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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (BGR)

Ireland

Ireland (IRL)

Starting lineups

Bulgaria

Starting lineups confirmed

4-4-2

Lineups formation

Overall player rating

58.4 %

From the perfect composition

55%

Attacking

53%

Technical

45%

Defending

44%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Dimitar Mitov	G	26	0,1M+	54.5
14	Anton Nedyalkov	D	30	3,4M+
3	Zhivko Atanasov	D	32	0,2M+
5	Alex Petkov	D	24
19	Fabian Nürnberger	D	24	0,3M+	56.1
16	Marin Plamenov Petkov	M	20	0,1M+
8	Andrian Kraev	M	24
4	Ilia Gruev	M	23	0,2M+	52.3
11	Kiril Despodov	M	27	3,8M+	54.9
20	Filip Krastev	F	22	0,1M+
21	Lukas Petkov	F	23

Substitute
23	Plamen Iliev	G	31	2,3M+
17	Nikolay Minkov	M	26	0,2M+
10	Bozhidar Kraev	M	26	1,6M+	47.7
22	Ilian Iliev	M	24	0,2M+
9	Vladimir Nikolov	F	22	0,1M+
12	Dimitar Sheytanov	G	24	0,1M+
6	Valentin Antov	D	23	0,7M+	52.5
15	Simeon Petrov	D	23
7	Radoslav Kirilov	F	31	0,3M+
13	Stanislav Shopov	M	21	0,2M+
18	Vasil Panayotov	M	33	0,4M+

Ireland

Starting lineups confirmed

4-4-2

Lineups formation

54.6

Overall player rating

57.3 %

From the perfect composition

58%

Attacking

53%

Technical

54%

Defending

48%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Caoimhin Kelleher	G	24	0,9M+
2	Matt Doherty	D	31	21,0M+	57.9
22	Nathan Collins	D	22	0,5M+	57.5
4	Dara O'Shea	D	24	0,2M+	56.7
11	Robbie Brady	D	31	6,6M+	56.3
21	Michael Johnston	M	24	1,2M+	58.3
8	Jason Knight	M	22	0,9M+	49.7
6	Josh Cullen	M	27	1,0M+	56.9
3	Ryan Manning	M	27	3,2M+	58.5
7	Finn Azaz	F	23		54.1
15	Troy Parrott	F	21	3,7M+	48.7

Substitute
13	Mark Sykes	M	26		52.5
18	Jack Taylor	M	25		55.9
9	Evan Ferguson	F	19		50.9
5	O'Brien	D	22
14	Rocco Vata	F
16	Gavin Bazunu	G	21	0,5M+	60.9
23	Mark Travers	G	24	0,2M+	57.9
12	Jimmy Dunne	D	26	0,3M+	47.7
20	James Abankwah	D	19
17	Andrew Moran	M	19
10	Adam Idah	F	22	0,9M+	47.1
19	Sinclair Armstrong	F	20

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

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	3.4	2.88	2.38

Double chance

Books	1X	X2	12
Bet365	1.53	1.33	1.4

1st half

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	4	1.91	3.25

Draw no bet

Books	1	2
Bet365	2.2	1.62

Both teams to score

Books	Yes	No
Bet365	2.1	1.67

Match goals 0.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.11	6.5

Match goals 1.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.53	2.5

Match goals 2.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	2.63	1.5

Match goals 3.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	5	1.17

Match goals 4.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	11	1.05

Match goals 5.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	26	1.01

Match goals 6.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	51	1

Asian handicap

Books	(0.25) Bulgaria	(-0.25) Ireland
Bet365	1.84	2.06

Corners 2-Way 8.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.8	1.91

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Match stats

Bulgaria

Ireland

56%	Ball possession	44%
0	Big chances	3
7	Total shots	11
1	Goalkeeper saves	2
21	Fouls	10
506	Passes	392
10	Tackles	11
10	Free kicks	21
7	Total shots	11
3	Shots on target	3
0	Hit woodwork	0
1	Shots off target	7
3	Blocked shots	1
3	Shots inside box	10
4	Shots outside box	1
0	Big chances missed	1
8	Touches in penalty area	19
420	Accurate passes	309
18	Throw-ins	14
43	Final third entries	46
58/89 (65%)	Final third phase	62/101 (61%)
28/61 (46%)	Long balls	21/51 (41%)
0/11 (0%)	Crosses	8/19 (42%)
43%	Duels	57%
8	Dispossessed	4
27/65 (42%)	Ground duels	38/65 (58%)
17/37 (46%)	Aerial duels	20/37 (54%)
80%	Tackles won	45%
10	Total tackles	11
10	Interceptions	11
48	Recoveries	45
1	Total saves	2
4	High claims	0
8	Goal kicks	2
2	Corner kicks	3
2	Fouled in final third	6
8/11 (73%)	Dribbles	7/13 (54%)
22	Clearances	21
0	Big chances scored	2
0	Through balls	1
1	Errors lead to a goal	0
0	Errors lead to a shot	1
4	Yellow cards	4

