Bulgaria vs Rep. Of Ireland
Ref: Benoît Bastien, FranceStadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv · 22,000 cap
Match recap
Rep. Of Ireland beat Bulgaria 2–1 in their UEFA Nations League fixture. Petkov scored for Bulgaria; Azaz and Doherty replied for Rep. Of Ireland. Bulgaria held 56% possession to 44% for Rep. Of Ireland.
First Half
⚽
Petkov
Assist: Krastev
21'
⚽
Azaz
Assist: Parrott
42'
⚽
Doherty
Assist: Cullen
Second Half
⇄
Mitov
47'
Azaz
Yellow Card
51'
Johnston
Yellow Card
Kraev
Yellow Card
Atanasov
Yellow Card
61'
Knight
Yellow Card
⇄
Nürnberger
⇄
Petkov
76'
⇄
Parrott
76'
⇄
Azaz
76'
⇄
Johnston
79'
⇄
Manning
79'
⇄
Knight
81'
Vata
Yellow Card
Nedyalkov
Yellow Card
⇄
Kraev
⇄
Krastev
Minkov
Yellow Card
Match Statistics
BulgariaRep. Of Ireland
6Won
Statistical edge
6–6
battles won across 14 metrics
Attack1 · 4 won
7
Shots
12
3
Shots on target
3
3
Shots in the box
11
4
Shots outside box
1
1
Shots off goal
7
2
Corners
3
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
56%
Possession
44%
509
Total passes
395
423
Accurate passes
312
83%
Pass accuracy
79%
Discipline0 · 1 won
21
Fouls
10
4
Yellow cards
4
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
2
3
Blocked shots
2
Bulgaria
4-4-2
Rep. Of Ireland
4-4-2
Bulgaria
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1D. MitovG
- 3Z. AtanasovD
- 4I. GruevM
- 5A. PetkovD
- 8A. KraevM
- 11K. DespodovM
- 14A. NedyalkovD
- 16M. PetkovM
- 19F. NürnbergerD
- 20F. KrastevF
- 21L. PetkovF
Substitutes
- 6V. AntovD
- 7R. KirilovF
- 9V. NikolovF
- 10B. KraevM
- 12D. SheytanovG
- 13S. ShopovM
- 15S. PetrovD
- 17N. MinkovM
- 18V. PanayotovM
- 22I. IlievM
- 23P. IlievG
Rep. Of Ireland
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1C. KelleherG
- 2M. DohertyD
- 3R. ManningM
- 4D. O'SheaD
- 6J. CullenM
- 7F. AzazF
- 8J. KnightM
- 11R. BradyD
- 15T. ParrottF
- 21M. JohnstonM
- 22N. CollinsD
Substitutes
- 5J. O'BrienD
- 9E. FergusonF
- 10A. IdahF
- 12J. DunneD
- 13M. SykesM
- 14R. VataF
- 16G. BazunuG
- 17A. MoranM
- 18J. TaylorM
- 19S. ArmstrongF
- 20J. AbankwahD
- 23M. TraversG
Bulgaria
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Krastev | F | 86 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Marin Petkov | M | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3/5 |
| Kiril Despodov(C) | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Andrian Kraev | M | 86 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anton Nedyalkov | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Fabian Nürnberger | D | 72 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lukas Petkov | F | 72 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Ilia Gruev | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhivko Atanasov | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Aleks Petkov | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Mitov | G | 45 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Dimitar Sheytanov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Radoslav Kirilov | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vasil Panayotov | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Simeon Petrov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stanislav Shopov | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Valentin Antov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plamen Iliev | G | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bozhidar Kraev | M | 18 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladimir Nikolov | F | 10 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikolay Minkov | M | 18 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ilian Iliev | M | 10 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Rep. Of Ireland
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn Azaz | F | 76 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Robbie Brady | D | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1/1 |
| Troy Parrott | F | 76 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Dara O'Shea | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Matt Doherty | D | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Josh Cullen | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Ryan Manning | M | 79 | 7.0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Nathan Collins(C) | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Michael Johnston | M | 76 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/4 |
| Jason Knight | M | 79 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Caoimhin Kelleher | G | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| James Abankwah | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrew Moran | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gavin Bazunu | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Idah | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sinclair Armstrong | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Travers | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jimmy Dunne | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Sykes | M | 14 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Evan Ferguson | F | 14 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/3 |
| Jake O'Brien | D | 11 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Taylor | M | 14 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rocco Vata | F | 11 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |