Georgia vs Bulgaria
Ref: Glenn Nyberg, Sweden
Match recap
Georgia beat Bulgaria 3–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Kvaratskhelia, Gagnidze, and Mikautadze scored for Georgia. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.44 for Georgia versus 0.59 for Bulgaria.
First Half
Mekvabishvili
Yellow Card
Lochoshvili
Yellow Card
18'
Tsenov
Yellow Card
⚽
Kvaratskhelia
39'
Petkov
Yellow Card
⚽
Gagnidze
Assist: Davitashvili
45+1'
Kraev
Yellow Card
Second Half
46'
⇄
Minkov
46'
⇄
Kraev
53'
Dimitrov
Yellow Card
⚽
Mikautadze
VAR
Goal confirmed
67'
⇄
Milanov
67'
⇄
Nikolov
⇄
Kochorashvili
⇄
Kvaratskhelia
⇄
Mikautadze
80'
⇄
Petkov
⇄
Kakabadze
⇄
Davitashvili
Match Statistics
GeorgiaBulgaria
13Won
Statistical edge
13–0
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.44VS0.59
Attack6 · 0 won
15
Shots
5
5
Shots on target
2
10
Shots in the box
4
5
Shots outside box
1
7
Shots off goal
2
4
Corners
1
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
60%
Possession
40%
627
Total passes
414
564
Accurate passes
362
90%
Pass accuracy
87%
Discipline2 · 0 won
3
Fouls
18
2
Yellow cards
4
2
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 0 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
2
3
Blocked shots
1
Georgia
4-3-3
Bulgaria
Georgia
4-3-3Starting XI
- 1G. MamardashviliG
- 2O. KakabadzeD
- 5S. GoglichidzeD
- 6G. KochorashviliM
- 7K. KvaratskheliaF
- 10Z. DavitashviliF
- 14L. LochoshviliD
- 15A. MekvabishviliM
- 16I. AzaroviD
- 20N. GagnidzeM
- 22G. MikautadzeF
Substitutes
- 3S. KhvadagianiD
- 4G. KashiaD
- 8B. ZivzivadzeF
- 9G. GuliashviliF
- 11S. LobzhanidzeM
- 12D. KereselidzeG
- 13G. GocholeishviliD
- 17V. MamuchashviliM
- 18G. AbuashviliF
- 19G. TsitaishviliF
- 21N. LominadzeM
- 23L. GugeshashviliG
Bulgaria
Starting XI
- 2R. BozhinovD
- 5K. DimitrovD
- 8A. KraevM
- 10R. KirilovM
- 12N. MinkovD
- 13E. TsenovD
- 14A. NedyalkovD
- 16M. PetkovM
- 17G. MilanovM
- 21S. VutsovG
- 22V. NikolovF
Substitutes
- 1D. MitovG
- 3Z. AtanasovD
- 4I. GruevM
- 6A. PetkovD
- 7F. NürnbergerM
- 9A. KolevF
- 11S. KovachevF
- 15S. ShopovM
- 18I. ChochevM
- 19M. MinchevM
- 20L. PetkovF
- 23I. DyulgerovG
Georgia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khvicha Kvaratskhelia(C) | F | 77 | 8.3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5/6 |
| Georges Mikautadze | F | 77 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Irakli Azarovi | D | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Otar Kakabadze | D | 83 | 7.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2/2 |
| Giorgi Kochorashvili | M | 77 | 7.5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1/3 |
| Nika Gagnidze | M | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Anzor Mekvabishvili | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Saba Goglichidze | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zuriko Davitashvili | F | 83 | 7.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1/2 |
| Giorgi Mamardashvili | G | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luka Lochoshvili | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Saba Khvadagiani | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giorgi Gocholeishvili | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgiy Tsitaishvili | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giorgi Abuashvili | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guram Kashia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Davit Kereselidze | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luka Gugeshashvili | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nodar Lominadze | M | 11 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Vladimer Mamuchashvili | M | 13 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Budu Zivzivadze | F | 13 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saba Lobjanidze | M | 11 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Giorgi Guliashvili | F | 13 | 5.6 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Bulgaria
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radoslav Kirilov | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2/2 |
| Georgi Milanov(C) | M | 67 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrian Kraev | M | 45 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marin Petkov | M | 79 | 6.3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Rosen Bozhinov | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladimir Nikolov | F | 67 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Svetoslav Vutsov | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristian Dimitrov | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anton Nedyalkov | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Emil Tsenov | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Nikolay Minkov | D | 45 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Aleks Petkov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lukas Petkov | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivan Dyulgerov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Minchev | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Svetoslav Kovachev | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Mitov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhivko Atanasov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ilia Gruev | M | 45 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
| Fabian Nürnberger | M | 45 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Ivajlo Chochev | M | 23 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleksandar Kolev | F | 23 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Stanislav Shopov | M | 11 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |