Türkiye vs Bulgaria
Ref: N. Walsh
Match recap
Türkiye beat Bulgaria 2–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Çalhanoğlu and Chernev scored for Türkiye. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.46 for Türkiye versus 0.31 for Bulgaria.
First Half
⚽
Çalhanoğlu
Penalty
Bardakcı
Yellow Card
Güler
Yellow Card
Second Half
⇄
Demiral
⇄
Kadıoğlu
⇄
Çelik
63'
⇄
Despodov
64'
Todorski
Yellow Card
72'
⇄
Dimitrov
72'
⇄
Kraev
⇄
Unknown
⚽
Chernev (OG)
85'
⇄
Rusev
⇄
Güler
Yüksek
Yellow Card
Match Statistics
TürkiyeBulgaria
12Won
Statistical edge
12–3
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.46VS0.31
Attack6 · 0 won
19
Shots
9
6
Shots on target
2
12
Shots in the box
5
7
Shots outside box
4
10
Shots off goal
2
9
Corners
6
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
67%
Possession
33%
555
Total passes
283
480
Accurate passes
206
86%
Pass accuracy
73%
Discipline2 · 1 won
11
Fouls
12
3
Yellow cards
1
0
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 2 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
5
3
Blocked shots
5
Türkiye
4-2-3-1
Türkiye
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2Z. ÇelikD
- 3M. DemiralD
- 7K. AktürkoğluF
- 8A. GülerM
- 10H. ÇalhanoğluM
- 11K. YıldızM
- 14A. BardakcıD
- 16İ. YüksekM
- 19O. AydınM
- 20F. KadıoğluD
- 23U. ÇakırG
Substitutes
- 1M. GünokG
- 4Ç. SöyüncüD
- 5S. ÖzcanM
- 6O. KökçüM
- 9B. YılmazF
- 12A. BayındırG
- 13A. KarazorM
- 15S. AkaydinD
- 17Y. SarıF
- 18M. MüldürD
- 21D. GülF
- 22K. AyhanD
Bulgaria
Starting XI
- 1D. MitovG
- 2H. PetrovD
- 3A. ChernevD
- 4I. GruevM
- 5K. DimitrovD
- 7G. RusevM
- 8A. KraevM
- 10Z. DimitrovM
- 11K. DespodovF
- 14F. KrastevM
- 20M. TodorskiD
Substitutes
- 6V. PopovD
- 9V. NikolovF
- 12A. BozhevG
- 13R. BozhinovD
- 15S. VelkovD
- 16M. PetkovF
- 17M. MinchevM
- 18I. ChochevM
- 19I. YordanovM
- 21D. EvtimovG
- 22K. StoyanovM
- 23S. ShopovM
Türkiye
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakan Çalhanoğlu(C) | M | 90 | 8.6 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0/1 |
| Kenan Yıldız | M | 90 | 8.0 | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 6/7 |
| Oğuz Aydın | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0/1 |
| İsmail Yüksek | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 0/2 |
| Zeki Çelik | D | 61 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/3 |
| Arda Güler | M | 88 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/3 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | D | 61 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Uğurcan Çakır | G | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kerem Aktürkoğlu | F | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| Abdülkerim Bardakcı | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Merih Demiral | D | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Yusuf Sarı | F | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Çağlar Söyüncü | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Salih Özcan | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orkun Kökçü | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mert Günok | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Altay Bayındır | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Barış Alper Yılmaz | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deniz Gül | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Samet Akaydın | D | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mert Müldür | D | 29 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Kaan Ayhan | D | 20 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atakan Karazor | M | 9 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bulgaria
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimitar Mitov | G | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Filip Krastev | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Andrian Kraev | M | 72 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Martin Georgiev | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/3 |
| Georgi Rusev | M | 85 | 6.6 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1/4 |
| Ilia Gruev | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristian Dimitrov | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hristiyan Petrov | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Kiril Despodov(C) | F | 63 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 |
| Zdravko Dimitrov | M | 72 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/6 |
| Atanas Chernev | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Viktor Popov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stefan Velkov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivan Yordanov | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stanislav Shopov | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristiyan Stoyanov | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rosen Bozhinov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleks Bozhev | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Evtimov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marin Petkov | F | 18 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladimir Nikolov | F | 9 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivajlo Chochev | M | 18 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Minchev | M | 27 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |