Spain vs Bulgaria
Ref: W. Delajod
Match recap
Spain beat Bulgaria 4–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Merino, Merino, Chernev, and Oyarzabal scored for Spain. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.99 for Spain versus 0.40 for Bulgaria.
First Half
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Merino
Assist: Robin Le Normand
Second Half
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Samu
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Merino
Assist: Álex Grimaldo
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Álex Baena
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Zubimendi
67'
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Despodov
67'
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Minchev
67'
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Kirilov
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Pedri
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Robin Le Normand
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Chernev (OG)
Assist: García
84'
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Shopov
89'
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Gruev
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Oyarzabal
Penalty
Match Statistics
SpainBulgaria
11Won
Statistical edge
11–3
battles won across 14 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.99VS0.40
Attack6 · 0 won
33
Shots
3
11
Shots on target
0
24
Shots in the box
2
9
Shots outside box
1
12
Shots off goal
3
11
Corners
0
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
78%
Possession
22%
817
Total passes
239
757
Accurate passes
175
93%
Pass accuracy
73%
Discipline0 · 2 won
7
Fouls
6
3
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
8
10
Blocked shots
0
Spain
4-2-3-1
Bulgaria
Spain
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 3Robin Le NormandD
- 6Mikel MerinoM
- 10Aymeric LaporteD
- 12Pedro PorroD
- 16Álex BaenaM
- 17Álex GrimaldoD
- 18Martín ZubimendiM
- 19SamuF
- 20PedriM
- 21Mikel OyarzabalM
- 23Unai SimónG
Substitutes
- 1David RayaG
- 2Jorge de FrutosF
- 4Pau Cubarsí ParedesD
- 5Dani VivianD
- 7Yeremy PinoM
- 8Aleix GarcíaM
- 9Borja IglesiasF
- 11Jesús RodríguezF
- 13Álex RemiroG
- 14Marcos LlorenteM
- 15Pablo BarriosM
- 22Marc CucurellaD
Bulgaria
Starting XI
- 3A. ChernevD
- 4I. GruevM
- 10R. KirilovM
- 11K. DespodovF
- 14F. KrastevM
- 15P. HristovD
- 17M. MinchevM
- 20M. TodorskiD
- 21S. VutsovG
- 22D. VelkovskiD
- 23S. ShopovM
Substitutes
- 1D. MitovG
- 2H. PetrovD
- 5K. DimitrovD
- 6V. PopovD
- 7Z. DimitrovF
- 8A. KraevM
- 9V. NikolovF
- 12R. BozhinovD
- 13D. SheytanovG
- 16M. PetkovF
- 18I. ChochevM
- 19K. StoyanovM
Spain
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikel Merino | M | 90 | 10.0 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1/1 |
| Pedri | M | 68 | 8.2 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | D | 90 | 8.0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 0/2 |
| Mikel Oyarzabal | M | 90 | 8.0 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Martín Zubimendi | M | 63 | 7.7 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Aymeric Laporte | D | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alejandro Baena | M | 63 | 7.6 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2/3 |
| Pedro Porro | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Robin Le Normand | D | 71 | 7.3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Unai Simón(C) | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Samu Aghehowa | F | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Jorge de Frutos | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pau Cubarsí | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marcos Llorente | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Raya | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Álex Remiro | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jesús Rodriguez | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marc Cucurella | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleix García | M | 27 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yéremy Pino | M | 27 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 |
| Pablo Barrios | M | 22 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Daniel Vivian | D | 19 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Borja Iglesias | F | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
Bulgaria
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Svetoslav Vutsov | G | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Filip Krastev | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4/6 |
| Petko Hristov | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Minchev | M | 67 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Radoslav Kirilov | M | 67 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/2 |
| Atanas Chernev | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ilia Gruev | M | 89 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stanislav Shopov | M | 84 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dimitar Velkovski | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Kiril Despodov(C) | F | 67 | 6.2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Martin Georgiev | D | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Dimitar Sheytanov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Viktor Popov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hristiyan Petrov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrian Kraev | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rosen Bozhinov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivajlo Chochev | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Mitov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristian Dimitrov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zdravko Dimitrov | F | 23 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Marin Petkov | F | 23 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladimir Nikolov | F | 23 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristiyan Stoyanov | M | 10 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |