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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (BGR)

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (NIR)

Starting lineups

Bulgaria

Starting lineups confirmed

4-3-3

Lineups formation

51.5

Overall player rating

75.9 %

From the perfect composition

54%

Attacking

51%

Technical

48%

Defending

45%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Dimitar Mitov	G	26	0,1M+	54.5
16	Viktor Popov	D	23	0,2M+	52.5
5	Alex Petkov	D	24
3	Zhivko Atanasov	D	32	0,2M+
13	Fabian Nürnberger	D	24	0,3M+	56.1
8	Radoslav Kirilov	M	31	0,3M+
7	Georgi Kostadinov	M	33	1,9M+	52.9
4	Ilia Gruev	M	23	0,2M+	52.3
11	Kiril Despodov	M	27	3,8M+	54.9
9	Aleksandar Kolev	F	30	0,2M+
17	Martin Minchev	M	22	1,1M+	47.7

Substitute
21	Svetoslav Vutsov	G	21	0,1M+
23	Ivan Dyulgerov	G	24	0,1M+
6	Valentin Antov	D	23	0,7M+	52.5
2	Ertan Tombak	D	24	0,1M+
15	Simeon Petrov	D	23
12	Ivan Minchev	M	32	0,4M+
20	Zdravko Dimitrov	F	25	0,1M+
22	Stanislav Ivanov	F	24	0,9M+	43.7
18	Vasil Panayotov	M	30
10	Georgi Minchev	F	28	0,3M+	48.3
14	Georgi Rusev	F	25	0,1M+
19	Ahmed Ahmedov	F	28	0,6M+

Northern Ireland

Starting lineups confirmed

4-3-3

Lineups formation

51.6

Overall player rating

71 %

From the perfect composition

53%

Attacking

47%

Technical

59%

Defending

46%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	G	27	1,4M+	61.3
5	Trai Hume	M	21		53.3
4	Daniel Ballard	D	24		52.7
17	Paddy McNair	D	28	2,6M+	51.3
22	Ciaron Brown	D	25	0,1M+	47.9
19	Shea Charles	M	20		54.7
6	George Saville	M	30	5,3M+	55.3
3	Jamal Lewis	M	25	11,2M+	49.1
2	Conor Bradley	F	20		51.5
10	Dion Charles	F	28		47.1
14	Isaac Price	F	20

Substitute
12	Luke Southwood	G	25	0,1M+	53.7
23	Joshua Clarke	G	18
8	Callum Marshall	F	18
18	Eoin Toal	D	24		48.1
20	Ethan Galbraith	M	22	1,0M+	47.7
16	Alistair McCann	M	23	0,3M+	54.5
15	Bradley Lyons	M	26	0,3M+
13	Corry Evans	M	33	0,6M+	52.3
7	Ross McCausland	F	20
9	Shayne Lavery	F	24	0,0M+	48.3
21	Josh Magennis	F	33	0,7M+	48.1
11	Paul Smyth	F	26	0,3M+	51.1

Events: Bulgaria


UEFA Nations League
Round 1
2025-03-23	Ireland - Bulgaria	-
2025-03-20	Bulgaria - Ireland	-
Round 6
2024-11-18	Bulgaria - Belarus	1 - 1
Round 5
2024-11-15	Luxembourg - Bulgaria	0 - 1
Round 4
2024-10-15	Northern Ireland - Bulgaria	5 - 0
Round 3
2024-10-12	Bulgaria - Luxembourg	0 - 0
Round 2
2024-09-08	Bulgaria - Northern Ireland	1 - 0

