Bulgaria vs Northern Ireland

Final score: Bulgaria 1-0 Northern Ireland in the UEFA Nations League, September 8, 2024. Head-to-head in the last 4 meetings: 2 wins for Bulgaria, 1 draws, 1 wins for Northern Ireland.

Overview

Football: UEFA Nations League · League C · Round 2
Venue: Stadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv
Form: DLLDL Bulgaria
: DDLLW Northern Ireland

-5' Aleksandar Kolev
27' Shea Charles
29' Paddy McNair
40' K. Despodov · A. Kolev 1-0
HT1-0
59' ▲ S. Lavery ▼ D. Charles
59' Conor Bradley
63' ▲ A. Ahmedov ▼ A. Kolev
72' ▲ V. Panayotov ▼ M. Minchev
72' ▲ Z. Dimitrov ▼ R. Kirilov
73' ▲ P. Smyth ▼ G. Saville
73' ▲ C. Marshall ▼ P. McNair
78' ▲ S. Petrov ▼ G. Kostadinov
78' Ahmed Ahmedov
78' ▲ S. Ivanov ▼ K. Despodov
81' Trai Hume
82' ▲ A. McCann ▼ I. Price
83' ▲ R. McCausland ▼ T. Hume
90'+1 Fabian Nürnberger
FT1-0

Line-ups

Bulgaria Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Coach: I. Iliev

1D. Mitov 7.3
16V. Popov 7.2
3Z. Atanasov 7.3
5A. Petkov 7.2
13F. Nürnberger 7.2
7G. Kostadinov ▼ 78' 6.9
4I. Gruev 7.3
11K. Despodov ⚽ ▼ 78' 7.7
17M. Minchev ▼ 72' 6.6
8R. Kirilov ▼ 72' 6.6
9A. Kolev ⇢ ▼ 63' 7.2

Substitutes 12

19A. Ahmedov ▲ 63' 6.2
20Z. Dimitrov ▲ 72' 6.9
18V. Panayotov ▲ 72' 6.6
15S. Petrov ▲ 78' 6.9
22S. Ivanov ▲ 78' 6.3
14G. Rusev
21S. Vutsov
12I. Minchev
23I. Dyulgerov
6V. Antov
10G. Minchev
2E. Tombak

Northern Ireland Formation: 3-4-3 · Coach: M. O'Neill

1B. Peacock-Farrell 6.3
4D. Ballard 7.5
17P. McNair ▼ 73' 6.3
22C. Brown 7.0
5T. Hume ▼ 83' 7.0
19S. Charles 6.2
6G. Saville ▼ 73' 6.3
3J. Lewis 6.9
2C. Bradley 6.9
10D. Charles ▼ 59' 6.5
14I. Price ▼ 82' 7.0

Substitutes 12

9S. Lavery ▲ 59' 6.6
8C. Marshall ▲ 73' 6.7
11P. Smyth ▲ 73' 6.3
16A. McCann ▲ 82' 6.3
7R. McCausland ▲ 83' 6.7
23J. Clarke
20E. Galbraith
13C. Evans
21J. Magennis
18E. Toal
15B. Lyons
12L. Southwood

Statistics

03⚑2

⚑440

48%Possession52%

9Shots8

3Shots on target3

4Shots off target4

6Shots inside box4

3Shots outside box4

2Blocked shots1

2Corners4

2Offsides1

19Fouls12

3Yellow cards4

3Saves2

346Passes375

270Accurate passes287

78%Pass accuracy77%

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Czechia	6	9 - 8	+1	11
1	England	6	16 - 3	+13	15
1	France	6	12 - 6	+6	13
1	FYR Macedonia	6	10 - 1	+9	16
1	Germany	6	18 - 4	+14	14
1	Moldova	4	5 - 1	+4	9
1	Northern Ireland	6	11 - 3	+8	11
1	Norway	6	15 - 7	+8	13
1	Portugal	6	13 - 5	+8	14
1	Romania	6	18 - 3	+15	18
1	San Marino	4	5 - 3	+2	7
1	Spain	6	13 - 4	+9	16
1	Sweden	6	19 - 4	+15	16
1	Wales	6	9 - 4	+5	12
2	Armenia	6	8 - 9	-1	7
2	Austria	6	14 - 5	+9	11
2	Bulgaria	6	3 - 6	-3	9
2	Croatia	6	8 - 8	0	8
2	Denmark	6	7 - 5	+2	8
2	Gibraltar	4	4 - 3	+1	6
2	Greece	6	11 - 4	+7	15
2	Italy	6	13 - 8	+5	13
2	Kosovo	6	10 - 7	+3	12
2	Malta	4	2 - 2	0	7
2	Netherlands	6	13 - 7	+6	9
2	Slovakia	6	10 - 5	+5	13
2	Türkiye	6	9 - 6	+3	11
2	Ukraine	6	8 - 8	0	8
3	andorra	4	0 - 4	-4	1
3	Belarus	6	3 - 4	-1	7
3	Belgium	6	6 - 9	-3	4
3	Cyprus	6	4 - 15	-11	6
3	Estonia	6	3 - 9	-6	4
3	Faroe Islands	6	5 - 6	-1	6
3	Georgia	6	7 - 6	+1	7
3	Hungary	6	4 - 11	-7	6
3	Iceland	6	10 - 13	-3	7
3	Liechtenstein	4	3 - 6	-3	2
3	Rep. Of Ireland	6	3 - 12	-9	6
3	Scotland	6	7 - 8	-1	7
3	Serbia	6	3 - 6	-3	6
3	Slovenia	6	7 - 9	-2	8
4	Albania	6	4 - 6	-2	7
4	Azerbaijan	6	3 - 17	-14	1
4	Bosnia & Herzegovina	6	4 - 17	-13	2
4	Finland	6	2 - 13	-11	0
4	Israel	6	5 - 13	-8	4
4	Kazakhstan	6	0 - 15	-15	1
4	Latvia	6	4 - 11	-7	4
4	Lithuania	6	4 - 11	-7	0
4	Luxembourg	6	3 - 7	-4	3
4	Montenegro	6	4 - 9	-5	3
4	Poland	6	9 - 16	-7	4
4	Switzerland	6	6 - 14	-8	2