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'
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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
Starting XI
- 1Dimitar MitovG
- 2Hristiyan Ivaylov PetrovD
- 6Viktor Nikolaev PopovD
- 8Andrian Boykov KraevM
- 9Kristiyan Stoyanov StoyanovM
- 10Radoslav Kirilov KirilovM
- 11Kiril Vasilev DespodovF
- 12Rosen Petkov BozhinovD
- 15Petko Rosenov HristovD
- 16Marin Plamenov PetkovM
- 18Ivaylo Lyudmilov ChochevF
Substitutes
- 3Atanas Atanasov ChernevD
- 4Ilia Iliev GruevM
- 5Kristian Traychev DimitrovD
- 7Zdravko Minchev DimitrovF
- 13Dimitar Georgiev SheytanovG
- 14Filip Yavorov KrastevM
- 17Martin Yankov MinchevM
- 19Ivan Georgiev TuritsovD
- 20Lukas Emanuel PetkovF
- 21Svetoslav Velislavov VutsovG
- 22Dimitar Valentinov VelkovskiD
- 23Stanislav Tihomirov ShopovM
Türkiye
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2Mehmet Zeki ÇelikD
- 3Merih DemiralD
- 6Orkun KökçüM
- 7Muhammed Kerem AktürkoğluF
- 8Arda GülerM
- 10Hakan ÇalhanoğluM
- 11Kenan YıldızM
- 14Abdülkerim BardakcıD
- 19Oğuz AydınM
- 20Ferdi Erenay KadıoğluD
- 23Uğurcan ÇakırG
Substitutes
- 1Fehmi Mert GünokG
- 4Çağlar SöyüncüD
- 5Salih ÖzcanM
- 9Deniz Daniel GülF
- 12Altay BayındırG
- 13Evren Eren ElmalıD
- 15Samet AkaydinD
- 16İsmail YüksekM
- 17İrfan Can KahveciM
- 18Mert MüldürD
- 21Yunus AkgünF
- 22Can Yılmaz 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 |