4-2-3-1
Northern Ireland
3-4-3
Bulgaria
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1D. MitovG
- 3Z. AtanasovD
- 4I. GruevM
- 5A. PetkovD
- 7G. KostadinovM
- 8R. KirilovM
- 9A. KolevF
- 11K. DespodovM
- 13F. NürnbergerD
- 16V. Popov
- 17M. MinchevM
Substitutes
- 2E. TombakD
- 6V. AntovD
- 10G. MinchevF
- 12I. MinchevM
- 14G. RusevF
- 15S. PetrovD
- 18V. PanayotovM
- 19A. AhmedovF
- 20Z. DimitrovF
- 21S. VutsovG
- 22S. IvanovF
- 23I. DyulgerovG
Northern Ireland
3-4-3Starting XI
- 1B. Peacock-FarrellG
- 2C. BradleyF
- 3J. LewisM
- 4D. BallardD
- 5T. HumeM
- 6G. SavilleM
- 10D. CharlesF
- 14I. PriceF
- 17P. McNairD
- 19S. CharlesM
- 22C. BrownD
Substitutes
- 7R. McCauslandF
- 8C. MarshallF
- 9S. LaveryF
- 11P. SmythF
- 12L. SouthwoodG
- 13C. EvansM
- 15B. LyonsM
- 16A. McCannM
- 18E. ToalD
- 20E. GalbraithM
- 21J. MagennisF
- 23J. ClarkeG
Bulgaria
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiril Despodov(C) | M | 78 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4/7 |
| Ilia Gruev | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dimitar Mitov | G | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhivko Atanasov | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Fabian Nürnberger | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Aleks Petkov | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Viktor Popov | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
| Aleksandar Kolev | F | 63 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Georgi Kostadinov | M | 78 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Minchev | M | 72 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Radoslav Kirilov | M | 72 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Georgi Minchev | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgi Rusev | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Svetoslav Vutsov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ertan Tombak | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivan Dyulgerov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivan Minchev | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Valentin Antov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zdravko Dimitrov | F | 18 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Simeon Petrov | D | 12 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vasil Panayotov | M | 18 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Stanislav Ivanov | F | 12 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Ahmed Ahmedov | F | 27 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Northern Ireland
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ballard | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Trai Hume(C) | M | 83 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ciaron Brown | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Isaac Price | F | 82 | 7.0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Conor Bradley | F | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 |
| Jamal Lewis | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2/2 |
| Dion Charles | F | 59 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| George Saville | M | 73 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Paddy McNair | D | 73 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bailey Peacock-Farrell | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shea Charles | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/3 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Joshua Clarke | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luke Southwood | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ethan Galbraith | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Corry Evans | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Josh Magennis | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bradley Lyons | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eoin Toal | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ross McCausland | F | 14 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Callum Marshall | F | 17 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shayne Lavery | F | 31 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Alistair McCann | M | 8 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paul Smyth | F | 17 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |