Bulgaria vs Northern Ireland

Final score: Bulgaria 2-1 Northern Ireland in the World Cup - Qualification Europe, October 12, 2021. Head-to-head in the last 4 meetings: 2 wins for Bulgaria, 1 draws, 1 wins for Northern Ireland.

Overview

Football: World Cup - Qualification Europe · Group Stage · Round 8
Venue: Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia
Referee: A. Kulbakov
Form: DLLDL Bulgaria
: DDLLW Northern Ireland

35' 0-1 C. Washington
37' Conor Washington
HT0-1
46' ▲ I. Iliev ▼ R. Tsonev
53' T. Nedelev 1-1
63' T. Nedelev · I. Chochev 2-1
67' ▲ S. Dallas ▼ J. Magennis
67' ▲ J. Jones ▼ C. Bradley
69' Daniel Ballard
73' ▲ D. Yankov ▼ T. Nedelev
73' ▲ K. Malinov ▼ B. Tsonev
80' ▲ K. Krastev ▼ A. Iliev
82' ▲ N. McGinn ▼ D. Ballard
82' ▲ D. Charles ▼ C. Washington
88' Kristiyan Malinov
88' Stuart Dallas
90'+3 ▲ V. Bozhikov ▼ K. Despodov
FT2-1

Line-ups

Bulgaria Formation: 4-3-1-2 · Coach: Y. Petrov

23I. Karadzhov 7.5
2I. Turitsov 6.7
5P. Hristov 6.9
3A. Hristov 6.9
21D. Velkovski 6.9
4R. Tsonev ▼ 46' 6.5
18I. Chochev ⇢ 7.3
14B. Tsonev ▼ 73' 6.3
8T. Nedelev ⚽2 ▼ 73' 8.7
19A. Iliev ▼ 80' 6.9
11K. Despodov ▼ 90' 7.0

Substitutes 12

22I. Iliev ▲ 46' 6.9
7D. Yankov ▲ 73' 6.5
16K. Malinov ▲ 73' 6.6
17K. Krastev ▲ 80' 6.9
15V. Bozhikov ▲ 90'
9S. Delev
12P. Vitanov
10R. Kirilov
20D. Iliev
1M. Lukov
13S. Vutsov
6B. Karagaren

Northern Ireland Formation: 5-3-2 · Coach: I. Baraclough

1B. Peacock-Farrell 6.5
2C. Bradley ▼ 67' 6.2
4D. Ballard ▼ 82' 6.2
20C. Cathcart 6.9
5T. Flanagan 6.2
11S. Ferguson 6.9
17P. McNair 7.0
8S. Davis 6.3
15J. Thompson 7.5
9C. Washington ⚽ ▼ 82' 6.9
21J. Magennis ▼ 67' 6.5

Substitutes 10

14S. Dallas ▲ 67' 6.2
16J. Jones ▲ 67' 6.6
7N. McGinn ▲ 82' 6.7
10D. Charles ▲ 82' 6.7
19A. McCalmont
23L. Hughes
18P. Smyth
13C. Winchester
12C. Hazard
22C. Brown

Statistics

01⚑10

⚑520

46%Possession54%

10Shots15

4Shots on target6

3Shots off target5

3Shots inside box8

7Shots outside box7

3Blocked shots4

10Corners5

2Offsides3

16Fouls13

1Yellow cards2

5Saves2

366Passes429

271Accurate passes329

74%Pass accuracy77%

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	8	25 - 6	+19	20
1	Croatia	10	21 - 4	+17	23
1	Denmark	10	30 - 3	+27	27
1	England	10	39 - 3	+36	26
1	France	8	18 - 3	+15	18
1	Germany	10	36 - 4	+32	27
1	Netherlands	10	33 - 8	+25	23
1	Serbia	8	18 - 9	+9	20
1	Spain	8	15 - 5	+10	19
1	Switzerland	8	15 - 2	+13	18
2	FYR Macedonia	10	23 - 11	+12	18
2	Italy	8	13 - 2	+11	16
2	Poland	10	30 - 11	+19	20
2	Portugal	8	17 - 6	+11	17
2	Russia	10	19 - 6	+13	22
2	Scotland	10	17 - 7	+10	23
2	Sweden	8	12 - 6	+6	15
2	Türkiye	10	27 - 16	+11	21
2	Ukraine	8	11 - 8	+3	12
2	Wales	8	14 - 9	+5	15
3	Albania	10	12 - 12	0	18
3	Czechia	8	14 - 9	+5	14
3	Finland	8	10 - 10	0	11
3	Greece	8	8 - 8	0	10
3	Israel	10	23 - 21	+2	16
3	Northern Ireland	8	6 - 7	-1	9
3	Norway	10	15 - 8	+7	18
3	Rep. Of Ireland	8	11 - 8	+3	9
3	Romania	10	13 - 8	+5	17
3	Slovakia	10	17 - 10	+7	14
4	Armenia	10	9 - 20	-11	12
4	Austria	10	19 - 17	+2	16
4	Bosnia & Herzegovina	8	9 - 12	-3	7
4	Bulgaria	8	6 - 14	-8	8
4	Estonia	8	9 - 21	-12	4
4	Georgia	8	6 - 12	-6	7
4	Hungary	10	19 - 13	+6	17
4	Luxembourg	8	8 - 18	-10	9
4	Montenegro	10	14 - 15	-1	12
4	Slovenia	10	13 - 12	+1	14
5	andorra	10	8 - 24	-16	6
5	Azerbaijan	8	5 - 18	-13	1
5	Belarus	8	7 - 24	-17	3
5	Cyprus	10	4 - 21	-17	5
5	Faroe Islands	10	7 - 23	-16	4
5	Iceland	10	12 - 18	-6	9
5	Kazakhstan	8	5 - 20	-15	3
5	Kosovo	8	5 - 15	-10	5
5	Latvia	10	11 - 14	-3	9
5	Lithuania	8	4 - 19	-15	3
6	Gibraltar	10	4 - 43	-39	0
6	Liechtenstein	10	2 - 34	-32	1
6	Malta	10	9 - 30	-21	5
6	Moldova	10	5 - 30	-25	1
6	San Marino	10	1 - 46	-45	0