Bulgaria vs Türkiye
Ref: L. M. Branco Godinho
Match recap
Türkiye beat Bulgaria 6–1 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Kirilov scored for Bulgaria; Güler, Popov, Yıldız, Yıldız, Çelik, and Kahveci replied for Türkiye. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.53 for Bulgaria versus 1.84 for Türkiye.
First Half
11'
⚽
Güler
Assist: Çalhanoğlu
⚽
Kirilov
Assist: Despodov
Bozhinov
Yellow Card
Kirilov
Yellow Card
Second Half
49'
⚽
Popov (OG)
51'
⚽
Yıldız
Assist: Güler
56'
⚽
Yıldız
Assist: Çalhanoğlu
⇄
Petkov
⇄
Despodov
63'
⇄
Çalhanoğlu
63'
⇄
Yıldız
⇄
Popov
65'
⚽
Çelik
Assist: Güler
69'
⇄
Güler
⇄
Chochev
⇄
Kirilov
84'
⇄
Demiral
84'
⇄
Aktürkoğlu
88'
Aydın
Yellow Card
90'
⚽
Kahveci
Assist: Aydın
Match Statistics
BulgariaTürkiye
1Won
Statistical edge
1–14
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.53VS1.84
Attack0 · 6 won
4
Shots
18
2
Shots on target
8
4
Shots in the box
9
0
Shots outside box
9
2
Shots off goal
6
5
Corners
8
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
22%
Possession
78%
198
Total passes
717
121
Accurate passes
628
61%
Pass accuracy
88%
Discipline0 · 3 won
11
Fouls
4
2
Yellow cards
1
6
Offsides
4
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
3
Goalkeeper saves
1
0
Blocked shots
4
Bulgaria
Türkiye
4-2-3-1
Bulgaria
Starting XI
- 1D. MitovG
- 2H. PetrovD
- 6V. PopovD
- 8A. KraevM
- 9K. StoyanovM
- 10R. KirilovM
- 11K. DespodovF
- 12R. BozhinovD
- 15P. HristovD
- 16M. PetkovM
- 18I. ChochevF
Substitutes
- 3A. ChernevD
- 4I. GruevM
- 5K. DimitrovD
- 7Z. DimitrovF
- 13D. SheytanovG
- 14F. KrastevM
- 17M. MinchevM
- 19I. TuritsovD
- 20L. PetkovF
- 21S. VutsovG
- 22D. VelkovskiD
- 23S. ShopovM
Türkiye
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2Z. ÇelikD
- 3M. DemiralD
- 6O. KökçüM
- 7K. AktürkoğluF
- 8A. GülerM
- 10H. ÇalhanoğluM
- 11K. YıldızM
- 14A. BardakcıD
- 19O. AydınM
- 20F. KadıoğluD
- 23U. ÇakırG
Substitutes
- 1M. GünokG
- 4Ç. SöyüncüD
- 5S. ÖzcanM
- 9D. GülF
- 12A. BayındırG
- 13E. ElmalıD
- 15S. AkaydinD
- 16İ. YüksekM
- 17İ. KahveciM
- 18M. MüldürD
- 21Y. AkgünF
- 22C. UzunM
Bulgaria
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivajlo Chochev | F | 72 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Radoslav Kirilov | M | 73 | 6.9 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0/2 |
| Kiril Despodov(C) | F | 63 | 6.7 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Kristiyan Stoyanov | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3/3 |
| Andrian Kraev | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Marin Petkov | M | 63 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Hristiyan Petrov | D | 90 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rosen Bozhinov | D | 90 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Viktor Popov | D | 63 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Mitov | G | 90 | 5.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Petko Hristov | D | 90 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Kristian Dimitrov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stanislav Shopov | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Velkovski | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atanas Chernev | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Svetoslav Vutsov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ilia Gruev | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Sheytanov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zdravko Dimitrov | F | 27 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ivan Turitsov | D | 27 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lukas Petkov | F | 17 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Filip Krastev | M | 18 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Minchev | M | 27 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Türkiye
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arda Güler | M | 69 | 8.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1/3 |
| Hakan Çalhanoğlu(C) | M | 63 | 8.3 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1/1 |
| Kenan Yıldız | M | 63 | 8.2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4/7 |
| Oğuz Aydın | M | 90 | 7.7 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2/3 |
| Zeki Çelik | D | 90 | 7.6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Merih Demiral | D | 84 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2/3 |
| Orkun Kökçü | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Kerem Aktürkoğlu | F | 84 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Uğurcan Çakır | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Abdülkerim Bardakcı | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Yunus Akgün | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Çağlar Söyüncü | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mert Günok | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eren Elmalı | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Altay Bayındır | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mert Müldür | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| İsmail Yüksek | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| İrfan Can Kahveci | M | 27 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3/4 |
| Can Uzun | M | 21 | 7.0 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3/3 |
| Samet Akaydın | D | 11 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Salih Özcan | M | 27 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deniz Gül | F | 11 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |