Bulgaria vs Spain
Ref: Srdan Jovanovic, Serbia
Match recap
Spain beat Bulgaria 3–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Oyarzabal, Cucurella, and Merino scored for Spain. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.23 for Bulgaria versus 3.41 for Spain.
First Half
5'
⚽
Oyarzabal
Assist: Zubimendi
30'
⚽
Cucurella
38'
⚽
Merino
Assist: Yamal
39'
Robin Le Normand
Yellow Card
Second Half
⇄
Panayotov
46'
⇄
Robin Le Normand
⇄
Nürnberger
62'
⇄
Zubimendi
62'
⇄
Pedro Porro
⇄
Kolev
71'
⇄
Nico Williams
⇄
Kirilov
79'
⇄
Yamal
⇄
Chochev
Match Statistics
BulgariaSpain
3Won
Statistical edge
3–12
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.23VS3.41
Attack0 · 6 won
3
Shots
24
0
Shots on target
12
3
Shots in the box
16
0
Shots outside box
8
1
Shots off goal
5
1
Corners
6
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
22%
Possession
78%
228
Total passes
818
159
Accurate passes
753
70%
Pass accuracy
92%
Discipline2 · 1 won
6
Fouls
17
0
Yellow cards
1
4
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
8
Goalkeeper saves
0
2
Blocked shots
7
Bulgaria
Spain
4-3-3
Bulgaria
Starting XI
- 4I. GruevM
- 5K. DimitrovD
- 7F. NürnbergerD
- 9A. KolevF
- 10R. KirilovF
- 12N. MinkovF
- 13E. TsenovD
- 14A. NedyalkovD
- 15V. PanayotovM
- 18I. ChochevM
- 21S. VutsovG
Substitutes
- 1D. MitovG
- 2H. PetrovD
- 3Z. AtanasovD
- 6R. BozhinovD
- 8A. KraevM
- 11K. DespodovF
- 16M. PetkovF
- 17G. MilanovM
- 19M. MinchevM
- 20L. PetkovF
- 22V. NikolovF
- 23I. DyulgerovG
Spain
4-3-3Starting XI
- 3Robin Le NormandD
- 5D. HuijsenD
- 6Mikel MerinoM
- 12Pedro PorroD
- 17Nico WilliamsF
- 18Martín ZubimendiM
- 19Lamine YamalF
- 20PedriM
- 21Mikel OyarzabalF
- 22Marc CucurellaD
- 23Unai SimónG
Substitutes
- 1David RayaG
- 2Dani CarvajalD
- 4Pau Cubarsí ParedesD
- 7Álvaro MorataF
- 8FermínM
- 9Aleix GarcíaM
- 10Dani OlmoM
- 11Ferran TorresF
- 13Álex RemiroG
- 14Jesús RodríguezF
- 15Álex GrimaldoD
- 16RodriM
Bulgaria
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Svetoslav Vutsov | G | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emil Tsenov | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Nikolay Minkov | F | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivajlo Chochev | M | 81 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ilia Gruev | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleksandar Kolev | F | 71 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anton Nedyalkov(C) | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Radoslav Kirilov | F | 72 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fabian Nürnberger | D | 62 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristian Dimitrov | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Vasil Panayotov | M | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Andrian Kraev | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kiril Despodov | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Mitov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hristiyan Petrov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lukas Petkov | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivan Dyulgerov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhivko Atanasov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladimir Nikolov | F | 19 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Rosen Bozhinov | D | 28 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marin Petkov | F | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/3 |
| Martin Minchev | M | 18 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgi Milanov | M | 9 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Spain
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikel Merino | M | 90 | 8.2 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Marc Cucurella | D | 90 | 8.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Martín Zubimendi | M | 62 | 8.0 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Pedri | M | 90 | 8.0 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Lamine Yamal | F | 79 | 7.9 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7/12 |
| Pedro Porro | D | 62 | 7.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Dean Huijsen | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Nico Williams | F | 71 | 7.7 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Mikel Oyarzabal | F | 90 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/2 |
| Unai Simón(C) | G | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robin Le Normand | D | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| David Raya | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Álex Remiro | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Álvaro Morata | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleix García | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fermín López | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ferran Torres | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rodri | M | 28 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Pau Cubarsí | D | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jesús Rodriguez | F | 11 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Carvajal | D | 28 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Dani Olmo | M | 19 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/2 |