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	2.45	3.25	2.88

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Match stats

Bulgaria

Northern Ireland

48%	Ball possession	52%
9	Total shots	8
3	Goalkeeper saves	2
2	Corner kicks	4
19	Fouls	12
344	Passes	375
9	Tackles	12
12	Free kicks	19
9	Total shots	8
3	Shots on target	3
1	Hit woodwork	1
4	Shots off target	4
2	Blocked shots	1
6	Shots inside box	4
3	Shots outside box	4
270	Accurate passes	288
21	Throw-ins	28
55/87 (63%)	Final third phase	45/92 (49%)
43	Final third entries	55
16/45 (36%)	Long balls	12/42 (29%)
2/11 (18%)	Crosses	4/20 (20%)
48%	Duels	52%
5	Dispossessed	3
26/64 (41%)	Ground duels	38/64 (59%)
22/35 (63%)	Aerial duels	13/35 (37%)
6/13 (46%)	Dribbles	7/13 (54%)
56%	Tackles won	75%
9	Total tackles	12
14	Interceptions	6
40	Recoveries	37
33	Clearances	13
3	Total saves	2
15	Touches in penalty area	12
11	Goal kicks	5
3	Yellow cards	4
1	Through balls	1
4	Fouled in final third	1
1	Errors lead to a shot	1
1	Big chances	0
1	Big chances scored	0
2	Offsides	1

59%	Ball possession	41%
8	Total shots	5
3	Goalkeeper saves	2
2	Corner kicks	0
210	Passes	149
1	Tackles	4
7	Free kicks	10
8	Total shots	5
3	Shots on target	3
1	Hit woodwork	1
3	Shots off target	2
2	Blocked shots	0
6	Shots inside box	2
2	Shots outside box	3
174	Accurate passes	106
9	Throw-ins	12
27	Final third entries	27
8/21 (38%)	Long balls	6/20 (30%)
2/9 (22%)	Crosses	1/5 (20%)
44%	Duels	56%
2	Dispossessed	0
11/26 (42%)	Ground duels	15/26 (58%)
8/17 (47%)	Aerial duels	9/17 (53%)
3/5 (60%)	Dribbles	1/2 (50%)
0%	Tackles won	75%
1	Total tackles	4
8	Interceptions	4
18	Recoveries	16
12	Clearances	10
3	Total saves	2
5	Goal kicks	3
0	Yellow cards	2
1	Through balls	1
3	Fouled in final third	0
1	Big chances	0
1	Big chances scored	0
0	Offsides	0

36%	Ball possession	64%
0	Big chances	0
1	Total shots	3
0	Goalkeeper saves	0
0	Corner kicks	4
134	Passes	226
8	Tackles	8
5	Free kicks	9
3	Yellow cards	2
1	Total shots	3
0	Shots on target	0
0	Hit woodwork	0
1	Shots off target	2
0	Blocked shots	1
0	Shots inside box	2
1	Shots outside box	1
0	Big chances scored	0
0	Through balls	0
1	Fouled in final third	1
96	Accurate passes	182
12	Throw-ins	16
16	Final third entries	28
8/24 (33%)	Long balls	6/22 (27%)
0/2 (0%)	Crosses	3/15 (20%)
52%	Duels	48%
3	Dispossessed	3
15/38 (39%)	Ground duels	23/38 (61%)
14/18 (78%)	Aerial duels	4/18 (22%)
3/8 (38%)	Dribbles	6/11 (55%)
63%	Tackles won	75%
8	Total tackles	8
6	Interceptions	2
22	Recoveries	21
21	Clearances	3
0	Total saves	0
6	Goal kicks	2
2	Offsides	1

Bulgaria - Northern Ireland

Europe, UEFA Nations League, match Bulgaria - Northern Ireland, start time 2024-09-08 16:00:00 international time.

Bulgaria and Northern Ireland takes part in the championship UEFA Nations League, Europe.

The match will take place at the stadium Hristo Botev Stadium in the city Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Stadium capacity Hristo Botev Stadium is 22 000 people.

Head Referee - Anastasios Sidiropoulos. At the moment he is 44 years old. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Anastasios Sidiropoulos played 246 matches, noted 1282 of yellow cards and 41 of red.

You can see the list of players in the squad, head coach and upcoming matches. Also evaluate in more detail the effectiveness and arithmetic average of the teams before the game:

Events: Northern Ireland


UEFA Nations League
Round 6
2024-11-18	Luxembourg - Northern Ireland	2 - 2
Round 5
2024-11-15	Northern Ireland - Belarus	2 - 0
Round 4
2024-10-15	Northern Ireland - Bulgaria	5 - 0
Round 3
2024-10-12	Belarus - Northern Ireland	0 - 0
Round 2
2024-09-08	Bulgaria - Northern Ireland	1 - 0