UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, September 3, 2015
Norway LWLDD 1
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Bulgaria DDDLW 0
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Vassil Levski Stadion · 7,000 att.

Match Report

Vegard Forren's first international goal helps Norway's qualifying hopes

Norway beat Bulgaria 1-0 in Thursday's Euro 2016 qualifier in Sofia to improve their chances of a top-two finish in Group H.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
9
50
Possession
50
12
SHOTS
9
9
ON GOAL
4
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
5
Accurate Crosses
1
13
Crosses
8
0.4
Cross %
0.1
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
4
Blocked Shots
5
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
4
Clearances
4

Head to Head

NOR leads series 1-0

Lineups

BUL

  1. 12B MitrevG
  2. 2Ivan BandalovskiD
  3. 3Aleksandar AleksandrovD
  4. 5Nikolay BodurovD
  5. 6Iordan MinevD
  6. 11Stanislav ManolevD
  7. 21Svetoslav DyakovM
  8. 15Ivaylo ChochevM
  9. 17Georgi MilanovM
  10. 19Ilijan MicanskiF
  11. 10Ivelin PopovF

Substitutes

  1. 13Blagoy MakendzhievG
  2. 4Georgi TerzievD
  3. 14Veselin MinevD
  4. 16Ivo IvanovD
  5. 7Mihail IvanovM
  6. 18Simeon SlavchevM
  7. 20Aleksandar TonevM
  8. 22Todor NedelevM
  9. 23Hristo ZlatinskiM
  10. 8Dimitar RangelovF
  11. 9Ventsislav HristovF

NOR

  1. 12Ørjan NylandG
  2. 14Omar ElabdellaouiD
  3. 3Even HovlandD
  4. 21Vegard ForrenD
  5. 2Tom HogliD
  6. 13Jone SamuelsenM
  7. 5Alexander TetteyM
  8. 10Markus HenriksenM
  9. 8Stefan JohansenM
  10. 19Jo Inge BergetF
  11. 9Alexander SöderlundF

Substitutes

  1. 1Rune JarsteinG
  2. 22Andre HansenG
  3. 4Stefan StrandbergD
  4. 6Håvard NordtveitD
  5. 16Haitam AleesamiD
  6. 17Martin LinnesD
  7. 7Valon BerishaM
  8. 11Martin ØdegaardM
  9. 15Per Ciljan SkjelbredM
  10. 23Ruben JenssenM
  11. 18Havard NielsenF
  12. 20Veton BerishaF

Timeline

  1. 20' Tom Hogli is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 40' Alexander Tettey is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 45' Ivelin Popov is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 57' Goal!! Vegard Forren hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Norway now leads 1 - 0
  5. 61' Bulgaria makes a sub: Aleksandar Tonev enters for Stanislav Manolev. Reason: Tactical
  6. 64' Norway makes a sub: Per Ciljan Skjelbred enters for Jone Samuelsen. Reason: Injury
  7. 68' Bulgaria makes a sub: Dimitar Rangelov enters for Ilijan Micanski. Reason: Tactical
  8. 75' Norway makes a sub: Havard Nordtveit enters for Vegard Forren. Reason: Injury
  9. 78' Bulgaria makes a sub: Todor Nedelev enters for Georgi Milanov. Reason: Tactical
  10. 87' Norway makes a sub: Stefan Strandberg enters for Stefan Johansen. Reason: Injury
  11. 88' Iordan Minev is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  12. 89' Per Ciljan Skjelbred is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 90' End of the game

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