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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (NIR)

Bulgaria

Bulgaria (BGR)

Starting lineups

Northern Ireland

Starting lineups confirmed

3-4-1-2

Lineups formation

51.2

Overall player rating

52.5 %

From the perfect composition

54%

Attacking

48%

Technical

59%

Defending

45%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
12	Pierce Charles	G
5	Trai Hume	D	21		53.3
17	Paddy McNair	D	28	2,6M+	51.3
4	Eoin Toal	D	24		48.1
2	Conor Bradley	M	20		51.5
19	Shea Charles	M	20		54.7
16	Alistair McCann	M	23	0,3M+	54.5
20	Brodie Spencer	M	19
14	Isaac Price	F	20
10	Dion Charles	F	28		47.1
8	Callum Marshall	F	18

Substitute
1	Luke Southwood	G	25	0,1M+	53.7
23	Christy Pym	G	28	0,0M+	52.1
3	Jamal Lewis	D	25	11,2M+	49.1
22	Ciaron Brown	D	25	0,1M+	47.9
6	George Saville	M	30	5,3M+	55.3
13	Bradley Lyons	M	26	0,3M+
15	Jordan Thompson	M	26	0,1M+	53.3
18	Caolan Boyd-Munce	M	23
7	Lee Bonis	F	21
9	Jamie Reid	F	29		48.1
11	Paul Smyth	F	26	0,3M+	51.1
21	Josh Magennis	F	33	0,7M+	48.1

Bulgaria

Starting lineups confirmed

4-2-3-1

Lineups formation

50.9

Overall player rating

63.5 %

From the perfect composition

55%

Attacking

50%

Technical

48%

Defending

44%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Dimitar Mitov	G	26	0,1M+	54.5
2	Viktor Popov	D	23	0,2M+	52.5
3	Zhivko Atanasov	D	32	0,2M+
15	Simeon Petrov	D	23
5	Hristiyan Ivaylov Petrov	D	20
20	Serkan Ussein	M	27
7	Georgi Kostadinov	M	33	1,9M+	52.9
11	Kiril Despodov	F	27	3,8M+	54.9
8	Radoslav Kirilov	F	31	0,3M+
17	Martin Minchev	F	22	1,1M+	47.7
14	Filip Krastev	M	22	0,1M+

Substitute
21	Svetoslav Vutsov	G	21	0,1M+
23	Ivan Dyulgerov	G	24	0,1M+
13	Angel Lyaskov	D	25	0,2M+
19	Ivan Turitsov	D	24	0,3M+
6	Valentin Antov	D	23	0,7M+	52.5
4	Ivan Minchev	M	32	0,4M+
9	Zdravko Dimitrov	F	25	0,1M+
12	Stanislav Ivanov	F	24	0,9M+	43.7
18	Ivajlo Čočev	M	30	0,7M+
22	Ilian Iliev	M	24	0,2M+
16	Vasil Panayotov	M	30
10	Georgi Minchev	F	28	0,3M+	48.3

Events: Northern Ireland


World Cup Qual. UEFA
Round 4
2025-10-13	Northern Ireland - Germany	-
Round 3
2025-10-10	Northern Ireland - Slovakia	-
Round 2
2025-09-07	Germany - Northern Ireland	-
Round 1
2025-09-04	Luxembourg - Northern Ireland	-

Int. Friendly Games
2025-03-25	Sweden - Northern Ireland	5 - 1
2025-03-21	Northern Ireland - Switzerland	1 - 1

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

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	1.8	3.3	4.75

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Match stats

Northern Ireland

Bulgaria

43%	Ball possession	57%
15	Fouls	12
322	Passes	455
25	Tackles	20
12	Free kicks	13
12	Total shots	5
4	Shots on target	1
1	Hit woodwork	1
6	Shots off target	3
2	Blocked shots	1
9	Shots inside box	4
3	Shots outside box	1
249	Accurate passes	366
23	Throw-ins	32
41	Final third entries	30
25/55 (45%)	Long balls	15/32 (47%)
53%	Duels	47%
5	Dispossessed	21
49/90 (54%)	Ground duels	41/90 (46%)
64%	Tackles won	60%
25	Total tackles	20
2	Fouled in final third	2
49/78 (63%)	Final third phase	44/70 (63%)
2/19 (11%)	Crosses	1/8 (13%)
10/22 (45%)	Aerial duels	12/22 (55%)
51	Recoveries	40
2	Offsides	2
12	Interceptions	10
10	Clearances	25
3	Goal kicks	9
1	Big chances	2
12	Total shots	5
7	Corner kicks	2
1	Big chances scored	0
15	Touches in penalty area	11
2	Yellow cards	2
12/27 (44%)	Dribbles	8/12 (67%)
0	Big chances missed	2
1	Through balls	0
1	Goalkeeper saves	0
1	Total saves	0

43%	Ball possession	57%
151	Passes	211
11	Tackles	7
7	Free kicks	8
5	Total shots	1
2	Shots on target	0
1	Hit woodwork	1
2	Shots off target	1
1	Blocked shots	0
4	Shots inside box	1
1	Shots outside box	0
111	Accurate passes	168
13	Throw-ins	17
23	Final third entries	14
8/25 (32%)	Long balls	8/16 (50%)
53%	Duels	47%
2	Dispossessed	10
26/44 (59%)	Ground duels	18/44 (41%)
64%	Tackles won	29%
11	Total tackles	7
1	Fouled in final third	2
0/11 (0%)	Crosses	0/4 (0%)
3/11 (27%)	Aerial duels	8/11 (73%)
23	Recoveries	21
1	Offsides	2
4	Interceptions	5
7	Clearances	17
0	Goal kicks	5
1	Big chances	1
5	Total shots	1
3	Corner kicks	1
1	Big chances scored	0
2	Yellow cards	2
8/13 (62%)	Dribbles	3/4 (75%)
0	Big chances missed	1
1	Through balls	0
0	Goalkeeper saves	0
0	Total saves	0

42%	Ball possession	58%
0	Big chances	1
7	Total shots	4
4	Corner kicks	1
171	Passes	244
14	Tackles	13
5	Free kicks	5
0	Yellow cards	0
7	Total shots	4
2	Shots on target	1
0	Hit woodwork	0
4	Shots off target	2
1	Blocked shots	1
5	Shots inside box	3
2	Shots outside box	1
0	Big chances scored	0
0	Big chances missed	1
0	Through balls	0
1	Fouled in final third	0
1	Offsides	0
138	Accurate passes	198
10	Throw-ins	15
18	Final third entries	16
17/30 (57%)	Long balls	7/16 (44%)
2/8 (25%)	Crosses	1/4 (25%)
53%	Duels	47%
3	Dispossessed	11
23/46 (50%)	Ground duels	23/46 (50%)
64%	Tackles won	77%
14	Total tackles	13
8	Interceptions	5
28	Recoveries	19
3	Clearances	8
3	Goal kicks	4
4/14 (29%)	Dribbles	5/8 (63%)
7/11 (64%)	Aerial duels	4/11 (36%)
1	Goalkeeper saves	0
1	Total saves	0

Northern Ireland - Bulgaria

Europe, UEFA Nations League, match Northern Ireland - Bulgaria, start time 2024-10-15 18:45:00 international time.

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

The match will take place at the stadium Windsor Park in the city Belfast, Northern Ireland. Stadium capacity Windsor Park is 20 332 people.

Head Referee - Brisard Jerome. At the moment he is 37 years old. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Brisard Jerome played 200 matches, noted 759 of yellow cards and 17 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: Bulgaria


World Cup Qual. UEFA
Round 4
2025-10-14	Spain - Bulgaria	-
Round 3
2025-10-11	Bulgaria - Turkey	-
Round 2
2025-09-07	Georgia - Bulgaria	-
Round 1
2025-09-04	Bulgaria - Spain	-

UEFA Nations League
2025-03-23	Ireland - Bulgaria	2 - 1
2025-03-20	Bulgaria - Ireland	1 - 2
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