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Ireland

Ireland (IRL)

Bulgaria

Bulgaria (BGR)

Starting lineups

Ireland

Starting lineups confirmed

4-4-2

Lineups formation

54.6

Overall player rating

67.6 %

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
5	O'Brien	D	22
11	Robbie Brady	D	31	6,6M+	56.3
21	Michael Johnston	M	24	1,2M+	58.3
7	Finn Azaz	M	23		54.1
6	Josh Cullen	M	27	1,0M+	56.9
8	Jason Knight	M	22	0,9M+	49.7
9	Evan Ferguson	F	19		50.9
15	Troy Parrott	F	21	3,7M+	48.7

Substitute
16	Gavin Bazunu	G	21	0,5M+	60.9
23	Mark Travers	G	24	0,2M+	57.9
3	Ryan Manning	D	27	3,2M+	58.5
4	Dara O'Shea	D	24	0,2M+	56.7
12	Jimmy Dunne	D	26	0,3M+	47.7
20	James Abankwah	D	19
13	Mark Sykes	M	26		52.5
17	Andrew Moran	M	19
18	Jack Taylor	M	25		55.9
10	Adam Idah	F	22	0,9M+	47.1
14	Rocco Vata	F
19	Sinclair Armstrong	F	20

Bulgaria

Starting lineups confirmed

5-4-1

Lineups formation

51.2

Overall player rating

28.7 %

From the perfect composition

55%

Attacking

52%

Technical

42%

Defending

40%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
23	Plamen Iliev	G	31	2,3M+
2	Nikolay Minkov	D	26	0,2M+
6	Valentin Antov	D	23	0,7M+	52.5
15	Simeon Petrov	D	23
14	Anton Nedyalkov	D	30	3,4M+
5	Fabian Nürnberger	D	24	0,3M+	56.1
16	Marin Plamenov Petkov	M	20	0,1M+
17	Georgi Milanov	M	31	1,2M+
4	Ilia Gruev	M	23	0,2M+	52.3
11	Kiril Despodov	M	27	3,8M+	54.9
10	Bozhidar Kraev	F	26	1,6M+	47.7

Substitute
1	Ivan Dyulgerov	G	24	0,1M+
12	Dimitar Sheytanov	G	24	0,1M+
3	Hristiyan Ivaylov Petrov	D	20
7	Radoslav Kirilov	F	31	0,3M+
8	Andrian Kraev	M	24
13	Stanislav Shopov	M	21	0,2M+
18	Vasil Panayotov	M	33	0,4M+
19	Stanislav Ivanov	F	24	0,9M+	43.7
20	Filip Krastev	M	22	0,1M+
21	Kristiyan Stoyanov	M	19
22	Ilian Iliev	M	24	0,2M+
9	Vladimir Nikolov	F	22	0,1M+

Events: Ireland


World Cup Qual. UEFA
Round 5
2025-11-13	Ireland - Portugal	-
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

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	1.6	3.8	6

Double chance

Books	1X	X2	12
Bet365	1.13	2.3	1.25

1st half

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	2.25	2.05	7

Draw no bet

Books	1	2
Bet365	1.2	4.33

Both teams to score

Books	Yes	No
Bet365	2.38	1.53

Match goals 0.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.1	7

Match goals 1.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.5	2.63

Match goals 2.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	2.5	1.53

Match goals 3.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	5	1.17

Match goals 4.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	10	1.06

Match goals 5.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	23	1.01

Match goals 6.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	51	1

Asian handicap

Books	(-0.75) Ireland	(0.75) Bulgaria
Bet365	1.83	2.07

First team to score

Books	Ireland	No goal	Bulgaria
Bet365	1.4	7.5	3.75

Corners 2-Way 8.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.91	1.8

Cards in match 4.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.67	2.1

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Match stats

Ireland

Bulgaria

51%	Ball possession	49%
3	Big chances	0
14	Total shots	7
1	Goalkeeper saves	2
5	Corner kicks	5
12	Fouls	12
490	Passes	482
10	Tackles	15
12	Free kicks	12
14	Total shots	7
5	Shots on target	2
0	Hit woodwork	0
5	Shots off target	3
4	Blocked shots	2
11	Shots inside box	4
3	Shots outside box	3
1	Big chances missed	0
26	Touches in penalty area	11
2	Offsides	0
423	Accurate passes	413
14	Throw-ins	16
47	Final third entries	41
69/98 (70%)	Final third phase	68/95 (72%)
27/47 (57%)	Long balls	22/56 (39%)
6/18 (33%)	Crosses	4/15 (27%)
51%	Duels	49%
2	Dispossessed	4
26/57 (46%)	Ground duels	31/57 (54%)
15/23 (65%)	Aerial duels	8/23 (35%)
5/18 (28%)	Dribbles	5/11 (45%)
90%	Tackles won	53%
10	Total tackles	15
4	Interceptions	6
39	Recoveries	34
20	Clearances	24
1	Total saves	2
6	Goal kicks	8
3	Yellow cards	3
0	Errors lead to a shot	1
0	Big saves	1
2	Big chances scored	0
1	Through balls	0
0	Fouled in final third	1
0	High claims	1

61%	Ball possession	39%
1	Big chances	0
5	Total shots	2
0	Goalkeeper saves	1
2	Corner kicks	1
313	Passes	208
5	Tackles	8
7	Free kicks	6
5	Total shots	2
2	Shots on target	1
0	Hit woodwork	0
3	Shots off target	0
0	Blocked shots	1
4	Shots inside box	1
1	Shots outside box	1
1	Big chances missed	0
1	Offsides	0
274	Accurate passes	169
10	Throw-ins	9
34	Final third entries	12
12/25 (48%)	Long balls	11/35 (31%)
5/12 (42%)	Crosses	2/4 (50%)
53%	Duels	47%
1	Dispossessed	3
15/30 (50%)	Ground duels	15/30 (50%)
8/13 (62%)	Aerial duels	5/13 (38%)
3/10 (30%)	Dribbles	2/4 (50%)
100%	Tackles won	50%
5	Total tackles	8
1	Interceptions	2
17	Recoveries	15
5	Clearances	16
0	Total saves	1
2	Goal kicks	6
2	Yellow cards	1
0	Big chances scored	0
0	Through balls	0
0	Fouled in final third	0

39%	Ball possession	61%
2	Big chances	0
9	Total shots	5
1	Goalkeeper saves	1
3	Corner kicks	4
177	Passes	274
5	Tackles	7
5	Free kicks	6
1	Yellow cards	2
9	Total shots	5
3	Shots on target	1
0	Hit woodwork	0
2	Shots off target	3
4	Blocked shots	1
7	Shots inside box	3
2	Shots outside box	2
0	Big chances missed	0
1	Offsides	0
149	Accurate passes	244
4	Throw-ins	7
13	Final third entries	29
15/22 (68%)	Long balls	11/21 (52%)
1/6 (17%)	Crosses	2/11 (18%)
49%	Duels	51%
1	Dispossessed	1
11/27 (41%)	Ground duels	16/27 (59%)
7/10 (70%)	Aerial duels	3/10 (30%)
2/8 (25%)	Dribbles	3/7 (43%)
80%	Tackles won	57%
5	Total tackles	7
3	Interceptions	4
22	Recoveries	19
15	Clearances	8
1	Total saves	1
4	Goal kicks	2
2	Big chances scored	0
1	Through balls	0
0	Fouled in final third	1

Series 8

General

Bulgaria Less than 2.5 goals 8 of 10

Bulgaria More than 4.5 cards 6 of 7

Bulgaria Less than 10.5 corners 8 of 9

Ireland First to concede 7 of 8

Ireland Less than 10.5 corners 8 of 10

Personal meetings

Ireland + Bulgaria Less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5

Ireland + Bulgaria Both teams scoring 5 of 6

Ireland + Bulgaria Less than 4.5 cards 5 of 6

Ireland No losses 6

Media

Ireland 2 - 1 Bulgaria

Full Highlights

2025-03-24

Ireland - Bulgaria

Europe, UEFA Nations League, match Ireland - Bulgaria, start time 2025-03-23 19:45:00 international time.

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

The match will take place at the stadium Aviva Stadium in the city Dublin, Ireland. Stadium capacity Aviva Stadium is 51 700 people.

Head Referee - Halil Umut Meler. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Halil Umut Meler played 223 matches, noted 1136 of yellow cards and 37 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 5
2025-11-15	Turkey - Bulgaria	-
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