50%	Ball possession	50%
0	Big chances	3
4	Total shots	6
1	Goalkeeper saves	2
255	Passes	254
4	Tackles	6
3	Free kicks	7
4	Total shots	6
3	Shots on target	3
0	Hit woodwork	0
0	Shots off target	2
1	Blocked shots	1
2	Shots inside box	6
2	Shots outside box	0
0	Big chances missed	1
222	Accurate passes	215
8	Throw-ins	6
21	Final third entries	25
15/28 (54%)	Long balls	9/24 (38%)
0/5 (0%)	Crosses	4/9 (44%)
36%	Duels	64%
4	Dispossessed	1
8/24 (33%)	Ground duels	16/24 (67%)
5/12 (42%)	Aerial duels	7/12 (58%)
75%	Tackles won	50%
4	Total tackles	6
7	Interceptions	6
23	Recoveries	24
1	Total saves	2
4	Goal kicks	0
1	Corner kicks	1
1	Fouled in final third	1
1/3 (33%)	Dribbles	4/7 (57%)
10	Clearances	6
0	Big chances scored	2
0	Through balls	1
0	Yellow cards	0

64%	Ball possession	36%
0	Big chances	0
3	Total shots	5
0	Goalkeeper saves	0
1	Corner kicks	2
251	Passes	138
6	Tackles	5
7	Free kicks	14
4	Yellow cards	4
3	Total shots	5
0	Shots on target	0
0	Hit woodwork	0
1	Shots off target	5
2	Blocked shots	0
1	Shots inside box	4
2	Shots outside box	1
0	Big chances scored	0
0	Big chances missed	0
0	Through balls	0
1	Fouled in final third	5
198	Accurate passes	94
10	Throw-ins	8
22	Final third entries	21
13/33 (39%)	Long balls	12/27 (44%)
0/6 (0%)	Crosses	4/10 (40%)
47%	Duels	53%
4	Dispossessed	3
19/41 (46%)	Ground duels	22/41 (54%)
12/25 (48%)	Aerial duels	13/25 (52%)
7/8 (88%)	Dribbles	3/6 (50%)
83%	Tackles won	40%
6	Total tackles	5
3	Interceptions	5
25	Recoveries	21
12	Clearances	15
0	Total saves	0
4	Goal kicks	2

Series 9

General

Bulgaria Less than 2.5 goals 9 of 10

Bulgaria More than 4.5 cards 5 of 6

Bulgaria Less than 10.5 corners 7 of 8

Ireland First to concede 6 of 7

Ireland Less than 10.5 corners 8 of 10

Personal meetings

Bulgaria + Ireland Less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5

Bulgaria + Ireland Both teams scoring 4 of 5

Bulgaria + Ireland Less than 4.5 cards 5 of 5

Ireland No losses 5

Media

Bulgaria 1-2 Ireland

Full Highlights

2025-03-22

Bulgaria - Ireland

Europe, UEFA Nations League, match Bulgaria - Ireland, start time 2025-03-20 19:45:00 international time.

Bulgaria and 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 - Benoît Bastien. At the moment he is 40 years old. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Benoît Bastien played 326 matches, noted 1337 of yellow cards and 27 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: Ireland


World Cup Qual. UEFA
Round 4
2025-10-14	Ireland - Armenia	-
Round 3
2025-10-11	Portugal - Ireland	-
Round 2
2025-09-09	Armenia - Ireland	-
Round 1
2025-09-06	Ireland - Hungary	-

UEFA Nations League
2025-03-23	Ireland - Bulgaria	2 - 1
2025-03-20	Bulgaria - Ireland	1 - 2
Round 6
2024-11-17	England - Ireland	5 - 0
Round 5
2024-11-14	Ireland - Finland	1 - 0
Round 4
2024-10-13	Greece - Ireland	2 - 0